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HISTORY 

OF THE 

TOWN OF JAFFEEY, 

NEW HAMPSHIE^E, 

From the Date of the Masonlvx Charter to the 
Present Tenie, 

1749-1880; 

WITH A 

GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 

OF THE JAFFREY FAMILIES, AND 

AN APPENDIX 

Containing the Proceedings of the Centennial 
Celebration in 1873. 

BT 

DANIEL B. CUTTER, M. D. 



" The hills are dearest whicJi our childish feet 
Have climbed the earliest.^'' 



CONCORD, N. H.: 

PRINTED BY THE REPUBLICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION 
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4 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Such has been our field of labor, but we trust we have 
gathered from it much that will be interesting and valuable. 

In this enterprise the town has taken a deep interest ; 
raised money to aid in its completion, enabling us to furnish 
a valuable map of the town, a fine view of the mountain, the 
old church and school-house, and the portraits of individuals, 
which add much to the beauty and value of the work. And, 
while we feel proud of the liberality of our native town, we 
would not forget individuals who have contributed, with 
their pens and other means, efficient aid in the enterprise. 
Of these I would mention Benjamin Cutter, Esq., a vener- 
able citizen, now over 88 years of age, who has furnished 
much that is valuable from actual knowledge, being born 
and having always lived in town ; Joseph P. Frost, from 
whom I received the first invitation to write a history of the 
town ; Frank H. Cutter, Esq., who examined the state 
records ; George A. Underwood, chief-marshal at the Cen- 
tennial in 1773, for a complete history of the school-district 
in which he lives ; Mr. J. D. Gibbs, for a copy of his record 
of deaths since 1841 ; Peter Upton, Esq., for the presenta- 
tion of a fine view of the school-house at East Jaffrey, en- 
graved at his expense; Benjamin Pierce, Esq., for the pict- 
ure of the Granite State hotel, of which he is the worthy 
owner. To many others, too numerous to mention, who 
kindly furnished the genealogy of their families, we would 
tender our sincere thanks. We would also remember 
others, residents of other states and towns, who have gener- 
ously aided in the work : Hon. Frank J. Parker, of Boston ; 
Addison Prescott, Esq., of Topeka, Kansas ; Mrs. Elizabeth 
(Patrick) Lincoln, of Baltimore, Md. ; Lyman Spaulding, 
Esq., Medina, Mich. ; N. H. Cutter, Esq., Joliet, 111. ; Ezra 
S. Stearns, historian of Rindge ; C. A. Bemis, historian of 
Marlborough, N. H. ; Rev. Henry Shedd, Mt. Gilead, O. ; 
Rev. John M. Ellis, Oberlin, O. ; John W. Fyfe, m. d., Hart- 
ford, Conn. ; Rev. Andrew O. Warren, Montrose, Pa. ; and 
many others, who have in many ways aided and encouraged 
the enterprise. 

That the history may meet the expectations of all inter- 
ested in the town of Jaffrey is the hope and wish of your 
humble servant, d. b. c. 



CO N TEN TS. 



Page. 

CHAPTER I. 
Location — Boundaries — Climate — Soil — Productions 9 

CHAPTER II. 

Masonian Proprietors — Grant of the Township — Survey — 
Report of the Surveyor 16 

CHAPTER III. 
First Settlers — Report of Gilmore, Grout, and Hale 27 

CHAPTER IV. 

Municipal History — Charter of the Town — Incorporation 
— List of Town and State Officers 38 

CHAPTER V. 

Travel — Highway — County Road — Third New^ Hampshire 
Turnpike — Monadnock Railroad 50 

CHAPTER VI. 
Ecclesiastical History — Meeting-House 59 

CHAPTER VII. 
Ecclesiastical History 70 

CHAPTER VIII. 
Education — Public Schools 81 

CHAPTER IX. 
List of College Graduates of the Town of Jaffrey 90 



6 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Page. 

CHAPTER X. 

Military History — First Military Company — Officers — Roll 
of Soldiers — JafFrey and Rindge Cavalry Company — Ri- 
fle Company — Trainings and Musters 123 

CHAPTER XT. 
Revolution — War of 1S13 — Mexican War — Civil War. . . . 131 

CHAPTER Xn. 
Mills — Manufactories and Artisans 145 

CHAPTER Xni. 

Miscellany — Hotels — Stores — Post-Office — Mail Stage — 
Banks — Sacred Music — Common — Sale of the Public 
Lands — Constitutional Convention — Delegates — Fires. . 149 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Invoice, 1793, First on Record — Money Raised — Highest 
Tax-Payers 161 

CHAPTER XV. 

Pauperism — Warning from Town — Board of the Poor sold 
at Public Vendue — Town Farm 167 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Cemeteries — Accidental Deaths — List of Persons whose 
Age exceeds Eighty Years 171 

CHAPTER XVII. 

Census of the Town, 1873, with the Location of the Inhab- 
itants 185 

CHAPTER XVIII. • 
Conclusion 204 

Genealogical Register 209-526 

Appendix (Jaffi-ey Centennial) ... .527-643 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Rev. Laban Ainsworth 75 

Mrs. Mary Ainsworth • '^ " 

John Conant ^^ 

John Cutter ~i 

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Benjamin Cutter 

Calvin Cutter 

Daniel B. Cutter 

Leonard R. Cutter ^^o^ 

Frank H. Cutter 535 ^ 

John Fox ^^^ ;^ 

Abel Parker 

Mrs. Edith Parker ^°^^ 

Toel Parker 53 

. 1-. i-i. .... 442 '^ 

Benjamni Prescott ^^ 

Samuel Ryan ^^ 

O. L. Spaulding 47^ 

Peter Upton ^03 v 

First Meeting-House 59 

First School-House 59 

' East Taflrey School-House ^9 

>'Monadnock Bank ^-> 

^ Cutter Homestead ^ 5 

vGranite State Hotel ^5° 

View of the Mountain ^° 

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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



CHAPTER I. 

LOCATION— BOUNDARIES— CLIMATE— SOIL— PRODUC- 
TIONS. 

THE town of Jaffrey is situated in the southern part 
of New Hampshire, and is one of the most easterly 
towns in the county of Cheshire, within one town (Rindge) 
of the state line of Massachusetts, in latitude 42° 49' north, 
and longitude 72° 3' west from London. It is bounded, 
north, 113 rods by Marlborough, and 2,408 rods by Dublin ; 
east, 730 rods by Peterborough and 988 rods by Sharon ; 
south, 1,898 rods by Rindge and 603 rods by Fitzwilliam ; 
west, 349 rods by Fitzwilliam, 806 rods by Troy, and 501 
rods by Marlborough. It is fifteen miles from Keene, the 
shire town of the county ; forty-five from Concord, the cap- 
ital of the state ; and sixty-two from Boston, — seventy-eight 
by railroad. 

The form of the town is rhomboid, the boundary lines 
inclining about one and a half degrees east of north, and 
about eleven north of west. The area is about 22,000 acres : 
about 1,000 is covered with water, and the uninhabitable 
area of the mountain in Jaffrey is about 3,200 acres. The 
surface of the town is hilly and mountainous. The altitude 
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10 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

of the Centre is 1,057 feet above the level of the ocean, and 
East Jaffrey 1,032. 

The Grand Monadnock is situated in the north-west part 
of the town and south part of Dublin. Its highest peak is a 
little south of the line of Dublin, on lot 5, range i, in lati- 
tude 42° 51' 39" and longitude 72° 6' 30" from London, 
and has an altitude, according to Prof. Hitchcock, of 3,186 
feet above the level of the sea, and 2,029 ^^^^ above the 
centre of the town. When the town was first settled, the 
mountain was covered to its summit with forest trees, prin- 
cipally spruce, excepting a small peak south-east of the top, 
which was called the "Bald rocks." This forest was blown 
down by the wind about the beginning of the present cen- 
tury, and was soon afterwards destroyed by fire. The pres- 
ent growth of trees around the sides of the mountains is 
mostly maple, beech, and birch. On the summit grow a 
few Alpine plants and dwarf spruces ; on the declivities, 
blueberries in great abundance. 

The mountain has become a great place of summer resort. 
In 1873, centennial year, the number of arrivals at the Half- 
way House was 12,000. This house was built in 1873. It is 
large and commodious, and is well patronized during the 
summer season. A good carriage-road connects it with the 
public highway, and a convenient foot-path with the sum- 
mit, a distance of about one mile. From this elevated peak 
the surrounding country has the appearance of an extended 
plain, whose surface is studded with ponds and villages. In 
the north and west may be seen the dim outline of the 
White and Green Mountains, and a distinct view of the 
Kearsarge and Ascutney ; in the south the Watatic and 
W^achusett in Massachusetts ; in the east. Pack Monadnock 
in Temple and Crotched in Francestown. The rocky form- 
ation of the mountain is a hard variety of gneiss, a species 
of granite. On the east side, the ascent is abrupt, steep, and 
precipitous, while on the west side it is more uniform and 
gradual. The rocks on the west side have the appearance 



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of having been made smooth by some grinding power, at- 
tributed to the effect of the vast mountains of ice which 
were driven over its surface during the glacial period. 

The inhabited portion of the town lies mostly east and 
south of the mountain. The surface is hilly, but none of 
the hills are of sufficient altitude to require any particular 
description. They are mostly large swells of land, arable 
on side and summit, on some of which are some of the best 
farms in town. The town is well watered. The numerous 
streams flowing from the mountain supply every farm with 
abundance of water. Those flowing from the east side 
unite in the south-east part of the town with a stream from 
Long pond, and form the Contoocook river, which runs 
north-east, and empties into the Merrimack above Concord. 
Those from the west side unite with the Ashuelot and Mil- 
ler rivers, which empty into the Connecticut. 

Most of the water-power in Jaffrey is on the Contoocook 
river. In East Jaffrey, on this river, are a cotton-mill, grist- 
mill, saw-mill, and a knife factory ; and on the road from 
there to Peterborough, a cotton factory and saw-mill. There 
are six ponds and part of another in this town. Three, — 
Thorndike, Frost, and Parker, — are in the north part ; and 
Gilmore, Hodge, Baker, and a part of Long pond, in the south 
part. The Thorndike pond is about 400 rods long and 140 
wide, and contains an island of about ten acres. It is the 
largest in town, and is known in Dublin as the BuUard 
pond. This pond, like the others, received its name from 
families residing on its border, — Joseph Thorndike, in Jaf- 
frey, and Simeon Bullard, in Dublin. Hence the different 
names in those towns. 

MINERAL SPRING. 

South-easterly from the mountain, on the old turnpike 
road, is a spring known as the Monadnock Mineral Spring. 
Its water is impregnated with carbonate of iron and sul- 



12 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

phate of soda, and was formerly considered a valuable rem- 
edy in many diseases. For a time it was quite a resort for 
invalids. Where the spring issues from the earth, yellow 
ochre exists in considerable quantities. The temperature of 
the water is high, and it never freezes. 

All the streams and ponds abound with fish. The most 
valuable are the trout and pickerel. The other fish are perch, 
shiners, suckers, eels, cat-fish or horned-pout, and minnow. 
Before the settlement of the town, wild animals were very 
numerous, consisting of the bear, wolf, catamount, wildcat, 
deer, and beaver, all of which have long since disappeared; 
while the fox, rabbit, woodchuck, a variety of squirrels, 
raccoon, mink, and muskrat, still remain. The otter and 
the porcupine are occasionally seen. 

Among the early settlers the wolf was the most trouble- 
some and rapacious. For a long time the farmer was 
obliged to herd his cattle and fold his flock during the 
night, and even then they were not always safe. At one 
time, during the night, a wolf crept through a crevice in the 
wall under the sill of the barn of Thomas Mower, killed a 
sheep, feasted thereon, and was there found in the morning. 
He received the penalty of death for his temerity. Mr. 
Spaulding lost sixteen killed by wolves in one night. 

Bears were common, troublesome in cornfields, and some- 
times destroyed young cattle. Phineas Spaulding had a 
calf killed by one. Catamounts are said to have been 
found, but not in large numbers. George A. Underwood 
has kindly furnished a very interesting account of one killed 
by Joseph Hogg and another man, on a hunting excursion, 
before his settlement in town. To prevent the destruction 
of deer, officers called deer-reeves were chosen annually by 
the town, till 1786, for their preservation. A bounty was 
offered for the destruction of wolves in 1792 ; the last one 
offered was in 1799. After the destruction of the mountain 
forest by fire, the most rapacious wild animals disappeared. 
The beaver also left : civilization was destructive to his 



FORESTS AND WILD FRUITS. 13 

dams, the remains of which have been found in many places. 
A very interesting account of one is given by Mr. Parker in 
his centennial address. 

Birds were very numerous, much more so than they are 
now. The most troublesome were the crow and the crow 
blackbird. Very liberal bounties were offered at different 
times for their destruction, the last in 1799. The crow 
blackbird is now seldom seen. The crow remains, but no 
bounty is now offered for his head, as his destructive power 
among insects is believed to more than counterbalance his 
ravages in corn-fields. The diminution of birds has in- 
creased the ravages of insects, and laws for their preser- 
vation are much needed and should be enacted. 

When the first settlement was made the town was cov- 
ered with a dense forest. In the vicinity of the Contoocook 
river the growth of the white pine was very luxuriant ; the 
trees grew to an immense size, and had it not been for the 
Revolution the king of Great Britain would have had a large 
supply for His Majesty's navy. On the mountain and high- 
lands grew the spruce and the hemlock. Of the deciduous 
trees, the most numerous were the maples, beeches, birches, 
oaks, ashes, cherries, basswoods, and poplars. The rock or 
sugar maple was the most useful and abundant, furnishing 
an excellent quality of wood and timber, and a good sup- 
ply of sugar, — a great desideratum among the early settlers. 
The red and white maples were less common. The birches 
were the black, white, and yellow. Of the oak species, the 
red oak was the only kind in any degree prevalent. The 
altitude of the town would not admit of the growth of either 
the white oak or the chestnut. Of the ashes, the white 
grew on the hillsides, and the black in the swamps. 

The wild fruits, such as the blackberry, raspberry, straw- 
berry, checkerberry, high and low blueberry, and huckle- 
berry were found in many places very abundant. The low 
blueberry grew on the mountain and in some pastures 
around it ; the high grew in swamps. 



14 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

The wild flowering plants were very numerous. They 
grew on the hillsides and in the valleys, in swamps and 
in meadows, in secluded spots and on roadsides, exhibiting 
every variety of color and beauty, making localities delight- 
ful that would otherwise appear forbidding and repulsive. 
The most beautiful of these flowers were the lilies, roses, 
and violets, of which there were many varieties. 

Situated on the Grand Monadnock plateau, at an elevation 
of 1,057 feet above the level of the ocean, the town of Jaffrey 
must have a climate of some severity in winter. In the 
neighborhood of the mountain the winds often blow with 
great power, and snow falls to a great depth, often remain- 
ing on the ground till late in spring. In summer the 
morning and evening breezes are cool and refreshing, mak- 
ing a very healthful and desirable location during that season. 
Jaffrey has always been regarded as the most healthy town 
in its vicinity, seldom visited by any epidemic. The longev- 
ity of its inhabitants has been great, as shown by the mor- 
tuary record of the state. By that it appears that more 
deaths of persons exceeding 100 years of age have occurred 
in this town than in any other in the state having the same 
number of inhabitants. Moses Stickney died 1852, aged 
100 years, 7 months ; Rev. Laban Ainsworth died 1858, 
aged 100 years, 8 months ; Sarah Byam died 1866, aged 102 
years, 2 months, 19 days ; Dorcas Rice died 1873, aged 104 
years, 4 months, 5 days. 

SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS. 

The soil, although the surface is rough and uneven, was 
originally very productive, yielding large crops with little 
cultivation. The principal business of the early settlers 
was the felling and burning of the forest trees, sowing the 
seed, and gathering the crops. A descendant of Phineas 
Spaulding writes, that on his farm it was not uncommon 
for a quart of seed to yield a bushel of wheat, and for herds- 
grass to grow higher than a man's head. The first crop 



SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS. 15 

raised on new cleared land was usually rye ; afterwards 
herds-grass and clover. When the stumps of the fallen 
trees became sufficiently decayed to admit of ploughing, 
Indian corn was raised in great abundance. The other 
cereals raised were wheat, barley, oats, buckwheat, &c. Of 
the vegetables raised, the potato was the most valuable, 
and most extensively used. The other vegetables were 
beets, carrots, turnips, onions, parsnips, pumpkins, squashes, 
cucumbers, and cabbages. Flax was raised for th^ manu- 
facture of clothing. Around the base, and high on the 
sides of the mountain, the pastures were excellent, and 
afforded an abundance of feed for cattle during the summer 
season. Large numbers were driven from Massachusetts 
every year and pastured therein, and however lean their 
condition on arrival, they were sure to be returned well 
fattened in the fall. 

Stock-raising and wool-growing were a great source of 
profit, such products always finding a ready market. The 
raising of pork and the products of the dairy were also 
valuable sources of revenue. The nearest market was Bos- 
ton, and in December, the farmers with their own teams, 
loaded with pork, poultry, butter, and cheese, could be seen 
on the way there, in company with each other, in large num- 
bers, loading back with salt, sugar, and such other necessa- 
ries as their circumstances required. But the scene has 
now changed ; — the fertility of the land has disappeared ; the 
rich pastures no longer exist ; the growth of clover and 
herds-grass is changed to one of white-grass, hardbacks, 
and ferns, and even those are fast yielding to the growth of 
another forest, which may again in time renovate the soil, 
and make it a fit residence for another generation. 



CHAPTER II. 

MASONIAN PROPRIETORS— GRANT OF THE TOWNSHIP- 
SURVEY— REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR. 

THE town of Jaffrey was granted by the Masonian 
Proprietors under the name of Middle Monadnock 
No. 2, November 30, 1749, to Jonathan Hubbard and thirty- 
nine others, residents of Hollis, Lunenburg, and Dunstable, 
The Masonian Proprietors were residents of Portsmouth 
and vicinity, twelve in number, who purchased of John Tuf- 
ton Mason, great-grandson of Capt. John Mason, for;^i5oo, 
his right and title to a tract of land lying in New Hamp- 
shire, granted to said Capt. John Mason by the Council of 
Plymouth in 1629. The purchase was divided into fifteen 
shares, of which Theodore Atkinson had three shares, Mark 
H. Wentworth two shares, and Richard Wibbard, John Went- 
worth, John Moffat, Samuel Moore, Jotham Odiorne, George 
Jaffrey, Joshua Pierce, Nathaniel Meserve, Thomas Walling- 
ford, and Thomas Packer one share each. Nine additional 
members were afterwards admitted, and the shares increased 
to eighteen. The new members were John Rindge, Joseph 
Blanchard, Daniel Pierce, John Tufton Mason, John Thom- 
linson, Mathew Livermore, William Parker, Samuel Solly, 
and Clement March. The territory is described as " ex- 
tending from the middle of the Piscataqua river, up the 
same to the fartherest head thereof, and from thence north- 
westward until sixty miles from the mouth of the harbor 
were finished ; also, through Merrimac river to the far- 
therest head thereof, and so forward up into the land west- 
ward until sixty miles were finished, and from thence over- 



GRANT OF THE TOWNSHIP. 1/ 

land to the end of sixty miles accounted from the Piscataqua 
river, together with all lands within five leagues of the coast." 
Immediately after the purchase, the above described tract 
of land was divided by the proprietors into townships. 
Those around the Monadnock hills, as the mountain was 
then called, were named Monadnocks, designated by num- 
bers, beginning with Rindge, which was South Monadnock, 
or Monadnock Number One ; Jaffrey, Middle Monadnock, 
or Monadnock Number Two ; Dublin, North Monadnock, 
or Monadnock Number Three ; Fitzwilliam, Monadnock 
Number Four; Marlborough, Monadnock Number Five; 
Nelson, Monadnock Number Six ; Stoddard, Monadnock 
Number Seven ; Washington, Monadnock Number Eight. 
After the Revolution, a controversy arose concerning the 
western boundary of the Masonian Grant, between the 
proprietors and the state. A curved line was claimed by 
them, corresponding with the line of the sea-coast, while 
the state claimed a straight one. The state finally estab- 
lished a straight line extending from the south-east part of 
Rindge to a point near the south line of Conway, leaving 
the Monadnock townships, except a part of Rindge, beyond 
the limits of the Masonian grant. To make valid the grants 
of these townships, and others, the Masonian Proprietors 
purchased of the state the land in dispute for the sum of 
forty thousand eight hundred dollars. 

GRANT OF THE TOWNSHIP. 

Province of )^ Pursuant to the Power and Authority 

New Hamps^ ) Granted and Vested in me by the Proprie- 
tors of Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq^ In the 
Province of New Hampshire by their Vote passed at their 
meeting held at Portsmouth in said Province, the 16"" day of 
June 1749 I Do by these Presents on the Terms and limita- 
tions Hereafter Expressed give and Grant all the Right Poses- 
sion and Property of the Proprietors aforesaid unto Jonathan 
Hubbard Oliver Farwell Tho^ March, Elias Eliot, James 
Stewart, John Kendall Joseph Blanchard Jun'' Barnabas Davis 
Will"' Rindge Peter Powers Eleaz"" Blanchard — Paul March 



1 8 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Tho' Parker Jim'' Benj. Bellows, Sampson Stoddard Daniel 
Emerson Josiah Brown, Stephen March — Benj'^ Winn, John 
Scott, Sam' Garish, John Hart, John Chamberlin, Joseph 
Winn Jun"^ Joseph Blodget Jun""' Sam' Cumings, Mathew 
Thornton, John Buttertield, Will'" Garish, Nath' Pierce, Jon- 
ath" Cumings, John Usher, Joseph French, Peleg Lawrence 
Isaac Williams, David Adams, David Willson Randall 

JVPDaniel, Robert Fletcher Jun% Joseph Emerson To the 

said Joseph Blanchard Jun"" Three shares, to the said James 
Stewart Two shares, to Peter Powers Four shares to Benj° 
Bellows two shares, to Jonath" Hubbard Three shares, to Josiah 
Brown two shares. The others aforenamed one share each, of 
in or to that Tract of Land or Township Called the Middle 
Monadnock or No. 3 — Bounded as followeth beginning at the 
South West Corner of Peterborough Slip So Called, from 
thence Running North Eighty deg' West Seven miles to a 
Hemlock Tree Marked, from thence Running North by the 
Needle five Miles to a Hemlock Tree marked, from thence 
Running South Eighty deg' East Seven Miles to a Beach Tree 
Marked, in the West Line of Peterborough, from thence South 

by the Needle to the first Bounds Mentioned To Have and 

to Hold to them their Heirs and Assigns, Excepting as afore- 
said and on the following terms and Conditions (that is to say) 
that the whole tract of Land be divided Into Seventy one 
Equall Shares, and that each Share Contain three Lotts Equi- 
tably Coupled together, and drawn for at Dunstable — at or be- 
fore the first day of July Next in Some Equitable Manner — 
That three of the aforesaid Shares be granted and appropriated 
free of all Charge, one for the first Settled Minister in Said 
Township one for the Support of the Ministry, and one for the 
School there forever — one lott for Each Said three Shares to be 
first laid out in the most convenient place Near the Middle of 
Said Town, and Lotts — Coupled to them. So as not to be drawn 
for — that Eighteen of the said Shares be Reserved for the 
Grantors of the Premises, their Heirs and Assigns forever and 
Aquited from all duty and Charge Untill improved by the 
Owner or Some Holding them Respectively, that the other 
Owners of the said Rights Make Settlement at their Own Ex- 
pense in the following manner Viz. All the Lotts to be laid 
out at the Grantees Expense, that all the Lotts in Said Town- 
ship be subjected to have all Necessary Roads lay'd out threw 
them free from Charge as Hereafter there Shall be Occasion — 
That within Four Years from the date hereof Forty of the 
Rights or Shares, belonging to the aforementioned Grantees 
Viz. Oliver Farwell Thomas March, Elias Eliot, John Ken- 
dall, Barnabas Davis, Paul March, Sampson Stoddard, Stephen 
March John Scott Sam' Garish John Hart John Chamberlain 



GRANT OF THE TOWNSHIP. I9 

Joseph Winn ]un^ Joseph Blodgett Jun"' Samuel Cumings, 
Mathew Thornton VVill™ Garish Nathi Pierce Isaac Williams 
David Willson, Rand' JV'PDaniel, Robert Fletcher Jun" Jona- 
than Cumings John Usher Joseph French Peleg Lawrence, 
Joseph Emerson — One Settlement Each Josiah Brown two 
Shares, Benj" Bellows two vShares, James Stewart two Shares, 
Jonathan Hubbard three Shares, Peter Powers two Shares, 

Daniel Emerson & Thomas Parker one Settlement Each 

Be Enter'd upon and three Acres of Land at the Least Cleared 
inclosed and fited for Mowing or Tillage, and that within the 
term of Six Months then Next Coming there be on each of the 
Said forty Shares a House Built, the Room Sixteen feet Square 
at the least, fitted and furnished for Comfortable dwelling 
therein and Some Person Resident tiierein and Continue In- 
habitancy and Residence there for three Years then Next Com- 
ing with the Aditionall Improvement as aforesaid of two Acres 
Each Year for Each Setler. That Each of the Said Grantees 
at the Executing this Instrument pay twenty Pounds Old Ten"" 
to defray the Necessary Charges Risen and arising in Said 
Township to be deposited in the hands of Such Persons as the 
Grantees shall Chuse being a free holder and Resident in the 
Province of New Hampshire aforesaid. That a good Conven- 
ient Meeting House be Built in said Township as near the 
Center of the Town as maybe with Convenience — Within Six 
Years from this date and Ten Acres of Land Reserved for 
Publick Uses. That the aforesaid Grantees or their Assigns 
by a maj"' Vote In Publick Meeting Grant and Assess Such 
further Sums of Money as they Shall think Necessary for Com- 
pleating and Carrying forward, the Settlement aforesaid. And 
any of the Grantees Exclusive of the three Publick Lotts, who 
shall neglect for the Space of three Months Next Coming 
after such assessment Shall be granted and Made to pay the 
Same, So much of vSuch Delinquents Right Respectively Shall 
or may be Sold as will pa}' the Tax and all Charges arising 
thereon — by a Committee of the Grantees appointed for that 
purpose. That all White Pine trees fit for Masting his Majes- 
tys Royall Navey Growing, on Said Tract of Land be and 
hereby are granted to his Majest}' his Heirs and Sucessors 
forever. And in Case any of the Grantees Shall Neglect or 
Refuse to perform any of the Articles aforementioned he shall 
forfeit his Share and Right in Said Township and every part 
and Parcell thereof to those of the Said Grantees that shall 
have Complyed with the Conditions on their Part herein Ex- 
pressed, and it shall and may be lawfuU for them or any Per- 
son by their Authority to Enter into and upon the Right of 
such Delinquent Owner and any and every part thereof in the 
name of the Whole of the Settlers that Shall fulfill as aforesaid, 



20 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

and him to amove Oust and expell for their Use their Heirs 
and Assigns. Provided they settle or Cause to be Settled Each 
Such Delinquent Right within the term of one Year at the 
furthest from the Period that is by this Instrument stipulated to 
be done as the Condition of this Grant, and fully discharge and 
Comply with the whole duty such delinquent ought to have 
done, within one Year from time to time, after the Respective 
Periods thereof, and in Case the Said Grantees fulfilling on 
their part as aforesaid, Shall Neglect fulfilling as aforesaid the 
duty of any Delinquent Owner, nor he himself perform the 
same, that then such share or shares shall be forfeited Revert 
and belong to the Grantors their Heirs and Assigns to be 
wholly at their disposal, always provided there be no Indian 
War — within any of the terms and limitations aforesaid, for 
doing the Duty Conditioned in this grant and in Case that 
should happen the same to be allowed for tiie Respective Mat- 
ters aforesaid, after Such Impediment should be Removed. 

Lastly the said Grantors do hereby promise to the said 
Grantees their Heirs and Assigns to defend through the Law 
to King and Council if Need be, one Action, that shall or may 
be brought against them or any number of them, by any person 
or persons Whatsoever Claiming the said Lands or any part 
thereof by an3^ other Title than that of the said Grantors or 
that by which they hold and derive their's from provided the 
said Grantors are avouche'd in to defend the same and in Case 
on Finall Tryall the same shall be Recovered against the Gran- 
tors for the said Lands Improvements or Expense in Bringing 
forward the .Settlement, the said Grantees shall Recover noth- 
ing over against the said Grantors and further that the said 
Grantors will pay the Necessary Expense of time and Money, 
that any other person or persons shall be put to by any other 
suit or suits that shall or may be brought against them or any 
Number of them the said Grantees. For Tryall of the Title, 
before one suit shall be fully determined in the law, to which 
Premises Joseph Blanchard Agent for and in behalf of the said 
Grantors Have hereunto set my hand and seal tiiis 30"' da}' of 
November in the 23*^ Year of his Majestys Reighn Anno 
Domini 1749 

Joseph Blanchard (seal). 
A True Copy of the Grant of the Middle 
Monadnock Township or No 2 

attest Joseph Blanchard Jun. Prop. Clk. 

A true Copy examined 

attest Geo. Jaftrey Prop CI 

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a Grant on the 
files of the Masonian Proprietors. 

J. W. Peirce, Prop. Clk. 



THE RANGES NUMBERED. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



This is a plan of the Middle Monadnock No. 2 Township, 
The Ranges are i6o Rods Wide, and the Lotts, One hundred 
Rods Wide and finished laying out the lotts in May 17=50. 

Rob' Fletcher Jun'"Sur". 

A Coppy taken from the files of the Pioprietors of the above 
Township. 

Joseph Blanchard, Prop"" Clk. 

A true Copy Examined Attest Geo. JaftVey Prop'^ CI. 
A true Copy Examined Attest 

J. W. Peirce, Prop^ Clk. 

LIST OF THE PROPRIETORS OF MONADNOCK. 



A List of the Proprietors of the Monadnock 
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Jonathan Hubbard Jun 

Oliver Farvvell 

Thomas March 

Ministry Lotts 

Elias EHot 

James Stewart 

Ministers Lotts 

John Kendell 

Joseph Blanchard Jun'' 

Barnabas Davis 

WilHam Rindge 

Peter Powers 

Eleazor Blanchard 

Joseph Blanchard Jun"" 

*Thonias Packer Esq 

*John Moftatt Esq 

Paul March 

Peter Powers , 

*John Wentworth Esq 

Thomas Parker Jun 

*Matthew Livermoore Esq 

Benjamin Bellows 

*Richard Wibird Esq 

*John T. Mason & *Jn°. Thomlinson Esq. 

Sampson Stoddard Esq 

Daniel Emerson 

Josiah Browne 

Stephen March 

Benjamin Winn 

John Scott 

*Daniel Peirce & Mrs Mary Moore 



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Samuel Garish l33 

*Theodore Atkinson Esq {34 

John Hart 35 

John Chamberlin 36 

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Joseph Winn Jun'' 

*Sami Solly & *Clem' March Esq. 

*George Jaftrey 

Joseph Blanchard Jun' 

Joseph Blodgett Jun'' 

Samuel Cumings 

School Lotts 

Mathew Thornton Esq 

*Mark Hkg. Wentworth Esq 

John Butterfield 

Josiah Brown 

William Garish 

Nathaniel Peirce 

*Jotham Odiorne Esq 

Peter Powers 

Benjamin Bellows 

*Joshua Peirce 

Jonathan Cumings 

John Usher 

Jonathan Hubbard Jun'' 

Joseph French 

Peter Powers 

Peleg Lawrence 

Isaac Williams 

David Addams 

James Stewart., 

*Nathaniel Meserve Esq 

David Willson 

*John Rindge 

Randall McDaniel 

Jonathan Hubbard Jun'' 

* Joseph Blanchard 

Robert Fletcher Jun'' 

Joseph Emerson 

*Thomas Wallingford Esq 



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* Masonian Proprietors. 

A true Coppy of the List of the Proprietors of Monadnock 
Township Number two with the Number of Lotts belonging 
to each Proprietor as drawn by tiiem the first Tuesday of June, 

»75o- 

Attest Joseph Blanchard Jun'' Prop^ CI . 

A true Copy Examined Attest Geo. Jatfrey Prop" CI 

A true Copy Examined Attest 

J. W. Peirce. Prop« Clk. 



In the copy of the list of the Proprietors and the lots 



24 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

drawn by them are a number of errors, notwithstanding the 
declaration of the Proprietors' clerk that the copy is a true 
one. 

By that record, lot number ten, range seven, was drawn 
by Joseph Blanchard, Jr., and Jona. Hubbard, Jr. ; lot num- 
ber fifteen, range five, was drawn by John Scott and Joseph 
Blodgett, Jr. ; lot number seventeen, range seven, by Dan- 
iel Peirce, Mrs. Mary Moore, and Samuel Garrish ; lot num- 
ber nineteen, range ten, by Mathew Livermore and Jona. 
Cumings ; leaving lots number nineteen, range one, lot 
number seventeen, range nine, lot number fifteen, range 
two, and lot number twenty, range one, undrawn. 

It seems quite probable that lot number nineteen, range 
one, was drawn by Jona. Cumings ; lot number fifteen, range 
two, by John Scott ; lot number seventeen, range nine, by 
Samuel Garrish ; and lot number twenty, by Jos. Blanchard, 
Jr., or Jona. Hubbard, Jr. 

PROPRIETORS MEETING. 

At a meeting of the Proprietors of Township situated in the 
Provence of Newhampshire Gowing west of Peterborough and 
ad)oing tliereto, Called middle monadnock No 2 Granted by 
the purcliasersof John Tufton Mason Esq. of the right Granted 
to Capt. ydni Mason Late of London Deceased held at the 
house of Joseph French in Dunstable on Tuesday the sixteenth 
day of January 1749-50. 

Joseph Blanchard was Moderator 

Joseph Blancliard Jun% Prop"^ Clerk was sworn to the 
Faithful Discharge of that trust 

Voted that each Right be Lay** out into three Lotts, that the 
whole of the Township be Proportioned so that each Right 
contain three Lotts, that the Rights be equal in quantity one 
with another 
Voted that Capt. Jona. Cummings and Capt. John Chamberlin 
be a Committee to lay out this town into Lotts and complete 
the same fit for Drawing, that they have 305 Pr Day old 
tenor for their service and in case of inability of either of 
these Com'*^ for W" Spaulding and Thos. Patch Do the work 
as aforsaid. 
Voted that this Township be let out by the Grant to be Lay* 



proprietors' meeting, 25 

out. Capt Peter Powers undertook the same, and was Ex- 
cepted by the Society upon Conditions of His paying Com*'' 
Surveyor Choirman &c. and all other Necessary Charges in 
Laying out s'* Township and Preparing the same for Draw- 
ing the Lotts. To be completely Done by the last Day of 
May next. 

Voted that he have £550 old tenor for doing sd. work. 

Voted that Joseph Blanchard Esq. take the security of Capt. 
Peter Powers for the Performance of this work as aforesaid. 

Voted that £20 old tenor be raised on each Right to Defray 
the charges of laying out and Deviding the s** Township. 

Voted that Joseph Blanchard Esq. have £6 old tenor on each 
settling share for procuring the Grant. 

Voted that Joseph Blanchard Esq. be Treasurer for this So- 
ciety. 

Voted that this meeting be adjourned to the first Tuesday in 
June next to meet again at this place at ten O clock in the 
forenoon. 

The aforesaid Proprietors met according to the adjournment, 

Joseph Blanchard was moderator. 

Voted, that the meeting be adjourned to the second Tuesday in 
June, to meet again at this place at ten O clock in the fore- 
noon. 

The aforesaid Proprietors met according to the adjournment 
Joseph Blanchard Esq. was moderator the lots were drawn. 

Voted, that the Rights that were drawn by Joseph Blanchard 
for William Rindge and Eleazer Blanchard be excused from 
making Settlement on the other Shares until one year after 
the Township is Incorporated, and then to comply with the 
whole Duty that is enjoined on each settling share in the 
Grant. 

Voted, that six Rights more be freed from settlement as afore- 
said but all the aforesaid Shares are lyable to pay their pro- 
portionable Part of all necessary charges of said Township 
that the Privilege of the last six shares be sold to the High- 
est bidder and accordingly was sold in Publick at this meet- 
ing four of these Shares were sold to Peter Powers at £24 
each=£ 96-0-0. 

one to Josiah Brown for £34-0-0 
and one for £32=£46-o-o 

Voted that the money raised on the afors*^ six Rights be De- 
posited in the hands of the Treasurer Chooesen for this so- 
ciety and that he pay the same to the first five men that go 
on with their Family's in one year this date and continue 
there the Space of one year and fulfill the first article of ye 

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26 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

grant and if five men goes on s'^ land as aforesaid, for each 
to have the i part of said monev as aforesaid, and the rest 
to be disposed as the Proprietors shall see cause to order. 
Voted that Jacob Lawrence and William Spauldingbea Com*'' 
to lay out a road from No 2, (Wilton) throu Peterborough 
Slip to this Township, then the meeting was adjourned to 
thursday the eighth Day of Nov. next to meet again at this 
Palace at twelve O clock in the forenoon. 

The afor*^ Proprietors met according to adjournment and 

chose Maj. Jona Hubbard moderator and then 

Voted that W™ Spaulding and Jacob Lawrence Pursue their 
former Directions in respect of Roads. 

Voted that the method for calling Prop' meetings for the Futer 
be as follows that the Requst of the owners of ten settling 
Shares made to the Prop's clerk he is hereby authorized 
and Impowered to Post said meeting Signifying the time, 
places on Occasion of S'^ meeting and that the meeting be 
Posted at Dunstable, Lunenberg and Hollis and that said 
meeting be posted fifteen days before said meetings are to be 
held. 

Voted that the meeting be held at Dunstable till ordered other- 
wise. 

Voted that Joseph Blanchard Esq. Benj Bellows and Capt Pe- 
ter Powers be a com*"' to manage the Prudentials of this 
society any two of them agreeing. 

Voted that the Com*'' give orders on the Treasury to the Peo- 
ple who have been Imployed in surveying this township. 

Voted that Capt. Jona Cummings Capt. Joseph French and 
Mr. Thomas Parker be a committee to examine the Treasury 
accounts then the meeting was Dismist. 
a true Enty &c. 

J. Blanchard Junr. Prop. Clerk. 



CHAPTER III. 

FISRT SETTLERS— REPORT OF GILMORE AND GROUT. 
C^ ETTLERS on free Lotts in Monadnock No. 2. 

i^' on the first draught family M'^Neal i 

5*^ on the fith draught family Hale i 

8* on the Eighth draught family Grout i 

30"' on the twentieth two families Smiley & Hop" 2 

22 on the twenty second family Wright i 
29* on the 2(f^ three settlers two families above measure 2 

71 on 71 draught a family Nichols i 

Families 9 

Settlers that abide constantly &c. on Settling Rights. 

6*'' on 6* draught a family Gilmore i 

^th Qj^ ^th j^Q families Organ & Wallas 2 

II* draught family Taggott 

13*^ draught family Davis 

15"" draught family Hunt 

1 8"" Settler constantly no house much work done Gilmore 

26"" draught family Mcalister 

28''' a family Turner W°^ 

29**^ a family Turner Sol 

42 draught family Little 

44"' a family Walker 

47*'' a Constant Settler no house Grout 

48* a family Borland 

51^' a family Swan 

59"" a settler Hogg 

60"' a settler Wid. Henderson 

eG'^ a settler Jo^ Turner 

69"" a settler Davidson 

56"^ a settler Harper 

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28 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

23** draught a settler improvements &c F. Wright i 



21 



70'*^ draught purchased by myself & expected to ex- 
change one Lot for the Minister Lot upon which 
I now Dwell & have done thereon more than 
severall Duties J 22 

31 draught family &c Caldwell i 



The above s*^ settlers 22 Rights from 40 

Remains 18 
ten more are priviledged 10 



Some beginings on settling rights &c. 

on second Draught some work Rie sowd Mitchell 

3** Draught some work Rie Raised house frame &c Homes 

19"' some work done, about ten Loads of Hay cut yearly 

Gilmore 
21 draught improvements sufficient Wright & Gilmore 
30* Improvements Little 
41 draught meadow fenced on 17-5 saw mill built on 22 ) 

int by Davidson meadow fenced by Turner Jos } 

49 a few days cutting trees Glover 

62 some cutting down on Lot no 5 in 6 Range Hunter 
67''' some work on all the Lotts Turner & Homes 
4 draught some cutting down Mitchel 



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No meeting House built 

The above is a true account of the Settling Rights in Middle 
Monadnock No two carefully examined &c & Humbly sub- 
mitted by us Subscribors & Inhabitance 

John Grout 
Roger Gilmore 

Middel Monadnick No 2. March y° 10. 1769 
Gentlman Grant Tors Brother and I Bought y^ Right that 
was Paul March January Sixtey Eaight and upon seaid Right 
Wee have goot Twenty Ackers of Land Clearied on seaid 
Right and his goot ye Timber for Hoss and wee Entend to 
Rais it this Mounth and Gentlmen wee Beg y^ faver of you as 
you are Men of Honnor that you would not Hurt us in Over 



REPORT OF ENOCH HALE. 29 

Entrest for we have ddti Ever Thing in our power to Bring 

forward y^ setlement of This Place 

John Gihnore 
Roger Gihiiore 

(The Letter immediately above was pinned onto the paper 
from which the rest of this paper was copied — R. C. P.) 

A. true Copy 

J. W. Peirce, Prop« Clk 



REPORT OF ENOCH HALE. 

An accompt of the Settlements in Monadnock No 2 in y" Prov- 
ince of New Hampshire 

I Dra* William Parker Esq — settled by Alexander M'^Neil 
3 Dra' Jonathan Hubbard Jun'' — settled by William Mitchel 

3 Dra* Olliver Farewell — settled by Robert Holmes 

4 Dra' Thomas March 

5 Dra' Ministry Right 

6 Dra* Elias Eliot — settled by John Gilmore 

7 Dra* James Stuart — Two Lotts — settled by Organ & Wal- 

lace 

8 Dra* Ministry Right 

9 Dra* John Kendle 

10 Dra* Joseph Blanchard Jun"" — priviledge Right — one Lott 

Improved by Robert Holmes 

11 Dra* Barnabas Davis — settled by Munroe & Fitch 

12 Dra* William Rindge 

13 Dra* Peter Powers — settled by Daniel Davis 

14 Dra' Eliezor Blanchard — priviledge Right — one Lott — Im- 

proved by James Nickels 

15 Dra' Joseph Blanchard Jun'' — settled by Ephraim Hunt and 

mills on y® same 

16 Dra* Thomas Packer Esq 

17 Dra' John Moflatt Esq — one Lott Improved by Robert Wier 

18 Dra* Paul March — settled by Roger Gilmore 

19 Dra' Peter Powers — Priviledge Right — one Lott Improved 

by Roger Gilmore 

20 Dra' John Wentworth Esq — settled by William Smiley 

21 Dra' Thomas Parker Jun'' — Largely Improved by Wright & 

Gilmore 

22 Dra* Mathew Livermore Esq — settled by Mathew Wright 

23 Dra' Benjamin Bellows Esq — settled by Leranus Wright 

24 Dra' Richard Wibard Esq — one Lott Improved by Joseph 

Caldwell 



30 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

25 Dra* John Tufton Mason Esq— settffed by William Hodge 

26 Dra' Sampson Stodaid Esq — settled by And'^ jVPAllester 
37 Dra' Daniel Emerson — settled by James Nickels 

28 Dra' Josiah Brown — settled by William Turner 

29 Dra' Stephen March — Three Lotts — settled by Cristy, Rus- 

sel & Turner one being ment for Cumings Right 54 Drat 

30 Dra' Benjamin Winn — Priviledge Right — a barn and Im- 

proved 

31 Dra' John Scott — settled by James Caldwell Jun"' 

32 Dra' Peirce & Moore 

33 Dra' Samuel Garrish — settled by Jonathan Hopkinson 

34 Dra' Theodore Atkinson Esq 

35 Dra* John Hart Esq 

36 Dra' John Chamberlin 

37 Dra' Joseph Winn Ju" 

38 Dra' Solly & March Esq — one Lott Improved by George 

Warllace 

39 Dra' George Jaftrey Esq 

40 Dra' Joseph Blanchard Jun"" — Priviledge Right 

41 Dra' Joseph Blodget Jun'' — settled by Thomas Caldwell — a 

saw mill 
43 Dra' vSamuel Cummins — settled by John Little 

43 Dra' School Right 

44 Dra' Mathew Thornton Esq — settled by Thomas Walker 

45 Dra' M. Hunkin Wentworth Esq 

46 Dra' John Butterfield — Priviledge Right 

47 Dra' Josiah Brown 

48 Dra' William Garrish — settled by John Borland 

49 Dra' Nathaniel Peirce Esq — settled by Thomas Emery 

50 Dra' Jonathan Odiorne Esq 

51 Dra' Peter Powers — settled by John Swan 
53 Dra' Benjamin Bellows Esq 

53 Dra' Joshua Peirce Esq 

54 Dra' Jonathan Cummins — settled as above mentioned by 

Soloman Turner 

55 Dra' John Usher — settling Duty Don by Enoch Hale but no 

house 

56 Dra' Jonathan Hubbard Jun'' — settled by John Harper 

57 Dra' Joseph French Esq 

58 Dra' Peter Powers — settled by Jonathan Parker Privi' Right 

59 Dra' Peleg Lawrence — settled by Joseph Hodge 

60 Dra' Isaac Williams — settled by James Caldwell 

61 Dra' David Adams — settled by Hugh Dunlap 

63 Dra' James Stuart — settling Duty Doing by David Hunter 

63 Dra' Nathaniel Meserve Esq 

64 Dra' David Wilson 

65 Dra' John Rindge Esq 



EARLY SETTLERS, 3 I 

66 Dra* Randel M*^Daniel — settled by Joseph Turner 
6'j Dra' Jonathan Hubbard Jun"" — settling Duty Don by Thom- 
as Turner 

68 Dra* Joseph Blanchard Esq — Well Improved by Thomas 

Davidson 

69 Dra* Robert Fletcher Jun"" — Settled by John Davidson 

70 Dra' Joseph Emerson — settled by John Groat 

71 Dra' Thomas Wallensford Esq 

The Rights that appeareth to be Delinquent are as followeth 
viz 

The 4 Dra'— Thomas March 
The 9 Dra' — John Kendle 
The 12 Dra' — William Rindge 
The 35 Dra' — John Hart Esq 

36 Dra' — John Chamberlin 
and 37 Dra' — Joseph Winn Jun"" 
The 47 Dra' — Josiah Brown 
The 53 Dra' — Benja" Bellows Esq 
The 57 Dra' — Joseph French Esq 
and 64 Dra' — David Wilson — 

A True Accompt Err^ Excepted 
per me Enoch Hale 



a true copy 



J. W. Feirce Prop^ Clk 



EARLY SETTLERS. 



After the survey of the township and the division of 
it among the proprietors, to encourage settlement a bounty 
of £142 was offered to the first five men who, with their 
families, should settle within one year from this date (June, 
1750) and remain one year, and in the same proportion to 
one or more families complying with the above condition. 
Whether any settlement was made does not appear from 
any known record. A traditionary report makes it appear 
that a family by the name of Russell (Joel Russell) did 
attempt a settlement in the south part of the town, and 
while there had a son born, who was the first white child 
born in the township. Whether he settled soon enough 
and remained long enough to receive the bounty does not 



32 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 



appear. In 1752 we have a reliable account of a settle- 
ment by Moses Stickney, Richard Peabody, and seven 
others, and that while there Simon Stickney, son of Moses, 
was born December 9, 1753, making him the first white 
child born in Jaffrey, aside from the Russell tradition. This 
settlement of Stickney and others proved a failure, through 
fear of Indians, and they all left except a man known as 
Captain Platts, probably the pioneer of Rindge. 

The first permanent settlement was made about 1758, by 
John Grout and John Davidson. Grout settled on lot 20> 
range 10, and Davidson on lot 21, range 3. Grout was a 
prominent man. He made, with Gilmore, an early report of 
the settlement of the town to the proprietors. He died in 
1 77 1. There is a tradition that he was buried where the 
meeting-house was afterwards built. John Davidson re- 
mained a permanent settler, and died in 181 1. It is also 
reported as true that his eldest daughter, Betsey, was the 
first white child born in Jaffrey. 

List of the pioneers of Jaffrey, per report of Gilmore > 
Grout, and Hale : 



John Borland, 
Joseph Caldwell, 
James Caldwell, 
James Caldwell, Jr., 
Thomas Caldwell, 

Chrysty, 

Daniel Davis, 
*Joseph Dunlap, 
*John Davidson, 
Thomas Davidson, 
Thomas Emery, 

Fitch, 

*Roger Gilmore, 
*John Gilmore, 
*John Grout, 
Glover, 



Enoch Hale, 

Hale, 

*John Harper, 
Wid. Henderson, 
*Joseph Hogg, 
*William Hogg, 
Robert Holmes, 
Jona. Hopkinson, 
David Hunter, 
Ephraim Hunt, 
John Little, 
Andrew McAlister, 
Alex"- McNiel, 
William Mitchel, 

Munroe, 

James Nichols, 



Organ, 

Jona. Parker, 

Russel, 

*WiIliam Smiley, 
John Swan, 
*Joseph Turner, 
*VVilliam Turner, 
Thomas Turner, 
Solomon Turner, 

Taggot, 

George Wallace, 
Thomas Walker, 
Robert Wier, 
*Mathew Wright, 
Leranus Wright. 



* Permanent settlers. 



EARLY SETTLERS. 33 

The settlement of many of the first inhabitants was of 
short duration. They seemed to be a log cabin population, 
fond of living in a forest. Most of them were Scotch-Irish 
from Londonderry. Of those who became permanent set- 
tlers, of that race, were John and Roger Gilmore, William 
Smiley, Joseph Turner, Joseph Hodge, William Turner, 
and William Hodge. After the incorporation of the town, 
a large emigration from Massachusetts purchased their 
lands with all of the improvements, and became the perma- 
nent settlers of the town. 

Of the history of the settlers reported by Grout, Gilmore, 
and Hale, but little is known. Alphabetically arranged, we 
find the first on the list to be John Borland. He was the 
first settler in what is now East Jaffrey, and built the first 
mills in that place. In 1778 he sold his place to Deacon 
Eleazer Spofford, of Danvers, and left town. 

Four families by the name of Caldwell, — James, James, 
Jr., Joseph, and Thomas, — were among the first settlers. 
When the town was incorporated, the name of James Cald- 
well appears on a committee chosen to procure preaching, 
and Thomas Caldwell is represented in Hale's report as the 
owner of a saw -mill on lot number 22, range 5. Nothing 
more is known of the family of Caldwell. 

The name of Thomas Emery is found in Hale's report as 
the owner of the right of Nathaniel Pierce, which included 
the lot on which was built the Milliken tavern, afterwards 
the farm of John Felt, and now, 1873, Levi Brigham, and 
also the farm of Clarence S. Bailey. 

Solomon Grout settled on lot 13, range 9, — the Isaac 
Bailey farm, — and was road surveyor in 1774 and selectman 
in 1776. 

A Wid. Henderson, by Grout and Gilmore's report, set- 
tled on lot 17, range 3, now the farm of S. Garfield. 

Jonathan Hopkinson's place of settlement is unknown. 

Robert Holmes was from Londonderry ; his brother 
Abram settled in Peterborough. He settled on lot 12, 



34 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

range 3, afterwards the farm of Joseph Thorndike, John 
Conant, and Frank H. Cutter. The first frame house in 
Jaffrey is reported to have been built on that farm, per re- 
port of Grout and Gilmore. 

David Hunter settled on lot 5, range 6, afterwards the 
farm of David Gilmore, Esq., now (1876) the farm of Mar- 
shal C. Adams. When the first military company was or- 
ganized he was chosen ensign. 

John Little settled on lot 15, range 4, now the farm of 
John Quin. He was highway surveyor in 1774. His suc- 
cessor appears to have been Simpson Stuart. 

Alexander McNeil settled on lot 12, range 5, and was, by 
tradition, the first inn-keeper in Jaffrey. From the town 
records he appears to have been quite a prominent man. 
In 1774 he was chosen one of a committee to procure 
preaching ; one of a committee to examine the accounts of 
the selectmen and constable ; and one of the committee to 
build the meeting-house. In 1775 he was one of the board 
of selectmen, and moderator of the annual town-meeting in 
1776. In 1779, at the annual town-meeting, the town voted 
that Alexander McNeil should not keep tavern. He proba- 
bly left town soon after. 

William Mitchel settled on lot 12, range 4, afterwards the 
farm of James Gage, and his son Jonathan Gage. Present 
owner, Michael D. Fitzgerald. In 1774 he was chosen 
auditor of accounts and deer-reeve ; in 1775, surveyor of 
roads and sealer of leather; in 1776, surveyor of roads. He 
probably left town in 1777 or 1778. 

Andrew McAlister settled on lot 14, range 4, afterwards 
the farm of John Briant, now owned by Samuel D. Jewell. 

James Nichols settled on lot 17, range i, afterwards 
owned by Benjamin Cutter, Benjamin Frost, John Frost 
and John Frost, Jr. ; now uninhabited. 

John Swan was owner of lot 6, range 4; lot 5, range 5 ; 
and lot 21, range 6. On which lots he settled is not known. 

Thomas Walker was owner of lot 16, range 2; lot 7, 



EARLY SETTLERS. 35 

range 6; lot ii, range i. On which he settled is not 
known. 

George Wallace, settlement unknown. 

Robert Wier settled on lot 6, range 5. In 1773, when 
the town was incorporated, he was chosen one of the audi- 
tors of accounts and highway surveyor ; in 1776 he was 
chosen town-clerk and first selectman. 

Leranus Wright settled on lot 14, range 8. His suc- 
cessor was Francis Wright, inn-keeper. When the town 
was incorporated, in 1773, the town-meeting was held at 
his place. The farm is now owned by Dana S. Jaquith. 

Most of the early settlers were born in the state of 
Massachusetts, some in Londonderry, N. H., some in 
England, and some in Ireland. David Bailey was born in 
England ; John Davidson and William Smiley in Ireland. 
They were a race of hardy adventurers, inured to toil and 
hardship, fit inhabitants for a new township. They were 
mostly young men, unmarried, in search of a future home. 
They made a purchase of land, cleared a few acres, built 
thereon a cabin or log house, returned to their original 
home, and there married and took with them their wives 
with their household furniture to the home in the forest, a 
bridal tour full of hope and expectation of a rich future re- 
ward — not only a reward of gold and silver, but one of a 
large progeny. In that they were not often disappointed, 
as the emigration from Jaffrey, in after years, to the states of 
Vermont, New York, Ohio, and most of the Western states, 
will abundantly verify. The sons and daughters of Jaffrey 
and their descendants may be found not only in town, but 
in most of the cities East and West, holding positions of 
wealth, honor, and trust. 

The life of the pioneer was one of hardship and toil. It 
had also its comforts and enjoyments. If it did not afford 
a life of ease, it did a life of health. If it did not furnish 
jewels or gold, it did, what was of more value in their esti- 



36 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

mation, like the Roman matron, a family of hale and healthy 
children, 

A very interesting account, given by Mrs. Sarah (Law- 
rence) Eveleth, in a letter to her nephew, John S. Lawrence, 
centennial year, relating to the early habits of the first set- 
tlers, is here given, in her own language. Mrs. Eveleth was 
a school-teacher in her younger days, and is now (1873) 
nearly 80 years of age. She writes from her own recollec- 
tion as follows : 

The first settlers fared very hard, worked hard, and their 
living was coarse and short. It consisted of bean porridge, 
Indian bread, johnny-cakes, and a few potatoes. Pies and 
cakes were a great luxury if they could get them, but they 
were "like angels' visits, few and far between." Their dress 
was made of coarse material, homespun and wove. Ladies 
wore dresses made of tow and linen, tight waist, skirt made of 
wool, open iu front to the bottom and pinned behind. They 
wore a dress skirt, short loose gown, wool hats, and sometimes 
sun-bonnets, such as would cause a smile these good days. 
For church dress, they wore calico called chintz, wore mostly 
leather shoes, some had velvet. For an overdress, the ladies, 
if they had any, wore home-made cloth : some had silk. They 
wore skirts which came half way from the knee to the ankle, 
called long shorts, or cut shorts. 

The children, if they went to church at all, wore home-made 
cloth, with a handkerchief tied on their heads. Li cold 
weather they wore a striped blanket over their shoulders. 
The men wore striped frocks and trowsers, cowhide boots 
if they could get them, otherwise shoes, with leggings in win- 
ter to keep out the snow. They had an over-dress made of 
coarse wool cloth, called great coats, which came down to their 
ankles. 

Their dwellings were mostly built of logs, with a stone 
chimney at one end, and a large fireplace, large enough to re- 
ceive wood four feet in length. The cellar and attic, if they 
had any, was reached by a ladder. The seats were made of 
blocks of wood, and table of a large log two or three feet long. 

Their mode of travel was at first by marked trees, on foot, 
and afterwards by sleds drawn by oxen. In winter they ti'av- 
elled on what they called snowshoes when the snow was deep. 
A man would take a woman behind him on the same shoes. 
She would take hold of his shoulders and step every time as he 
did, and travel a mile or more in that way. After a while 



EARLY SETTLERS, 37 

horses were used by those who were able to have them. By 
using a saddle and pillion, two could ride on the same horse. 
In this way they went to church, funerals, parties, and to mill. 

Schools were taught in private dwellings. The first school- 
house in the district was a rude aflair, built by Samuel May- 
nard, at the expense of the district, with a jackknife and gimlet. 
The first schools wei"e taught by Rufus Houghton and Sally 
Lowe. 

The first cider-mills in the district were built by Kendal 
Briant and Benj. Lawrence. Before they were built, cider 
was made by pounding the apples in a wooden bowl, and 
pressing them in a cheese-press. 



CHAPTER IV. 

MUNICIPAL HISTORY— CHARTER OF THE TOWN— INCOR- 
PORATION— LIST OF TOWN AND STATE OFFICERS. 

IN 1773 the number of inhabitants in Middletown, as the 
town of Jaffrey was then called, was 303 ; number of 
families, 52. A petition was signed that year by the inhab- 
itants for a town charter, and presented to the royal gov- 
ernor, John Wentworth, by Col. Enoch Hale, of Rindge, a 
man of high standing in official position, and previously 
a resident of the township. On the seventeenth day of 
August, A. D. 1773, a charter was duly granted by the said 
royal governor, with the advice of his council, at Ports- 
mouth, changing the original name Middletown, or Middle 
Monadnock Number Two, to Jaffrey, in honor of George 
Jaffrey, at that time a member of the governor's council, 
and one of the Masonian proprietors. Capt. Jonathan Stan- 
ley, father-in-law of Col. Hale, was authorized to call the 
first town-meeting within sixty days. After the incorpora- 
tion of the town the population increased with great rapid- 
ity. Large numbers, during and after the Revolutionary 
War, came from Massachusetts. In 1775, at the beginning 
of the war, the number of inhabitants was 351. In 1783, 
eight years later, it was 1,033; in 1790, 1,235 \ 1800, 1,341 ; 
1810, 1,336; 1820, 1,339; 1830, 1,354; 1840, 1,411; 1850, 
1,497; i860, 1,452; 1870, 1,256; 1873, 1,288; 1880, 1,267. 



CHARTER OF THE TOWN. 39 



CHARTER. 

Province of New Hampshire. 
George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain 
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. 
To all people to whom these presents come, Greeting: 
Whereas our loyal subjects, Inhabitants of a Tract of Land 
within our Province of New Hampshire, aforesaid, commonly 
called and known by the name of Middletown or Middle Mo- 
nadnock No. 2, Containing by estimation about six miles 
square. Having humbly petitioned and requested us that they 
may be erected and incorporated into a Township, and enfran- 
chised with the same Powers and Privileges which other towns 
within our said Province by law have and enjoy, And it ap- 
pearing unto us to be conducive to the General good of our said 
Province, as well as the Inhabitants in particular, by maintain- 
ing good order and encouraging of the culture of the land, that 
the Same should be done : Know ye, that we, of our special 
Grace and certain knowledge, and for the encouragement and 
promotion of the Good Purposes and ends aforesaid, by and 
with the Advice of our Trusty and well beloved John Went- 
worth Esquire, our Governor and Commander in Chief, and of 
our Council of the same, have erected and ordained and by 
these presents, for us, our Heirs and successors, do will and 
ordain that the Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land and 
others, who shall improve and inhabit thereon hereafter, the 
same being butted and bounded as follows viz : Beginning at 
the South West corner of Peterborough Slip so called, from 
thence running North eighty degrees West seven miles to a 
Hemlock Tree marked, from thence running North by the 
Needle five miles to a Hemlock Tree marked from thence run- 
ning South, Eighty degrees East seven miles to a Beech Tree 
marked in the West line of Peterborough, from thence South 
by the Needle to the first Bounds mentioned ; Be and they 
are hereby declared to be a Town corporate, and are hereby 
erected and incorporated into a body Politick and corporate to 
have continuance forever by the name of JaftVey ; with all the 
Powers and Authorities, Privileges, Immunities and Franchises, 
which any other Towns in said Province by Law hold and en- 
joy to the said Inhabitants, or those who shall hereinafter in- 
habit there, and their Successors forever, Alway reserving to 
us, our heirs and successors, All White Pine Trees, that are or 
shall be found being or growing within or upon said Tract of 
Land, fit for the use of our Royal Navy, Reserving also to us, 
our heirs and successors, the Right of dividing said Town, 
when it shall appear necessary and convenient for the Inhab- 



40 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

itants thereof. Provided nevertheless and tis hereby declared 
that this Charter and Grant is not intended, and shall not in 
any manner be constrned, to aftect the private Property of the 
soil within the Limits aforesaid. And as the several Towns 
within our said Provence are by these Laws thereof enabled and 
authorized to assemble and by the Majority of the Voters pres- 
ent to choose all such offices and transact such affairs as in the 
said Laws are declared, We do by these Presents nominate and 
appoint Jonathan Stanley of said Town to call the first Meet- 
ing of said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at any 
time within sixty days from the Date hereof, giving legal notice 
of the time and design of holding said meeting after which the 
annual meeting of said Town shall be held for the choice of 
said officers, and for the purpose afores'^on the last Thursday of 
March annually. 

In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of said Prov- 
ence to be hereunto affixed. Witness our Governor and Com- 
mander-in-chief aforesaid, the seventeenth day of August, in the 
thirteentli year of our Reign Annoquedom 1773. 

John Wentworth. 

By his Excellency's Command, with Advice of Council. 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec. 

ORGANIZATION. 

Provence of \ 
New Hampshire > Pursuant to the Charter of the Town of 
Cheshire, ss. j Jaffiey in Said County of the seventeenth 
of this Instant August Consisting of that 
Tract of Land originally Called and Known by the Name of 
Middle Monadnock Number two in s'^ County. 
To me Directed by his Excellency the Governor and Com- 
mander in Chief in and over Said Provence, For calling the 
First meeting within sixty Days. 

These are therefore in his Majestys Name to Notify and warn 
all the Freeholders and otlier Inhabitance of s** town, Qiialified 
to vote in Common affairs, to assemble and meet at the house 
of Francis Wright in s*^ town, on Thisday the Fourteenth Day 
of September Next Insuing, at two of the Clock in the after 
Noon, then and there to Proseed on the following articles, as 
the Law Directs. 

jstiy 'Pq choose a Moderator to Govern s** meeting. 
2^1^ "Yo choose a town Clark, Selectmen, Constable or Consta- 
bles, Tythingmen and all other officers. Required by Law 
of said Province to be Chosen in s^ town at the First meet- 
ing, All to be Sworn to the faithful Discharge of their Re- 



ORGANIZATION. 4I 

spective offices in all things to be Done and Performed by 
them as the Law of s** Province Directs. 
Given under my Hand and Seal at JaftVey Aug. 27, 1773- 

Jonathan Stanley. 

Jaffiey Sept. 14 1773- 

Then the Freeholders and Inhabitance of s** town being meet 

agreeable to the forgoing Warrant, 
I'"*' Choose Capt. Jonathan Stanley moderator to Govern s** 

meeting. 
2'^ Choose mr W™ Smiley Town Clerk. 

Choose Capt. Jonathan Stanley, First Selectman, 

mr. W™ Smiley Sec*^ Selectman. 

mr. Phineas Spaulding third Selectman. 

Choose Mr. Roger Gilmore, Tythingman. 

Choose Hugh Dunlap and John Harper, Field Drivers. 

Choose John Davidson, Constable. 

Choose Roger Gilmore, Robert Wire and Samuel Sherwin 

a Committee to Count with the Selectmen and Constable. 

Choose David Allen W"" McAlister ; Robert Wire, Eph- 

raim Hunt, W'" Turner and John Gilmore Soyvors 

Choose Mr. W™ Hogg and Mr Joseph Wright Fence Vew- 

ers. 

The First meeting Sep* 14, 1773- 

Province of \ To John Davidson Constable for the town 

New Hampshire > of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshier and 
Cheshire, ss. j Province aforsaid. Greeting. 

You are hereby required, in his Majestys name, to warn 
all the Freeholders and Inhabitance of s"^ J^iffiey (Duly 
Qiialified to Vote) to meet at the house of Francis Wright, 
Innholder, on Tuesday the twenty eighth of this instant 
Sepf, at one of the clock in the afternoon, then and there to 
act on the Following Articles. 
i°* To choose a moderator to Govern s"^ meeting. 
2'y To see if they will vote a Certain Sum of money to lay out 

on the Rodes in s*^ Town. 
3'y To see what Method they will take to have the Gospel 

Preached among us. 
4'y To See How much money they will Raise to support the 

Gospel 
And when you shall have Performed the service herein re- 
quired of this Warrant make return to us and of your Doings 
thereon, at or before the s*^ twenty eighth Day aforsaid. 
Given under our hands and seal this fourteenth Day of Sept, 

1773- 
4 



42 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Cheshire ss. Sept. 28, 1773. In Obedi- f Jona. Stanley. ^ 

ence to the within Warrant, I have I W™ Smiley "n 

warned all the Freeholders and inhab- \ Phineas Spaulding g- 
itance of s*^ town to meet at time and J a 

Place within mentioned. (^ ^ 

Pr. Me, John Davidson Constable. 

Jaffrey Sep' 2S. Then the Freeholders and Inhabitance of 
s*^ town being mett agreeable to the Foregoing Warrant, 
i'^ Choose Capt. Jonathan Stanley moderator to govern s*^ 

meeting. 
2'y Voted Eighty Pounds L : M : to be worked out on the 

Rods. 
3^-'' Voted that Capt. Jona. Stanley, Alexander Mc-Neill and 

Jeames Caldwell be a Committee to Provide supplies of 

Preaching for s*^ town. 
4'y Voted six Pounds Lawful Money to support the Gospel in 

said town. 
The second Town Meeting held in s'' Town Sept. 28, i773* 

The town was now duly organized, and had power to 
make provision for the public wants, and compel every citi- 
zen to share in the expense. Of what was done previous 
we have no record, and it is quite doubtful whether any was 
ever made ; quite certain it is that they had not met the 
requirements of the grant, so far as it related to the build- 
ing of a meeting-house, as none appears to have been built. 
The business requirements of the town at this time related 
to the making of roads, building of a meeting-house, and 
the establishment and support of a public school. 

The following persons appear to have been voters at the 
time of the organization of the town : 

David Allen, Jona. Blodgett, Wm. Fisher, 

John T. Anderson, George Clark, John Gilmore, 

Stephen Adams, Jeames Caldwell, Roger Gilmore, 

Thomas Adams, Henry Coffren, Robert Gilmore, 

Jethro Bailey, Joseph Cutter, Hiram Greene, 

Isaac Baldwin, Daniel Davis, Oliver Hale, 

John Borland, John Davidson, John Harper, 

John Briant, Robert Dunlap, John Hanley, 

Kendal Briant, Hugh Dunlap, Elias Hathorn, 

Alpheas Brigham, Thomas Emery, Eben' Hathorn, 



TOWN-CLERKS. 



43 



Elred Hetrech, 
Jason Hemingway, 
W™ Hogg,.. 
Joseph Hogg, 
David Hunter, 
Ephraim Hunt, 
Ebn"" Ingals, 
Jona. Jewett, 
John Little, 
Alex"- Mc-Neal, 
W™ Mc-Alister, 
Peter Mc-AIister, 
W"^ Mitchell, 
Samuel Milliken, 



W'° Miliken, 
Dennis Orgon, 
Samuel Pierce, 
Jacob Pierce, 
Oliver Proctor, 
Jona. Priest, 
Daniel Priest, 
Daniel Priest, 2<^, 
W'» Smiley, 
Jona. Stanley, 
David Stanley, 
Phineas Spaulding, 
Sami Shervvin, 
Joseph Thorndike, 



Joshua Thorndike, 
W" Turner, 
Joseph Turner, 
Nathaniel Turner, 
Simon Warren, 
Peter Warren, 
Isaac Wesson, 
Eph™ Whitcomb, 
Robert Wier, 
Mathew Wallace, 
Sam^ Woodbury, 
Mathew Wright, 
Francis Wright, 
Joseph Wright. 



List of the moderators of the annual town-meetings, from 
the incorporation of the town, 1773, to 1880. 



Jonathan Stanley, 1773. 

Henry CofFeen, 1774. 

John Gilmore, 1775. 

Alex"- McNiel, 1776. 

Roger Gilmore, 1777. 

W". Smiley, 1778, '80. 

Joseph Bates, 1779, '81-2, '86. 

Benj. Prescott, 1783-4, '97. 

Jed^^ Sanger, 1785. 

Abel Parker, 1 787-8-9-90-1, '93, 

'96, '98-9, 1 80 1, '08. 
Phineas Spaulding, 1792. 
Joseph Thorndike, 1794-5. 
Simeon Butters, 1800, '03. 
Adonijah Howe, 1802, '06, '09-10- 

11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19. 
David Page, 1804-5, '07. 

TOWN-CLERKS. 

W™. Smiley, 1773-4-5, 'n, '83. Abel Parker, 1789. 
Robert Weir, 1776. Alex-- Milliken, 1790. 

Roger Gilmore, 1778-9, '95-6-7-8-9, David Smiley, 1803-4. 

1 800- 1. David Page, 1805. 

Adonijah Howe, 1 780-1 -2, '04, '06- Samuel Dakin, 1806-7-8-9-10-11- 

7-8, '91-2-3-4, 1802. 12-13-14-15. 

Jedediah Sanger, 1785. Oliver Prescott, 1816. 



Moody Lawrence, 1820-21. 
Edward Spaulding, 1822-3-4, '38, 

'41. 
Oliver Prescott, 1825-6, '32, '34, '39, 

'40. 
Luke Howe, 1827-8. 
W^. Ainsworth, 1829-30-31. 
Asa Parker, 1833. 
John Conant, 1835-6-7, '42-3, '47, 

'49-50-1, '53-4-5- 
Stillman Clarke, 1844. 
John Felt, 1845-6, '48. 
Alonzo Bascomb, 1852. 
Charles H. Powers, 1856-7-8-9-60- 

1-2-3-4-5-6, '71-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-80. 
Fred W. Bailey, 1867-8-9-70. 



44 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



W™. Ainsworth, 1817-18-19-20-21. Jonas M. Mellville, 1840-1. 
Henry Payson, 1822-3-4. John Fox, 1848-9 '50-1-2-3-4-5-6-7- 

Thomas Adams, 1825-6-7-8-9-30-1-2. 8-9-60-1-2-3. 
Benj. Cutter, i823-4-5-6-7-8-9,'42-3- Joseph P. Frost, 1864-5-6-7-8-9-70- 
4-5-6-7. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-80. 



SELECTMEN, 



Jonathan Stanley, 1773. 

Wm. Smiley, 1773, ""JT, '79. 

Phineas Spaulding, 1773. 

Henry Coffeen, 1774. 

Roger Gilmore, 1774, '78-9. '92-3, 

'95-6-7, 1 800- 1. 
William Turner, 1774. 
John Gilmore, 1775, '82. 
Alexander McNiel, 1775. 
Peter Warren, 1775. 
Robert Wier, 1776. 
Solomon Grout, 1776. 
Joseph Turner, 1776. 
Joseph Thorndike, 1777, '94. 
Daniel Emery, 1777, '81. 
Alpheas Brigham, 1777, '87. 
Joseph Cutter, 1777, '93. 
John Stanley, 1778. 
Abraham Bailey, 1778. 
Hugh Dunlap, 1779. 
Eleazer Spofford, 1780. 
Joseph Bates, 1780. 
James Hay ward, 1780. 
Thomas Mower, 1781. 
William Pope, 1781. 
Benj. Prescott, 1782. 
James Stevens, 1782, 1800-1. 
Ebenezer Stratton, 1782. 
Adonijah Howe, 1785, '88, '92. 
Jedediah Sanger, 1783, '85. 
John Briant, 1783-4. 
Jereme Underwood, 1783, '90-1, 

'95-6-7. 
Thomas Adams, 1784, '89, '94, 

1802, '17-18-19-20, '26-7. 



James Gowing, 1784. 

Joseph Perkins, 1785, '91, '94. 

Abel Parker, 1786, '89, '91-2-3. 

Samuel Emery. 1786-7, '89. 

Oliver Hale, 1786. 

Alexander Milliken, 1786-7-8, '90. 

Silas Marshal, 1786. 

Samuel Buss, 1788, '95, '98. 

Simeon Butters, 1790. 

Moses Worcester, 1796-7, 1802. 

Daniel Parker. 1798-9. 

John Joslyn, 1798-9. 

Benj. Haywood, 1800-1, '34-5-6. 

Rufus Houghton, 1802, '06-7. 

David Smiley, 1803-4. 

Roger Brigham, 1803-4-5, '07. 

Jona. Fox, 1803-4-5, '08-9-10-11- 

12-13-14. 
David Page, 1805. 
David Page, Jr., 1806. 
Samuel Dakin, 1806-7-8-9-10-11-12- 

13-14-15. 
David Gilmore, 1808, '17-18-19-20- 

1-2-3. 
Joseph Joslin, 1809-10-11-12-13-14, 

'22. 
Oliver Prescott, 1815-16-17-18-19- 

20-21, '28-9-30-1-2-3. 
David Jewett, 1816. 
Asa Parker, 182 1-2- 3-4-5. 
Levi Fisk, 1823-4-5, '28. 
Samuel Patrick, 1826-7, '29-30, '37- 

8-9-40 . 
Oliver Warren, 1827, '35-6. 
John Conant, 1828, '31-2-3-4. 



TOWN TREASURERS. 45 

Edward Spaulding, 1829-30-1-2-3-4-John A. Prescott, 2d, 1858-9, '60. 

5, '41-2. Samuel Ryan, 1859-60-1. 

John Felt, 1836-7-8-9. John Frost, 1860-1-2. 

John A. Prescott, 1837-8-9,41, '52-James R. Stanley, 1861-2-3. 

3-4. Benj. L. Baldwin, 1862-3-4. 
Labon Rice, 1840, '42-3, '05-6, '53-Frank H. Cutter, 1863-4-5. 

4-5. James L. Bolster, 1864-5-6, '71- 
Nehemiah Adams, 1840, '42-3-4. Jos. W. Fassett, 1865-6-7, '73-4- 

Oliver Bailey, 1841. Alfred Sawyer, 1866-7-8, "73-4-5. 

Gilman Mower, 1843-4. Henry C. French, 1867, '70-1-3. 

David Spaulding, 1844. Benj. Pierce, 1868-9. 

Ezra Baker, 1845-6-7-8. Marshal C. Adams, 1868-9-70. 

Robert Ritchie, 1845-6-7-8. Oliver P. Hunt, 1869-70. 

Rufus Haywood, 1847, '49. John M. Wales, 1872. 

Jona. J. Comstock, 1848-9-50. Addison Prescott. 1872. 

Oliver Bacon, 1849-50-1. Jos. P. Frost, 1874-5-6. 

S. B. Lawrence, 1850-1-2. Henry A. Turner, 1875-6-7. 

Asa Baker, 1851-2 3. Clarence S. Bailey, 1876-7-8. 

Wm. Lebonveau, 1854-5-6. John A. Cutter, 1877-8-9. 

Daniel French, 1855-6-7. Oscar W. Bradley, 1878. 

John Fox, 1856-7-8, '71-2-3. George A. Underwood, 1879-80. 
A. W. Spaulding, 1857-8-9. 



TOWN TREASURERS. 

Wm. Smiley, 1778. Edward Spaulding, 1835. 

Adonijah Howe, 1781-2, '86-7, '89, Ethan Cutter, 1836-7-8. 

'90-1, '99- 1 800- 1 -2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9- J. M. Melville, 1839 to 1851, inclu- 

lo-i 1-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20. sive. 
Samuel Buss, 1783-4, '92, '93-4. John E. B. Jewett, 1858-9. 
Thomas Adams, 1795-6-7. Ebenezer Upton, i860. 

Oliver Prescott, 1821. C. H. Powers, 1861-2-3-4, '70-1-2-3 

Wm. Ainsworth, 1825-6-7-8-9-30- 4-5-6-7-8-9-80. 

31. Peter Upton, 1865. 

Asa Parker, 1832. Fred W. Bailey, 1866-7-8-9. 

Isaac J. Fox, 1833-4. 

List of representatives from the incorporation of the 
town to the present time, in the order in which they appear 
upon the record : 



46 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Henry Coffeen, May ii, 1775, to 

third Provincial Congress at 

Exeter. 
William Smiley, 1784. 
John Gilmore, 1785, '86. 
Abel Parker, 1787, '91-2-3, '97, '99. 
Benjamin Prescott, 1790, '96, 1809, 

10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17. 
Joseph Thorndike, 1794, '95, '98, 

1 800- 1 -2-3. 
Adonijah Howe, 1804-5, '18-19-20-21 
David Page, 1806-7. 
Laban Ainsworth, 1808. 
*01iver Prescott, 1822-3-4-5-6. 
*WiIliam Ainsworth, 1828-9-30. 
*Levi Fisk, 1831-2-3. 
John Conant, 1834-5-6. 



*Edward Spaulding, 1837-8-9. 
*Samuel Patrick, 1840. 
John Felt, 1841-2-3-4-5, '47. 
Laban Rice, 1846. 
Peter Upton, 1848-9-50. 
*John Fox, 185 1-2-3-4. 
*David C. Chamberlin, 1856-7. 
*John A. Prescott, 1858-9. 
Charles H. Powers, 1860-1, '78. 
Samuel Ryan, 1862-3. 
♦Frederick W. Bailey, 1864-5, '68-9. 
*Addison Prescott, 1866-7. 
*Benjamin Pierce, 1870-1. 
*Frank H. Cutter, 1872-3. 
* Alfred Sawyer, 1874-5. 
Joseph W. Fassett, 1876-7. 
Thomas Annett, 1879-80. 



State senators, natives of Jaffrey : 
Asa Parker. 1826-7. Levi Fisk, 1835-6. 

Justices of the peace are appointed by the governor and 
council on recommendation of parties concerned. In 1785 
Roger Gilmore was recommended by a vote of the town, 
and was commissioned by the governor. The following list 
is given in the order of their appointment : 



Roger Gilmore, 
Abel Parker, 
Benjamin Prescott, 
Joseph Thorndike, 
Joseph Cutter, 
Alexander Milliken, 
Samuel Dakin, 
Robinson Perkins, 
William Ainsworth, 
David Gilmore, 
Edward Spaulding, 
Samuel Patrick, 
Benjamin Cutter, 
Samuel Foster, 



Laban Price, 
Hiram Duncan, 
Jonas M. Mellville, 
Peter Upton, 
Amasa Kennie, 
Stillman Clarke, 
Roderick R. Perkins, 
John A. Prescott, 
Nehemiah Adams, 
George Briant, 
Luther Cutter, 
Asa Baker, 
John A. Prescott, 2d, 
J. E. B. Jewitt, 



David A. Wood, 
Spencer L. Bailey, 
Guerley A. Phelps, 
Oscar H. Bradley, 
Geo. W. Todd, 
Joseph P. Frost, 
James L. Bolster, 
Henry B. Wheeler, 
J. W. Fassett, 
Alfred Sawyer, 
H. B. Aldrich, 
L. N. Willoughby, 
J. P. Frost. 



* Born in Jaffrey. 



VOTE FOR GOVERNOR. 



47 



Justices of the quorum 



Asa Parker, 
Adonijah Howe, 
Oliver Prescott, 



Luke Howe, 
John Conant, 
Levi Fisk, 



Justices throughout the state : 



Abel Parker, 
Frederick W. Bailey, 



John Fox, 
Frank H. Cutter, 



John Felt, 
Alonzo Bascom, 
Addison Prescott. 



F. S. Pierce, 
F. B. Spalter. 



The chief magistrate of New Hampshire was styled 
president by the constitution adopted by the state in 1783, 
and governor by the constitution as revised in 1793. 



VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. 







Votes, 






Votes. 


1784. 


Meshech Weare, 


17 


1788. 


John Sullivan, 


2 


1785. 


John Langdon, 


6 


1789. 


John Sullivan, 


46 




George Atkinson, 


29 


1790. 


John Pickering, 


25 


1786. 


John Langdon, 


40 


1791. 


Josiah Bartlett, 


69 


1787. 


John Langdon, 


68 




Joshua Wentworth, 


I 




John Sullivan, 


13 


1792. 


Josiah Bartlett, 


81 


1788. 


John Langdon, 


52 










VOTE 


FOR 


GOVERNOR. 




1793- 


Josiah Bartlett, 


41 


1806. 


Jeremiah Smith, 


64 




John T. Gilman, 


5 




John Langdon, 


24 


1794. 


John T. Gilman, 


57 




Timothy Farrar, 


9 


1795- 


John T. Gilman, 


61 




Robertson Perkins, 


9 


1796. 


John T. Gilman, 


62 




Zacheus Witt, 


I 


1797. 


John T. Gilman, 


65 


1807. 


Jeremiah Smith, 


72 


1798. 


John T. Gilman, 


65 




John Langdon, 


26 


1799. 


John T. Gilman, 


72 


1808. 


Jeremiah Smith, 


51 


1800. 


John T. Gilman, 


100 




John Langdon, 


51 


1801. 


John T. Gilman, 


121 


1809. 


Jeremiah Smith, 


188 


1802. 


John T. Gilman, 


156 




John Langdon, 


23 . 


1803. 


John T. Gilman, 


145 


1810. 


Jeremiah Smith, 


219 




John Langdon, 


9 




John Langdon, 


45 


1804. 


John T. Gilman, 


168 


1811. 


Jeremiah Smith, 


200 




John Langdon, 


8 




John Langdon, 


40 


1805. 


John T. Gilman, 


223 


1812. 


John T. Gilman, 


203 




John Langdon, 


30 




Wm. Plumer, 


46 



48 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



1813. John T. Gilman, 
Win. Plumer, 

1814. John T. Gilman, 
Wm. Plumer, 
Timothy Farrar, 

18 1 5. John T. Gilman, 
Wm. Plumer, 

18 16. James Sheaf, 
Wm. Plumer, 

18 17. Jeremiah Mason, 
Wm. Plumer, 

1818. Jeremiah Mason, 
Wm. Plumer, 

1819. William Hale, 
Samuel Bell, 

1820. Samuel Bell, 

1821. Samuel Bell, 

1822. Samuel Bell, 

1823. Levi Woodbury, 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 

1824. Levi Woodbury, 
David L. Morril, 
Jeremiah Smith, 

1825. David L. Morril, 

1826. David L. IVIorril, 
Benjamin Pierce, 

1827. David L. Morril, 
Benjamin Pierce, 

1828. John Bell, 
Benjamin Pierce, 

1829. John Bell, 
Benjamin Pierce, 

1830. Timothy Upham, 
Matthew Harvey, 

1831. Ichabod Bartlett, 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 

1832. Ichabod Bartlett, 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 

1833. Samuel Dinsmoor, 
Arthur Livermore, 

1S34. William Badger, 
I S3 5. William Badger, 
Joseph Healey, 



207 1836. 

35 
224 1837. 

47 
I 1838. 
237 1839. 

43 
221 1840. 

48 
221 

48 1841. 
191 

48 
138 1842. 

21 

35 
no 

95 1843. 
91 
49 
45 
20 1844. 

65 
148 

no 1845. 



76 1846. 
64 

63 

64 1847. 

63 

63 
148 1848. 

90 

n9 1849. 
176 
126 

30 1850. 
n8 
179 

88 1851. 



Isaac Hill, 
George Sullivan, 
Isaac Hill, 
Scattering, 
Isaac Hill, 
John Page, 
James Wilson, 
Edmund Parker, 
John Page, 
Enos Stephens, 
Daniel Hoit, 
John Page. 
Enos Stephens, 
John H. White, 
Daniel Hoit, 
Enos Stephens, 
Henry Hubbard, 
Anthony Colby, 
Henry Hubbard, 
Daniel Hoit, 
John H. White, 
Anthony Colby, 
John H. Steele, 
Daniel Hoit, 
Anthony Colby, 
John H. Steele, 
Daniel Hoit, 
Anthony Colby, 
Jared W. Williams, 
Nathaniel S. Berry, 
Nathaniel S. Berry, 
J.W. Williams, 
Anthony Colby, 
Scattering, 
Jared W. Williams, 
Nathaniel S. Berry, 
Nathaniel S. Berry, 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 
Levi Chamberlain, 
Levi Chamberlain, 
Samuel Dinsmoor, 
Nathaniel S. Berry, 
Thomas E. Sawyer, 



90 
109 

11 

4 

no 

117 
174 

14 
n3 
152 

23 

99 
142 

26 

39 
94 
80 

92 

78 

34 

4 

127 

97 

40 

115 
32 

23 
127 
n8 

39 

34 
131 
143 
2 
126 
184 

38 
"4 
145 
128 

lOI 

42 
120 



VOTE FOR GOVERNOR. 



49 





Samuel Dinsmoor, 


96 




George Stark, 


134 




John Atwood, 


42 


1862. 


Nathaniel S. Berry, 


197 


1852. 


Thomas E. Sawyer, 


119 




George Stark, 


122 




Noah Martin, 


IIS 


1863. 


Ira A. Eastman, 


115 




John Atwood, 


33 




Joseph A. Gilmore, 


180 


^853- 


James Bell, 


112 


1864. 


E. W. Harrington, 


114 




Noah Martin, 


96 




Joseph A. Gilmore, 


200 




John H. White, 


34 


1865. 


Frederick Smyth, 


178 


1854. 


James Bell, 


102 




E. W. Harrington, 


IIS 




Nathaniel B. Baker, 


94 


1866. 


Frederick Smyth, 


189 




Jared Perkins, 


42 




John G. Sinclair, 


123 


1855. 


Ralph Metcalf, 


127 


1867. 


Walter Harriman, 


189 




N. B. Baker, 


82 




John G. Sinclair, 


126 




James Bell, 


19 


1868. 


Walter Harriman, 


203 


1856. 


Ralph Metcalf, 


176 




J. G. Sinclair, 


133 




John S. Wells, 


107 


1869. 


John Bedel, 


104 




Ichabod Goodwin, 


12 




Onslow Stearns, 


179 




Scattering, 


I 


1870. 


John Bedel, 


95 


1857. 


William Haile, 


176 




Onslow Stearns, 


186 




John S. Wells, 


116 




Lorenzo D. Barrows, 


I 


1858. 


William Haile, 


175 


1871. 


James Pike, 


176 




Asa P. Gate, 


114 




James A. Weston, 


122 


1859. 


Ichabod Goodwin, 


191 


1872. 


James A. Weston, 


123 




Asa P. Gate, 


109 




Ezekiel A. Straw, 


210 


i860. 


Ichabod Goodwin, 


198 


1873- 


James A. Weston, 


104 




Asa P. Gate, 


133 




Ezekiel A. Straw, 


181 


I86I. 


Nathaniel S. Berry, 


187 









CHAPTER V. 

TRAVEL— HIGHWAY— COUNTY ROAD— THIRD NEW HAMP- 
SHIRE TURNPIKE— MONADNOCK RAILROAD. 

PREVIOUS to 1800 the inhabitants travelled on foot, 
sleds, carts, and horseback. The sleds and carts were 
drawn by oxen. The men rode on saddles, and the women 
on pillions behind them. At a later period the side-saddle 
came into use by those who were able to own two horses. 
Phineas Spaulding, who lived in the west part of the town, 
brought his wife into town at the time of their marriage in 
a cart drawn by oxen. The Rev. Laban Ainsworth mar- 
ried Miss Mary Minot, of Concord, Mass., and performed 
his wedding tour on horseback. He was met on entering 
town by a numerous cavalcade of citizens, and escorted on 
the way to their future home. Wheel carriages drawn by 
horses were not in use till later than 1800. In 1804 the 
two-wheeled " shay," as it was then called, was taxed. The 
number taxed was five, owned by David Gilmore, Alexander 
Milliken, Robinson Perkins, Eleazer Spofford, and Joseph 
Thorndike : valuation of each carriage, from ^40 to $70. 
Horse wagons made their appearance in 18 13 or 18 14. 
The owners were Captain Eber Lincoln and Abel Marshall. 
In winter a rude wooden sleigh called a pung, drawn by 
horses, was used. In 1802, the town provided a hearse for 
the conveyance of the dead to the place of interment, pre- 
vious to which they were borne on the shoulders of men. 
Wagons at length came into very general use. Their form 
and size were much better adapted to family use than the 



COUNTY ROAD. 5^ 

square top chaise. The old cumbersome chaise has long 
since disappeared, and but few now living have any recollec- 
tion of them. They were no doubt well adapted to the nar- 
row, ill-constructed roads of those times. 

When the grant of the town was made, in 1749, the 
grantors, at a meeting held in Dunstable, Massachusetts, 
appointed Jacob Lawrence and William Spaulding a com- 
mittee to lay out a road from No. 2 (Wilton) to Mid- 
dle Monadnock No. 2, through Peterborough Slip (Sharon). 
When the town was incorporated, in 1773, a county road 
passed through the south-west part of the town, from 
Rindge to New Marlborough. Of the locahty and condition 
of other roads we have no knowledge. At the first town- 
meeting six road-surveyors were chosen ; and at a second 
meeting, held a few days later, ;^8o was voted by the town 
to be worked on the roads. At the annual meeting, 1774, 
nine road-surveyors were chosen and ^80 of money raised. 
In 1775, £130 of money was raised, and eleven surveyors 
chosen. Transcripts of roads were made by the selectmen, 
and presented to the town for acceptance immediately after 
the incorporation of the town. The first one presented was 
from the county road to Fitzwilliam line. Eleven transcripts 
of roads were presented and accepted during the year 1774. 
The most important ones were as follows : 

From Borland's mills (East Jaffrey) to the town line of 
Rindge. 

From lot 4, range 10, to the county road leading from 
Rindge to New Marlborough. 

From Roger Gilmore's house, lot 13, range 6, to Bor- 
land's mills. 

From Joseph Hogg's, lot 10, range 9, to the county road. 

From the town line of Sharon, lot 22, range 5, to Roger 
Gilmore's, lot 13, range 6. 

From the centre of the town northerly to Wm. Mitchell's 
(now Michael Fitzgerald's), from thence to Joseph Thorn- 
dike's, now Frank H. Cutter's. 



52 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

^^ 1775 the following transcripts were presented and 
accepted : 

From John Borland's mills, by Long pond, to Eaton's 
mills, now Squantum, 

From Joseph Thorndike's house, now F. H. Cutter's, to 
Dublin line. 

From the common south to the river bridge, south-east 
by John Gilmore's to Rindge line. 

1778. From the meeting-house by the house of John 
Briant, east to John Davidson's (now Henry K. French's), 
to the town line of Peterborough, west of Thomas Turner's 
barn. 

From Oliver Proctor's house, on the line between lots 16 
and 17, range 8, to Borland's mills. 

From the bridge near Joshua Thorndike's, lot 11, range 
3, to the road leading to Joseph Cutter's, now the residence 
of Joel W. Poole. 

1779. From Dublin line, lot 17, range i, by the house of 
Benj. Cutter, now John Frost's, to Elijah Goodale's house. 

1781. From Joseph Turner's house, lot 21, range i, by 
the house of Abel Parker's, to the road leading from Joseph 
Bates's to the meeting-house. 

1783. From the road leading by John Brian t's to Peter- 
borough, east of said Briant's, by James Gowing's and Moses 
Stickney's, to Dublin line. 

1785. From Benj. Prescott's to Sharon line. 

1799. From Jonathan Emery's house, south-east to the 
county road. 

1 80 1. From the county road, near Alexander Milliken's, 
south 22° east to the county road near Daniel Priest's. 

1803. From the Carey house south by Abel Parker's, 
Samuel Dakin's, and Samuel Adams's, to the county road. 



COUNTY ROAD. 53 



HIGHWAYS. 



After 1800 but few new roads were called for ; some 
were discontinued, and new ones on better ground were 
substituted. After carriages came into general use, a 
necessity was created for better roads. In many cases hills 
could be avoided and other improvements made by chang- 
ing the locality of the road. In district No. ii,for many 
years the road to Dublin went over a very high hill, by the 
house of John Conant. In 1822-3, by the individual enter- 
prise of John Cutter, 2d, with a few others, the present fine 
level road by the residence of Joel H. Poole was built. 
Another, from the residence of William Hodge by Walter 
Carr's, lot 17, range 5, north to the road near the house of 
Roger Brigham, 1827; from Jacob Baldwin's, lot 18, range 
5, to west of Zebediah Pierce's, now Elijah Smith's, to the 
road leading to Peterborough ; from Samuel Foster's to the 
road leading by Jacob Baldwin's to Zebediah Pierce's, 1824; 
from the road running north of Laban Rice's, lot 13, range 6, 
to the road that leads to John Briant's, "lot 14, range 4, 
1838 ; from Calvin J. Parker's, lot 20, range i, to Dublin line, 
built 1834; from the old factory down to the Cheshire fac- 
tory, 1838; from Cheshire factory to Peterborough line, 
1841. 

COUNTY ROAD. 

The old county road from Rindge, through the south- 
west part of Jaffrey to Marlborough, did not meet the wants 
of the town. The public good required one through the 
centre, from Marlborough to the county line of Hillsbor- 
ough. At a town-meeting, held May 16, 1785, an article 
was presented to see if the town " will petition the Quarter 
Sessions for a county road through the town of Jaffrey to 
the county line of Hillsborough, and act thereon as they 
think proper," 

The town chose a committee of three, — Jedediah Sanger, 



54 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Benjamin Prescott, and Roger Gilmore, — to join a committee 
from Rindge to petition for said road. At the next annual 
town-meeting, March 30, 1786, Jedediah Sanger, Roger Gil- 
more, Benjamin Prescott, Wilham Pope, and Joseph Bates 
were chosen to meet the court's committee at Marlbor- 
ough. The town also voted to expend one half of the mon- 
ey raised for the benefit of roads on the county road, " if the 
said road should be laid out by the court's committee;" and 
Benjamin Spaulding and Benjamin Prescott were chosen 
surveyors to see the same expended. 

At a town-meeting, held Sept. 15, 1788, a committee of 
eleven were chosen to meet the New Ipswich committee, 
and view the county road through Jaffrey. 

At a town-meeting, August 27, 1792, the town voted to 
have all persons living on the county road, and south of it, 
work out their tax on the same. 

At a town-meeting, October 27, 1792, the town voted to 
raise a sum of money in particular, to be expended on the 
county road. 

Voted JCioo to' be laid out on the s** road. 

At the same meeting the town also voted to raise ;^200, 
to be laid out on the road from Marlborough line, by the 
meeting-house to Rindge line, on the road to New Ipswich. 

P'rom the acts of the town, it appears that the county road 
cost more for repairs than all the other roads in town, and 
even then it did not meet the requirements of the public 
travel. At a town-meeting held September 2, 1793, an arti- 
cle was presented, — 

To see what the town will do in regard of the bill of indict- 
ment found against this town, for the neglect of the repairs of 
the County road. 

Voted that the Grand Juryman be Directed to settle the bill 
of indictment at the next Court, 

It cost but little to accept of transcripts of roads as pre- 
sented, which required no money for building the road or 
for damages, when it was expected that the inhabitants 



, TURNPIKE. 55 

living thereon would make such roads as suited their own 
convenience, and keep them in such repair as would meet 
their present wants ; but a county road, laid out for public 
travel, required a construction and condition based on 
different principles. 

TURNPIKE. 

The difficulty and wants attending a public highway 
probably gave rise to the building of a turnpike, to be sup- 
ported by toll. Accordingly a petition was presented, and 
a charter was granted December 25, 1799 ; the road was 
built the following year. Many of the inhabitants who had 
means, took stock in the enterprise, among whom was Col. 
Benjamin Prescott, who was a director and contractor. 
The road had a power in its operations highly beneficial to 
the interests of the town. It diverted the travel from the 
neighboring towns, and increased the same ; it increased 
the business of inn-keeping, and enabled the inhabitants to 
carry with their own teams the surplus products of their 
farms to market. 

After the road was built, it was the common practice for 
almost every one, when the first snow fell in December, 
with his own team to carry his products of pork, poultry, 
butter, and cheese to the Boston market. It was not un- 
common to see from twenty to forty teams in company, 
thus loaded, on their way to Boston, over the turnpike, from 
towns above. A line of stages was also established, by 
Dearborn and Emerson, from Boston to Walpole, through 
Jaffrey, in 1803; also a post-office in the winter of 1801, 
Peter Lawrence, postmaster. 

The enterprise was successful for a time, but its success 
encouraged other towns to get roads of like character char- 
tered, which divided the travel and ruined the stock. In 
1822 it was practically abandoned, the town voting to keep 
the road in good repair, providing the said turnpike shall 
become a free road. This was the end of toll-gates on the 



56 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Third New Hampshire Turnpike. At first the town voted 
to keep the turnpike road in repair, on the above conditions, 
for two years; and at the annual meeting in 1824 it voted to 
accept of the turnpike through Jaffrey, and keep the same in 
good repair without Hmitation of time. The town, from the 
beginning and ever afterwards, was unfriendly to the exist- 
ence of a turnpike. Its gates exacting a fee for travel were 
very distasteful. When the petition for a turnpike was first 
presented to the town at a meeting of the same, Nov. 18, 
1799, by an article to hear and consider the substance of a 
petition and order of court thereon, respecting a petition of 
Frederick W. Geyer and others, concerning a turnpike road 
from Bellows Falls to Massachusetts line, and act thereon 
as should then be thought proper, the town voted to pass 
over the article. 

At a town-meeting, held Aug. 8, 1800, there was present- 
ed an article, — 

To see if the town will give up to the turnpike corporation 
in this State so much of the old road as is necessary to be used 
for s'' Turnpike road. Voted to pass over the article. 

Town meeting, Nov. 17, i8o3 : 

Art. 2. To see if the town will agree to move the gate that 
is erected across the River bridge or build a bridge across the 
river on the same ground where the old bridge stood on the 
road leading from JaftVey meeting-house to New Ipswich and 
act thereon. 

Voted that the gate be moved off the bridge south of Dea. 
Spofford's mills. 

Voted that the Corporation have thirty days to move s*^ gate 

Reconsidered and Voted that if s'' Corporation do not move 
off s*^ gate immediately after the tenth day of Jan. next, then 
the selectmen are directed to move s** gate. 

Town-meeting, March i, 1803: 

Art. 15. To see what order the town will take upon the gate 
that is erected across the dam near Dea. Spofford's. 

Wee the inhabitants of the town of Jaffrey, having taken into 
consideration the conduct of the Proprietors of the third N. H. 
turnpike road in fixing a turnpike gate on the public traveled 



TURNPIKE. 57 

road, (being so before at the time s*^ Proprietors were incorpo- 
rated) at the bridge or dam across the river near Dea. E. Spof- 
ford's ; that s*^ gate was set upon s*^ road in violation of the act 
of incorporation, which expressly forbids them to erect any 
gate on or across any part of any road, which was at that time 
used and occupied as a public highway ; and as this town did 
at a public meeting in Nov. last vote that in case said Propri- 
etors should not remove s*^ gate by the tenth of Jan. then next, 
which was in our opinion showing great lenity to s'^ Proprie- 
tors, that then and in that case Lt Thomas Adams, Capt Rufus 
Houghton and Lt. Moses Worcester, being then Selectmen be 
directed to move s'^ gate oft' from said road or highway, who 
have shamefully neglected their duty therein, and have suffered 
said gate to remain to this present time tho in Justice to the 
said Moses Worcester the inhabitants do hereby declare that 
they are satisfied that he would have done his duty had he been 
assisted by the other Selectmen. The inhabitants of s'' town 
farther taking into consideration the pernicious consequences 
which will arise from any set of men having such influence 
that the laws of the State cannot be duly executed, do view it a 
duty incumbent on them to oppose the arbitrary power exer- 
cised by the Proprietors of the third N. H. turnpike road in 
their erecting and keeping s'' gate across the public road at the 
bridge or dam aforesaid ; therefore Voted the present Select- 
men (David Smiley, Roger Brighani and Jona. Fox) be direct- 
ed, and it is hereby solemnly enjoined upon them to re- 
move the gate aforesaid with everything apertaining to the 
same, which said inhabitants view to be a public nuisance 
within twenty-four hours from this time ; and again in case 
said Proprietors shall again have- the temerity to erect another 
gate on or across any part of the public road thro' this town 
which was used as such before s*^ Proprietors were incorpo- 
rated, then and in that case the said selectmen are hereby en- 
joned to remove the same as often as there shall be any gate 
erected as aforesaid ; and the s** inhabitants hereby pledge 
themselves that they will support and save harmless the 
Selectmen for doing their duty as prescribed in this vote, and 
to that end the inhabitants afor^*^ do hereby fully authorize and 
impow^r their Selectmen in case they should be prosecuted by 
s*^ Proprietors for removing s'^ gate or gates as directed by this 
vote to assess any sum or sums of money on the inhabitants 
aforesaid which they may deem necessary (not exceeding one 
thousand dollars, without farther directions from the inhab- 
itants of this town) to defray their expenses in defending them- 
selves against such prosecution or prosecutions, and commit 
said assessments to the collectors, with sufficient warrants to 
collect the same agreeable to law. 
5 



58 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. ' 

May 13, 1S03. Art. 3. To see if the town will give any 
directions in regard to the defence of the action of the Proprie- 
tors of the third N. H. turnpike against the Selectmen of Jaf- 
frey or act any thing relative to the same. 

Voted to pass over the s'' article. 

Jan. 27, 1S04. Received of the town of JaftVey forty-five 
dollars in full, for money expended by me in defence of the ac- 
tion of the Proprietors of the s'' N. H. Turnpike road against 
David Smiley, Roger Brigham and Jona. Fox for removing 
the gate near Dea. Spofibrds. 

David Smiley. 

Nov. 5, 1S04. Art. 5, to see if the town will quitclaim so 
much of the old County road as is covered by the turnpike to 
the Corporation of the third N. H. turnpike road. 

Voted to pass over the article. 

Aug. 39, 1S08. Art. 3. To see if the town will give liberty 
to the Proprietors of the third N. H. Turnpike Corporation to 
erect a gate on the Bridge by Dea. Spofibrds. 

Voted to pass over the article. 

The gate was erected in the town of Sharon, where it re- 
mained for many years, when it was removed to New Ips- 
wich, near Barrett mountain. 



RAILROAD. 

In 1864 the legislature enacted a law allowing towns 
and cities to make gratuities for the purpose of building 
railroads, by a vote of two thirds of the legal voters present 
at any town-meeting legally holden for that purpose. In 
accordance with that law, at a town-meeting, held March, 
1867, the town voted a gratuity of five per cent, on the val- 
uation of the town for that year to the Monadnock Railroad 
Company, to enable them to construct a railroad from Win- 
chendon, through Jaffrey, to Peterborough. Vote for the 
gratuity, 207 ; against it, 79. The road was completed, and 
opened for business June 6, 1871. The first trip from Win- 
chendon to Jaffrey was on November 22, 1870. 




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CHAPTER VI. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY— MEETING-HOUSE. 

THE Masonian grant or charter required that a good, 
convenient meeting-house be built within six years 
from the date of the charter, and made provision for that 
purpose by a gift of three hundred acres of land. No meet- 
ing-house appears to have been built when the town was 
organized. The next year after, on the 26th day of April, 
the matter of building a meeting-house was brought before 
the town. The town voted " to build one on the common, 
near the senter this and the ensuing year." 

Voted, s*^ house is to be forty feet wide, Fifty-five in Lenth. 
Posts twenty seven feet in Lenth. Roger Gilmore, William 
Turner Alex"" Mc-Neil a Committee to see the same affected, 
the above Committee to Vendue s*^ house to the last bider. 

At a meeting in July following, the town 

Voted " to Reconsider their vote in Building a meeting- 
house also their vote in Chose of Committee, then Voted s*^ 
meetinghouse Sixty feet in Lenth, Forty five wide, the Posts 
twenty seven feet in Lenth also Voted to have a Porch at each 
end of s*^ hous. 

Voted Mr. Roger Gilmore Mr. Will"i Turner, Mr. Mathew 
Wallace be a Committee to see the work affected in Building 
s*^ house. 

Voted that the Com'''' shall Expose s^ house to sail at Public 
Vendue by the first Wednesday of Sept next, also Voted that 
the Great timber of s*^ house be hewed by the first day of 
Decem'' next, also voted Fifteen Pounds L. M. towards build- 
ing s*^ house, to be Paid by the first day of December Next, 
also Voted that s'^ house shall be Raised by the Middle of June 



60 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Next at the towns Cost. Voted sixty Pounds to be Paid by 
the middle of June next towards building s'' house. Also 
Voted that the whole cost shall be Paid by the first of June in 
the year 1776 as the afors'd house shall be Finished. That the 
Fraim be well under Pined with good stone and lime, and the 
outside all well Compleated, and Collored like Rindge meting- 
house, and lower floor lead Duble, and Pulpit like that in 
Rindge meting house all the above work compleated by the 
middle of June 1776-" 

At the next annual meeting, March 30, 1775, the town 

Voted to Sell Lot No. 4 in the 6"" Range, No. 12 and 20 in 
the first Range to Pay some of the Cost in Building the meet- 
ing house, and chose William Smiley, John Gilmore Roger 
Gilmore a Com"^ to make sail of the aforsaid Lots, also voted 
to sell the aforsaid Lots at Publick Vendue, to the highest 
Bidder, also Voted to sell the Pew Ground in the meeting- 
house in s'' town, to pay the first cost in Building the meeting- 
house at Public Vendue. Voted the building Com^*^ Provide 
all things necessary to rase s'^ meetinghouse at the town cost. 

In December of the same year the town 

Voted to sell Lot No 14 R 2 for the Benefit of a school in 
s*^ town. Voted to Hire the mony the afors'^ Lot shall be sold 
for, to Pay in Part the Charges in Building the meetinghouse 
and pay the use of s** money anuly to support a school in s** 
town. 

It would seem from the following vote that the committee 
chosen to sell the public lands had failed to do it. 

" Voted to Dismiss the Com""' chosen to sell the Public land, 
and choose Captjona. Stanley Mr Roger Gilmore Mr VV™ 
Turner a Com'^'^ to sell all the Publick Land Voted to be sold, 
at Private or Public sale as they think proper." 

In 1776 there is no record of anything being done in re- 
lation to the meeting-house. In 1777 the town voted " to 
finish the meeting-house this year." In 1778, April 2, — 

" Voted to build the Body Seats. Chose Simeon Stickney, 
Joseph Bats & Daniel Emery a Com*" to Effect the same." 

Apr. 20, Voted thirty Pounds to Build the Body Seats, also 
chosen Sam' Adams & Jonathan Stanley to lay out the meet- 



MEETING-HOUSE. 6 1 

inghouse ground. Voted to have 12 pews on the South End 
of the two squares of the meetinghouse Ground. 

Nov. 26, Voted to finish the meetinghouse this year and 
next. Chose Eleazer Spoftbrd, Joseph Bates, Phineas Spauld- 
ing and John Cutter a Com'^'^ to effect the same. 

Voted to Finish the Pews and sell them. 

In 1779, Jan. 14, the town 

Voted to sell the Pews to the hiest Bidder that belongs to 
the town, Except them that do not belong to the Society, or 
that have been against paying anything towards building the 
house. 

Voted that the purchaser of the Pews shall pay one third 
part of the price down, another third in six months and the re- 
mainder when the Pew is finished. 

Chose William Smiley Vendue Master. 

Voted, that the Vendue of the Pews begin on Thursday the 
21 of Jan. inst at nine of the Clock before noon and the Vendue 
Master deliver up what money he gits to the Committee. 

Voted to finish the Pews with Banisters, and to have one 
Pew less on the wall on the West side of the Pulpit. 

Voted that if any man Neglects to pay the first payment, his 
vote shall afterwards be taken no notice of, but the pew expos- 
ed to sale again, and if any man pay the first and second pay- 
ments and Neglect to pay the third, he shall forfeit all he has 
paid, and his Pew exposed to sale again. 

Voted eleven Pews to be on the south side of the gallery on 
the wall on the south side of the house and seven on each Gal- 
lery on the wall of the two ends of the house and two on each 
corner of the front Gallery. 

Voted to hang the seats with hinges. 

May 22, 1779, Notice is hereby given to the inhabitants of 
JaftVey that the sale of the Pews that remain unsold, likewise 
the sale of all such Pews as the former Purchasers thereof who 
have not fulfilled the articles of sale for the pews in the meet- 
inghouse, will be on Wednsday the ninth day of June next, at 
twoof tlie clock in the afternoon at the meetinghouse. 

W™ Smiley, Vendue Master. 

In 1780, Mar. 30, Art. 3 of the warrant, — 

To see if the town will make any allowance to Capt. Henry 
Cofteen for the Barrel of Rum that he paid for, which was ex- 
pended at the Raising of the meetinghouse. 

Voted that the Selectmen settle with Capt. Cofteen in behalf 
of the town. 



62 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



PEW-OWNERS, 1780. 



1. Roger Gilmore, Esq., 28. 

2. Capt. Joseph Cutter, 29. 

3. Ig" Joseph Wilder, 30. 

4. Doct. A. Howe, 31. 

5. Joseph Brooks, 32. 

6. Capt. Benj" Spaulding, 33. 

7. Lt. Moses Worcester, 34. 

8. Oliver Bailey, 35. 

9. Phineas Spaulding, 36. 

10. Phin"* Spaulding, 37. 

11. Capt. Jos. Perkins, 38. 

12. John Davidson, 39. 

13. Jos. Thorndike, Esq., 40. 

14. Capt. Jona" Stanley, 41. 

15. Lt. Joseph Bates, 42. 

16. Eg" Alexander Milliken, 43. 

17. Thorndike and Page, 44. 

18. Lt. William Turner, 45. 

19. John Gilmore, 46. 

20. Isaac Bailey, 47. 

21. Capt. Daniel Emery, 48. 
22.' Dea. Daniel Emery, 49. 

23. Thomas Mower, 50. 

24. Robert Harkness, 51. 

25. Lt. John Harper, 52. 

26. Capt. Samuel Adams, 53. 

27. Eleazer Spofford, 



Lt. James Stevens, 

Capt. James Gage, 

Benj° Nutting, 

Simon Warren, 

Oliver Proctor, 

Eleazer Spofford, 

John Briant, 

Rev. Laban Ainsworth, 

Abel Parker, Esq., 

Dr. A. Howe, 

Lt. Sam' Buss, 

Eleazer Spofford, 

Nathan Hall, 

Benj° Dole, 

John Kent, 

Lt. Jacob Pierce, 

Wid^' Lois Stanley, 

Joseph Turner, 

Samuel Pierce, 

Capt. Sam' Adams, 

Ebn'' Stratton, 

Eg" Francis Wright. 

Peter Jones, 

Dea. William Smiley, 

Nehemiah Green, 

Oliver Hale. 



PEWS IN THE GALLERY. 



I. 


Lt. Jereme Underwood, 


14. 


Doct. A. Howe, 


2. 


Ebn' Thompson, 


15- 


Collins Hathorn, 


3- 


Abram Ross, 


16. 


Josiah Belknap, 


4- 


Charles Davidson, 


17- 


Nehemiah Green, 


5- 


Doct. A. Howe, 


18. 


Samuel Stanley, 


6. 


Daniel Priest, 


19. 


Daniel Priest, 


7- 


Jona. Priest, 


20. 


John Buckley, 


8. 


Kendal Pierson, 


21. 


Sam' Adams, 


9- 


Capt. Joseph Perkins, 


22. 


Isaac Bailey, 


ID. 


Lt Sam' Buss, 


23- 


Abijah Carter, 


II. 


Benj. Whitmore, 


24. 


William Emery, 


12. 


Eleazer Spofford, 


25- 


Lt. Thomas Adams. 


13- 


David Cutter, 







Recorded August 30, 1791. 



by Ado'' Howe, Town Clerk. 



Width, 



MEETING-HOUSE. 

West Porch. 



63 



45 feet. 



00 



00 


4^ 


^ 


^0 





v« 


4^ 


to 


4^ 




4^ 



East Porch. 

After the sale of the pews followed the payment for the 
same. We have no record of the price of pews sold at pub- 
lic vendue, and can only judge of their value by the record 
of the sale of a pew, — No. 16, Dunlap to Pope, — for ten 
pounds ($33.34) ; one, Arthur Taylor to Spofford, No. 39, 
and one, Jonathan Taylor to Robert Harkness, No. 24, for 
ten pounds each ; two pews, Adams to Thorndike and 
Page, one on the lower floor, No. 26, and one in the gallery, 
No. 2, for fifteen pounds, — probably ten pounds for the 



64 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

lower pew, and five for the one in the gallery. That there 
were some delinquent payers for pews bought at the vendue 
appears by a vote of the town, Sept. 17, 1789, "that the 
Com'^'^ appointed to Finish the meeting-house, post those 
pews that are unpaid for, for sale the first monday of Oct. 
next, unless paid for before." As we have no record to the 
contrary, it seems quite likely that payment was duly made. 
In 1 78 1, a committee of three, viz., William Pope, Dr. A. 
Howe, and Nehemiah Greene, was chosen " to recon with 
the building committee." In 1784 another committee, viz., 
Daniel Emery, John Gilmore, and James Cowing, was 
chosen for the same purpose, and quite likely met with the 
same result. In 1787, Sept. 3, the town 

Voted not to Except the finishing of the inside of the meet- 
inghouse. 

Voted to refer the settlement with Mr. Adams to the old 
Com'^'' chosen for that purpose. 

No settlement being made, in 1789, Dec. 21, the town 
again 

Voted not to Except of the meetinghouse as it is now fin- 
ished, and also Voted, to choose a Com''^ to settle with Capt. 
Adams if they can agree, and if not, to have power to Refer 
the matter to Referees. Chose Esq. Parker, Dea. Spoftbrd and 
Capt. Spaulding for said Committee. Voted that if Capt. 
Adams will not settle nor Refer the said matter that the said 
Com*"^ have power to prosecute his bonds to final Judgment 
and Execution. 

In 1792, August 27, the town 

Voted to have a box put to the meetinghouse with a glass 
door for the purpose of putting the town Notifications into. 

In 1796, August 29, the town voted two hundred dollars 
in part towards underpinning and repairing the meeting- 
house. A committee of three, — Dr. A. Howe, John Cough- 
ran, and Dea. E. Spofford, — had been appointed at a pre- 
vious meeting to ascertain what repairs were necessary ; 
among which a good underpinning of hewn stone, fifteen 
inches thick, and that the house be painted with a light 



MEETING-HOUSE. 65 

stone color, was recommended by the committee and 
accepted by the town. A committee of three, — Dr. A. 
Howe, Jereme Underwood, and Roger Gilmore, — was 
chosen to repair the house. 

In 1798, March 6, the town voted to paint the meeting- 
house, and raised one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and 
sixty-seven cents for that purpose. The house was painted 
probably for the first time, as we have no record of any 
money having been previously voted for that purpose. The 
meeting-house was raised in 1775 and finished in I799) a 
period of twenty-four years. It was built after the style of 
the day, with square pews ; a gallery on three sides of the 
house, supported in front by fluted pillars ; a pulpit, built 
after the English style, high and dignified in appearance, 
reached by two flights of stairs, with a pew in front for the 
elders, and a slip for the deacons ; over the pulpit was a 
sounding-board of huge dimensions, suspended from the 
timbers above. The house was entered by two porches, one 
at each end of the house, and a front door. In the gallery 
was a tier of pews next to the walls of the house, twenty- 
five in number, in front of which on a lower platform oppo- 
site the pulpit were seats for the choir, and also free seats 
on the east and west sides, which were usually occupied by 
the younger portion of the congregation. 

The pews in the lower part of the house were divided 
into body and wall pews. The wall pews were raised one 
step higher than the body pews. They were all about five 
feet square, with a seat on two sides, and room for a chair 
in the centre, usually occupied by some elderly lady belong- 
ing to the family. The seats were hung on hinges, for the 
purpose of raising them during prayers, making the standing 
position less tiresome during their continuance. The only 
evil growing out of their use was the discordant noise occa- 
sioned by their fall at the close. 

In front of the pulpit, looking to the front door, the aisle 
was wider than the others ; hence it was called the broad 



66 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

aisle. The pews on this aisle were considered more valua- 
ble than the others. Near the pulpit, in front of the body- 
pews, were free seats, usually occupied by poor and aged 
people. These were the first seats built in the house, and 
for a time were occupied by the congregation. The increase of 
population, however, created a want of more pews, and con- 
sequently the seats were removed and pews built in their 
places. The proceeds from the sale of the pews were used 
in the purchase of a bell in 1823. Cost of the bell in Bos- 
ton, $440.30. 

No provision was made for warming the house till about 
1818 or 1820, when a stove was placed in the broad aisle, in 
front of the pulpit, and the heat carried by a funnel attached 
to the front of the galleries around the house. Previous to 
this no fire was used in the house except in foot-stoves 
carried by old ladies. At intermission, or noon-time, in 
winter, the female portion of the congregation retired to 
some neighboring house, where provision was made for their 
warmth by a good fire, from which they filled their foot- 
stoves for afternoon service. The men and boys went to 
the hotel, or tavern, as it was then called, and spent their 
noon-time in drinking flip and warming up for the afternoon 
service. The boys, if not allowed to drink, had the benefit 
of a good fire, which they carefully improved while the 
fathers were drinking. 

From this time (1800) but little appears on the town 
records relating to the meeting-house till after the passing 
of the toleration act in 18 19. Previous to the passage of 
this act the minister was settled and supported by the town. 
Every person, irrespective of his religious belief, was taxed 
for that purpose. After its passage each individual was 
taxed as before, but had the privilege of appropriating it for 
the support of the minister of any religious denomination. 
This condition of things gave rise to a question relating to 
the occupation of the meeting-house. This question was 
settled by a vote of the town, April 20, 1822, " to allow each 



MEETING-HOUSE. 6/ 

and every religious denomination in Jaffrey to have the use 
of s'^ house on sabbath days in proportion to the valuation 
of their property." The town also voted " to repair s'' house, 
and chose Dea. David Gilmore, W™. Hodge, Dr. A. Howe, 
W^ Dutton & Sam^ Patrick a Com*^® to examine the house, 
and report." May 6, 1822, the committee made the follow- 
ing report : " That in their opinion the s*^ house is worth re- 
pairing. That it will be necessary to strip the clapbords 
from the body of the house, and new clapboard, trim and 
paint the same." The report was accepted, and the sum of 
three hundred dollars raised to defray the expense in part of 
repairing the meeting-house, and the selectmen were author- 
ized to contract for the repairs and superintend the same. 

The town also voted " that individuals may have liberty 
to put up a belfry at the west end of the meeting-house and 
hang a bell in the same, provided, it does not enhance the 
expense of repairing said house." The belfry was built by 
subscription, and in 1823 the town furnished a bell. 

A't the same meeting the town voted " that each and 
every religious society in Jaffrey report to the selectmen 
the names of all those belonging to their society who pay 
taxes in Jaffrey." Also, voted " that each society of Chris- 
tians in Jaffrey may claim their right to the s'^ house, agree- 
able to the vote of the town, as soon as it shall have been 
repaired." 

In 1823, at the annual meeting, the following was pre- 
sented : 

These Certify that we the subscribers are of the Baptist de- 
nomination and mean to support the Gospel Ministry in that 
order and request the Town Clerk of JaftVey to record our sev- 
eral names on the town book as belonging to that denomina- 
tion as we wish not to be taxed for the support of the Rev. 
Laban Ainsworth. 

Abel Parker Nathan Hunt Thomas French Jr. 

Alpheas Crosby Benj" Prescott. Daniel Emory 

Benj Haywood Jr Joseph Joslin Azeal Cowing 

Eldad Prescott Thomas French Berzilla Stickney 

Simeon Blanchard Paul Hunt Moses Stickney 



68 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Luther Guy 
Cummings French 
Rob' Goif. 
Wilder Joslin 



Moris Hunt 
Levi Johnson 
Paul Hunt Jr. 
W'" Walton 



Aaron Bolster 
Reuben Nutting 
Mark Morrell 
Joseph Joslin Jr. 

Recorded Mar. 27 1823 



by Henry Payson < p. 



Town 
erk 



UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF JAFFREY, 1 823. 

Edward Perkins Daniel Adams, Jr. Benj. Prescott, Jr. 

John Stone Charles Witt Benj. Cutter 

Oliver Bailey Thomas Taylor Sam' Foster 

Isaac Jewell Sewal Gould Eliot Powers 

Oliver Jewett Daniel French Sam' Stratton 

Roger Brigham Gershom Twitchel William Dean 

Levi Fisk John Cutter James Ingalls 

Oliver Warren William Hodge Sam' Buss 

John Gilmore Daniel Adams Benj Lawrence, Jr. 

Cottcm Tufts James C. Smith Nath. Cutter 

Ithamer Lawrence Adams Fisk Elijah Wellman, Jr. 

Recorded by 
Mar. 31, 1823. Henry Payson i Town 

\ Clerk. 

Zimri Whitney says he is a Methodist and intends to pay for 
the support of their preaching. 

Jaftrey July 7, 1823. 

A Unitarian society was afterwards formed, under the 
leadership of John Conant, Esq., which had but a short 
duration, and he afterwards joined the Baptist church. In 
1829 each society occupied the churcli as follows, viz. : 

Congregationalist 21 Sabbaths. 

Baptist 9 " 

Universalist 13 " 

Unitarian 9 " 

The division and occupancy of the church did not meet 
the wants of the religious societies ; consequently the Bap- 
tists, in 1830, built a meeting-house at East jaffrey, and in 
183 1 the Congregationalists built one in the Centre. 



MEETING-HOUSE. 69 

The Universalists having now the whole possession of 
the house, found it too large for their convenience, and in 
1844 built one for themselves at East Jaffrey. 

From this time the old meeting-house was no longer used 
by the town for religious worship, but only for town pur- 
poses, till 1870, when the town voted to raise the sum of 
;^ 1,000 to defray the expense of finishing a hall for the pur- 
pose of holding town-meetings, and a room for a high 
school, provided individuals would subscribe a sum sufficient 
to complete the same. The sum was raised and the house 
altered, and one term of the high school taught therein 
each year. 

In November, 1872, the town, by their vote, accepted the 
sum of ^944, the gift of John Conant, Esq., as a basis of a 
perpetual fund for the purpose of keeping the house in good 
repair. In case of failure or neglect on the part of the 
town to keep in good repair the said house, the said fund 
shall be given to District No. 7 for the same purpose. 



CHAPTER VII. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

PROVISION was made in the grant of the town for 
the settlement of a minister. Three hundred acres 
of land was reserved for the first settled minister by the 
Masonian Proprietors. Immediately after the organization 
of the town, at the second meeting of the town, six pounds 
lawful money was voted to support the gospel. A com- 
mittee of three, " Capt. Jonathan Stanley, Alex^' McNeil 
and James Callwell were chosen to Provide supplies of 
Preaching for s*^ town." The same amount of money was 
raised in each of the two following years. In 1776 and 
1777 fifty pounds was raised each year, — a large increase, 
apparently, but not in reality, owing to the depreciation of 
the currency. Lt. Daniel Emery, Lt. William Turner, and 
Capt. Roger Gilmore were chosen a committee " to provide 
supplies of the Gospel this year." The town also voted that 
young men supply the pulpit. In settling a minister at that 
time it was a matter of interest for the town to settle a 
young man, as the first settled minister was to be the recip- 
ient of the three hundred acres of land granted as afore- 
said. 

In 1778 the town voted 100 pounds for preaching, and 
chose John Briant, Nehemiah Green, and Benj. Spaulding a 
committee to procure preaching. In June of that year the 
town 

Voted that the Com^'' of supplies of preaching should agree 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 7' 

with Mr. Jona" Allan to suply us, after he has preached six 
Sabbaths at Harvard, provided the above Com''^ should apply 
to him within four weeks after he goes away. 

In September an article in the warrant for a town-meet- 
ing was presented, — 

To see if the town will pass a vote to give Mr. Jona" Allan 
a Call to settle in the ministry in this town; and if voted, to 
Chose a Com'* to Effect the same, if not voted, to see if the 
town will agree to hear Mr Allan any longer. Voted, that so 
much of this article as included giving Mr Jona" Allan a call 
should be omitted at tlie present and that the Com'^'^ should pro- 
vide other supplys of preaching. 

Nothing more appears on the records relating to Mr. 
Allan, and nothing further is known to us of his history. 
In November, same year, the town 

Voted to hear Mr Reed until the next annual meeting, and 
instructed the Com*" to bring in their accounts at that meeting. 

In 1779 the town granted ;!{^200 for the support of preach- 
ing, and appointed William Turner, Daniel Emery, and 
James Gage, committee, and instructed them not to hire a 
candidate for more than one month without a vote of the 
town. In November, same year, the town 

Voted not to hear Mr Stearns for all the supplies we are to 
have this fall, also voted that the Com** use their discretion in 
procuring further supplys of preaching providing Mr Colby 
Cannot be had. Voted two hundred pounds to defray the 
Charge of further supplys of preaching. 

At an adjournment of the same meeting, the town voted to 
hear Mr. Colby for further supplys of preaching also voted to 
have Mr. Colby come here to preach by the first of March next, 
or sooner if he can be had. 

Voted to chose a Com** of foiu- to Treat with Mr Colby con- 
cerning further supplys of preaching. Chose James Haywood, 
Peter Mc-Alister, John Gilmore and Eleazer Spotford for said 
Com**. 

Voted that in Case Mr Colby cannot be had, the Com** 
should procure other supplies of preaching. 



72 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

In 1780, March 30, the town raised p£^iooo for preaching, 
and appointed Roger Gil more, Thomas Mower, and John 
Gilmore, committee, and voted " that the s'^ Com^® do not 
employ one man more than one sabbath, without a vote of 
the town." In May a church was incorporated. 

INCORPORATION OF THE CHURCH, MAY 1 8, I780. 

The Church of Christ in New Ipswich, the Church of Christ 
in Rindge and Dublin b}- their Pastors and Delegates met at 
JaflVey in consequence of letters missive from the covenented 
Brethren in said town at the house of Adonijah Howe on May 
18, A. D. 1780 for the purpose of assisting in forming a church 
in s** place. Upon enquiry made of the Covenenting Brethren 
present whether it was their desire, that the Churchs convened 
should form into an Ecleastical Council and proceed to the 
Business for which they were desired to engage. 

Voted in the affirmative. 

The Churches there present according to desire 

Voted they would form into an Ecleastical Council. 

Voted The Rev Mr Farrah Moderator of the Council and 
Rev. Mr Brigham scribe. 

The covenenting Brethren then presented to the Council the 
form of covenant which they had under consideration, to which 
covenent (for substance) they asserted to the Council they all 
agree''. Then Voted to adjourn the Council till after the pub- 
lic exercise. 

The Council then met according to adjournment when the 
form of the Covenant as it was Signed was read to the Cov- 
enenting Brethren to wdiich they voted their consent. 

The Council then voted their approbation of the covenant 
under Consideration. 

Previous to the signing of the Covenant the Covenanting 
Brethren exhibited their letters of dismission and Recommend- 
ation from the Churchs to which they respectively belonged 
which were voted satisfactory to the Council. And after ad- 
dressing the Father of Mercy and the fountains of Grace for his 
presence and blessing to attend the service transactions, the 
covenanting Brethren respectively set their names to the 
covenant, and were all acknowledged by the Council to be a 
regular church of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Counsil then dissolved 

A true Copy from the original 

Attest Benj. Brigham scribe to s'' Council 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 



73 



Members of the church 
May 1 8, 1780: 



at the time of its incorporation, 



and Wife Mary (Martin) 



Kendal Briant 
John Briant 
Daniel Emery 
Eleazer Spoffbrd 
John Combs 
James Gage 
Oliver Proctor 
Isaac Bailey 
Isaac Baldwin 
John Wood 
Nehemiah Greene 
James Haywood 
Jona" Priest 
Ephraim Whitcomb 
Jereme Underwood 
John Eaton 
William Slack 



The next candidate was Mr. Caleb Jewett. 
June I, an article was presented to the town, — 



Wife Jane 


" Mary (Flint) 


" Bathsheba 


" Sarah (Lamson) 


" Elizabeth 


" Susanna 


Wife 


Wife 


Wife 


Wife Keziah Heywoo( 


Wife 


Wife Elizabeth 


" Lucy (Wheat) 



In 1780, 



To see if the town will employ Mr. Jewett any longer than 
four sabbaths, that he is engaged for. 

The town 

Voted to hear Mr. Jewett more if he can be obtained. 

Voted that the Com^*^ treat with Mr Jewett to come to us 
again to Preach on Probation in Order to give him a call. 

Sept. 4. Art. 3. To see if the Town will Concur with the 
Church in giving Mr. Jewett a call to the work of the Gospel 
Ministry in this place. Voted to concur. 

Voted to Give Mr. Jewett for a salary seventy pounds L. M, 
for three years to come, then eighty pounds annually as long as 
he is the Gospel Minister of said town. Also voted to give 
him Lot No II in the 6*'' Range No. 3 in the 2^ Range and one 
hundred pounds instead of another Lot to which the first set- 
tled minister was by the Charter intitled and two acres of land 
west of the road and South of the Common provided he settles 
in town. 

Chose Daniel Emery, Elea"" Spoffbrd, Thomas Mower, 
Adoni'' Howe and John Gilmore a Com^" to Draught a Call and 
Lay it before the town and if Excepted to present the same to 
Mr. Jewett. 

6 



74 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

The meeting was then adjourned, and on meeting again 
according to the adjournment, the town 

Voted to Except the Call Draughted by the Com"'^ and sign 
the same in behalf of the town. 

Why Mr. Jewett did not accept the call does not appear 
on the records. Caleb Jewett, a. m., the son of James and 
Martha (Scott) Jewett, was born at Newbury, Mass., and 
died at Gorham, Maine, April i6, 1802, aged 49 years. He 
graduated at Dartmouth college, 1776; studied divinity; 
was ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Gor- 
ham, Nov. 5, 1783 ; married Betsey Bacon, of Bradford, 
Mass., November, 1783. 

In 1 78 1, February i, the town voted " the Com*^** for hire- 

ing Preaching shall get it as soon as they can." In March 

the town 

Voted 2000 pounds for preaching, and also to hire Mr 
Walker this year, and Chose John Briant, Eleaz"' Spotibrd and 
James Cutter to procure preaching. 

At a town-meeting in August an article was presented, — 

To see if the town will hire Mr. Goodale any longer. 

Voted to hire Mr. Goodale two sabbaths more. 

Art 2, to see if it is the mind of the town that any Proper 
measures shall be used to give Mr. Goodale a call to the work 
of the ministry. 

Voted to dismiss the art. 

In December, same year, at a meeting of the town, an 
article was presented, — 

To see if the town Doth incline to hear Mr. Ainsworth any 
more. 

Voted to hear Mr Ainsworth longer. 

At the annual meeting, March, 1782, Mr. David Stanley, 
Capt. James Gage, and Mr. Thomas Adams were chosen a 
committee "to suply the Desk." 

In April, same year, the town " voted to hear Mr Ains- 
worth on probation ; in Order to give him a call." In July, 
the town 




Allierlype; Forbus Co., Boston. 



MARY (MINOT) AINSWORTH. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 75 

Voted unanimously to Concur with the Church and Give 
Mr. Laban Anisworth a Call to the work of the Gospel Minis- 
try m this town. 

Chose John Gilmore, Joseph Bates, Eleaz-- Spoftbrd Moses 
Worcester and Abel Parker, Com- to Draw up articles con- 
ceinmg the encouragement the town will give Mr. Ainsworth 
to settle with us in the Ministry and report. 

Report. 
We the aforsaid Com- think the first minister should have 
thexMorthendofthetwo Sentre Lots, also the mountain Lot, 
\ ■• 3^ Range 2,) and in money thirty Pounds and to quit- 
cmim his right to Lots disposed of belonging to the first minis- 
Voted, that the Com*« report be given to Mr Laban Ains- 
wortli for an incoragement to settle with us in the ministry. 

Voted to give Mr Ainsworth as a Salary seventy Pounds 
while he supplies the Desk in this town. 

In September, the town 

Voted to grant Mr Ainsworth liberty annually to visit his 
l^nends twice each year of two Sabbaths at each time, if he ac- 
cept the call of the town. 

Voted to alter the sentence in a former vote, to as long as he 
IS the Gospel minister of s-^ town ; instead of while he supplies 
the Desk in s'^ town. ^ 

In November, 1782, the town 

Voted that the Ordination of Mr Ainsworth be the second 
Wednesday in December next. 

Chose Mr. E. Spoftbrd Lieut. Emery and Mr John Gilmore 
a com^'' to Provide for the Council on s-^ day. 

Chose Samuel Parce, Capt. Spaulding, Nathan Hall, Lt. 
i^uss and Samuel Emery, to take care of the meeting house on 
s" day. ° 

Result of the Ordaining Council 17S3, Dec. 10. 

. Newhampshirejeftiy Dec. lo"' 1782 

At an Ecclesiastical Council being convened by letters mis- 
sive from the Chh of Christ in the town aforsaid to assistance 
in setting apart for the work of the gospel ministry, Mr Laban 
Ainsworth, their pastor elect, were present the following chh's. 
represented, The Chh. of Christ in New Ipswich, Fitzwilliam, 
Dublin, Keene, Woodstock (Con) Ashford (Con.) and Tem- 
ple. ^ ^ 

1 Made choice of Rev. Mr. Farrar, Moderator of s** Concil. 

2 rsoah Miles Scribe— having called upon God for direction- 
proceeded. 



76 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

1 Examined a copv of the procediiiiis of the Concil in forminij 
the Chh. ' 

2 The call and oflers made to Mr. L. Ainsworth for his en- 
conragement by the Chh. and freeholders of s"* Town 

3 His answer to their call. In the atfirmative. 

4 His Confession of Faith. 

5 He presented himself for examination to answer snch qnes- 
tions as might be proposed to him. He exhibited several 
pieces of his sermons. 

6 Opportnnitv given for objections. 

7 Adjonrned till Wednesdav ve. ii"' at 9 o'clock. 

S Weilnesday ye. 11*. Having met according to adjournment. 

I Mr Ainsworth received as a member of the Chh in conse- 
quence of a letter of recommendation from the Chh. of Christ 
in Woodstock. 

3 Unanimously agreed to proceed to ordination. 

The Parts. 
The introductorv prayer to be performed by Noah Miles : 
the sermon to be delivered bv Rev** Mr Farrar : the ordaining 
prayer bv Rev'* Mr Hall : the charge bv Rev** Mr. Brigham : 
the right hand bv the Rev** Mr. Judson : the concluding prayer 
by the Rev** Mr. Spragne. 

Copied from an attested copy, signed. 

Xoah Miles. Scribe. 

Mr. Ainsworth continued in .*iervice for a period of nearly 
fifty years. In 1S31 Rev. Giles Lyman was ordained as a 
colleague, and preached in town till 1S37. when, on account 
of ill-health, he asked and received his dismission. He re- 
moved to Xew York ; afterwards preached in Ashburnham 
and Gardner, and in 1841 removed to Marlborough and 
preached there twenty-eight years ; then left on account of 
ill-health, and removed to Winchendon, where he died No- 
vember 16. 1872, aged 70 years. Mr. Lyman was born in 
Belchertown, Mass., March 16. 1S02 ; graduated at Am- 
herst 1827, and at Andover Theological Seminary. 1S30. 
He married. Dec. 14. 1S35. Louisa Whitney, of Winchen- 
don. 

Josiah D. Crosby was settled in 1S38, and dismissed in 
1850. 

Leonard Tenney. settled 1S45. dismissed 1S57. 



BAPTIST SOCIETY. // 

John S. Batchelder, settled 1858, dismissed 1865. 
Rufus Case settled 1868, removed 1875. 

DEACONS. 

Daniel Emery, Eleazer Spofford, William Smiley, 

Jesse Maynard, David Gilmore, Abel Spaulding. 

Richard Spaulding, Gurley A. Phelps, 

In 1850 a second Orthodox Congregational Society was 
formed and a church incorporated the same year, and a 
meeting-house built at East Jaffrey. 

MINISTERS. 

Feb. 28, 185 1, Rev. J. E. B. Jewett preached, and was or- 
dained Sept. 26, same year; dismissed July 13, 1852. 
George A. Adams, F. D. Austin, Silas W. Allen. 

D. N. Goodrich, William H. Dowden, 

DEACONS. 

Liberty Mower, Isaac S. Russell. 

BAPTIST SOCIETY. 

The Baptist Society in- Jaffrey was formed in April, 1820, 
and in 1829, April 6, the following notice was published in 
the Keene Sentinel, viz. : 

We Benjamin Prescott, Alpheas Crosby, Paul Hunt, and 
others, have formed ourselves into a Religious Society, by the 
name of the First Baptist Church and Society in Jaffrey, and 
are hereby known by that name. 

Joseph Joslin, Clerk. 

The church was formed in 1814, May 28. Previous to 
this time the Baptists of Jaffrey, Rindge, New Ipswich, 
Temple, and Sharon belonged to a church of that order in 
Temple, which church voted. May 3, 18 14, to divide and 
form two churches, one in New Ipswich and one in Jaffrey. 
The Baptists of the towns of New Ipswich, Temple, and 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



as many as chose in Sharon, became members of the church 
in New Ipswich ; and the Baptists of Jaffrey, Rindge, and 
such as chose in Sharon, became members of the church in 
Jaffrey. The members of the church in Jaffrey were as 
follows : 



Benjamin Prescott, 
Abel Parker, 
Moses Hale, 
Joseph Joslin, 
Thomas French, 



Alpheas Crosby, 
Isaac Kimball, 
Joel Adams, 
Rachel Prescott, 
Sybil Hale, 



Elizabeth Newell, 
Hannah Davis, 
Sally Stevens. 



On the 28th of May, 18 14, the above members met at the 
house of Joseph Joslin, and organized by choosing Benj. 
Prescott moderator, and Joseph Joslin clerk. It was then 
voted to hire preaching every third Sabbath during the 
year; to give ordained ministers $3 per day; Benj. Prescott 
and Thomas French to be a committee to procure preach- 
ing, and Abel Parker, treasurer. Fifty dollars was voted to 
be raised for that year, and that the church should hold its 
meetings in the school-house in District No. i. March 12, 
1818, the church voted to employ Elder Parkhurst once in 
two months the ensuing year. April 14, 1825, it voted to 
have Brother Cummings two Sabbaths every two months. 
On Feb. 13, 1826, it was decided to have preaching twelve 
Sabbaths in the year; in March, 1827, two Sabbaths in 
that year ; and in March, 1830, it was decided to have 
preaching regularly, and a minister settled over them, and 
Calvin Greenleaf was installed pastor June 25, 183 1. 

The number of members of the Baptist church at the 
formation, 1814, was 13; in 1851, 165 ; in 1866, 113; in 
1870, 91. 



Benjamin Prescott, 
Joseph Joslin, 
John Sanderson, 
Josiah Mower, 



DEACONS. 

William E. Goodenow, Levi Pollard, 
Oren Prescott, Joseph Joslin, Jr. 

David Chadwick, 
Oliver Prescott, 



MEETING-HOUSE. 79 



PASTORS. 

John Parkhurst, 1818. A. E.Reynolds, 1866-1869. 

Elder Cummings, 1825. E. J. Emery, 1869-1871 ; settled 

Calvin Greenleaf, 1831-1835. in Swanzey. 

Appleton Belknap, 1835-1846. J. S. Haradon, 1873 ; d. Aug. 4, 

E. H. Bailey, 1846-1861 ; d. Jan. 1875. 

4, 1868. Leonard J. Dean, 1875 ; a graduate 

Franklin Merriam, 1862-1865. of Newton Theological Seminary. 

Preachers licensed by the Baptist church of Jaffrey : 

Isaac Kimball, John Nutting, William Button. 

Wm. C. Richards, Joseph Pollard, 

MEETING-HOUSE. . 

The meetings of the Baptist church and society were held 
as voted, in the school-house in District No. i, till 1822. 
After the passage of the toleration act by the legislature in 
18 19, the Baptists were no longer taxed for the support of 
the minister settled by the town, but had the privilege of 
using the same for the support of the one of their choice. 
The use of the meeting-house for public preaching was, in 
1822, also divided by the town among the different denom- 
inations of Christians according to the valuation of their 
property. From this time the Baptists occupied the house 
their proportion as assigned till 1830. 

On the 5th of February, 1829, the church voted to build 
a meeting-house near the house of Mr. Melville, and chose 
Benj. Prescott, Joseph Joslin, and David Chadwick a com- 
mittee for that purpose. The house was raised on the 25th 
and 26th of June, 1829. The house was completed and 
ready for use June 12, 1830. June 30, 1830, the house was 
dedicated. The dedication sermon was preached by Elder 
Fisher, of West Boylston, Mass. In 1873 the house was 
repaired, with the addition of a vestry, and such other im- 
provements as were deemed necessary. 



80 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



LEGACIES. 

John Conant, $i,ooo. 

Dea. John Sanderson, $900. 

Samuel Ryan, ;^ 1,000. 

UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 

The First Universalist Society, Jaffrey, N. H., was organ- 
ized Nov. 16, 1822. Capt. John Stone was chosen modera- 
tor ; Caleb Searle, clerk ; John Cutter, treasurer ; Mr. John 
Cutter and Col. Oliver Prescott, committee. Notice of the 
organization was published in the New Hampshire Sentinel, 
printed at Keene. 

PASTORS. 
Delphus Skinner. 1824. C. C. Clark, 1854, 1855. 

Warren Skinner, 1826. N. R.Wright and Andrew O. War- 

J. D. Williamson, 1830. ren, 1855, 1856. 

Robert Bartlet, 1833-1835 or 1836. E. W\ Coffin, 1857-1867. 
J. V. Wilson, 1835-1838. J. P. McCleur, 1869, 

Stillman Clark, 1839-185 1. W. J. Crosby, 1870, 187 1. 

S. W. Squires, 1852, 1853. James H. Little, 1875. 

A church was formed in 1858, and numbers at this time 
(1878) 48 members. A Sunday-school, organized in 1845, 
numbers 60 members. They have also a ladies' circle, for 
benevolent purposes. 

MEETING-HOUSE. 

The present meeting-house was built in 1844, and a bell 
placed in the belfry in i860, and one of superior tone in 
1870. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

EDUCATION— PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

THE system of free schools was early adopted in Massa- 
chusetts, and by it introduced into New Hampshire 
during her jurisdiction. New Hampshire, on becoming a 
state, adopted her laws for their support. In the grant of 
the town of Jaffrey the Masonian Proprietors made provi- 
sion for the support of a free school by a gift of three hun- 
dred acres of land. In 1775, two years after the incorpora- 
tion of the town, eight pounds was raised for a school, to be 
divided into five parts. In December of that year the town 
voted to sell one of the school lots, and to use the interest 
on the proceeds of the sale for the support of a school. In 
1777 the town voted to pay the interest of ^lOO for two 
years for the use of a school ; in 1778, £,12 \ in 1779, 
;^200 (depreciated currency); in 1781, ;^iooo; in 1783, 
;^50 ; in 1785, ^50 ; in 1786, ;^30 ; in 1787, ^40 ; in 1788, 
£aP\ in 1789, ^50; in 1790, ^40; in 1791, ^60; in 
1792,^65; in 1793, ;^8o; in 1794, ^80; in 1795, $200 
Federal money ; afterwards the town raised what the law 
required. 

After the vote of the town in 1775 to divide the money 
into five parts, no other division appears to have been made 
till 1778, when it was voted to divide the town into eight 
districts ; in 1779, into ten districts. In 1786 it was again 
voted to divide the town into eight districts. In 1791 the 
town voted that the school-districts remain as they were at 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



first. No further alteration was made in the number of 
districts till 1795, when a district was taken from No. 7, and 
numbered 11. These districts were without metes and 
bounds till 1828, when a committee was chosen to effect- 
the same. 

The districts were numbered as they now are, beginning 
with the south-east district, which was numbered i. There 
were five districts on the south line of the town, three from 
the west through the centre, and three on the north line of 
the town, — eleven in all. 

School-houses were almost unknown to the first settlers. 
Their schools were taught in private houses ; — in district 
No. 3, in the house of James Stevens ; in No. 5, in the 
house of Phineas Spaulding ; in No. 10, in the house of 
Alpheus Crosby. No attempt on the part of the town was 
made to build school-houses till 1788. The town then voted 
that each school-district should build a school-house within 
eighteen months ; and in case of neglect on the part of any 
district the selectmen were authorized to build at the ex- 
pense of the district. The number built by this vote is not 
recorded : probably not many, if any : it was easier to vote 
than to build. In 1791 the town voted ;^I35, to be laid 
out in building school-houses, and chose a committee for 
that purpose ; but this committee was no more successful 
under this vote than the selectmen were under the other. 
But little was done by the town in building school-houses, 
but to vote and reconsider, till 1795, when the town voted 
that the selectmen assess the money to complete and finish 
the ten school-houses in town as soon as the committee 
ascertain the sum, and also the uncollected balance of the 
jCiSS formerly voted to build school-houses. In October of 
the same year the town voted that the selectmen be directed 
" to assess one half of the sum each undertaker is to have 
for building and finishing the school-house this year, and 
the other half next year." In 1796 the town voted to build 
a school-house in district No. 11, which cost $116.16. 



SCHOOL-HOUSES. 83 

The job of building and finishing the ten school-houses 
was sold at public vendue for the sum of eight hundred and 
eighty-six dollars and eighteen cents. From the building 
committee's report, it seems that the cost of each house was 
about one hundred dollars, and if took from 1788 to 1797, a 
period of nine years, to build and finish them. They were 
small, rude affairs, about twenty feet square, with three 
small windows of fifteen lights each, of seven by nine glass- 
The seats extended across one side of the house, with a 
narrow alley between them, and a table for the teacher's desk, 
and warmed by an open fire-place. In the middle district 
the house was a little larger, with more seats and larger 
windows. The houses were built of the best material, as 
lumber was v^ery abundant, but the workmanship was coarse 
and rough. The houses were built by the side of the road, 
with no play-ground but the road itself. 

In some of the districts the location of the school-house 
was not easily made, as no road run through the centre, and 
consequently the house could not be built there : hence a 
controversy arose in relation to the location. To settle such 
matters of disagreement, the town appointed a committee 
of three, — Roger Gilmore, Adonijah Howe, and Samuel 
Buss, — for the purpose of locating houses. The committee 
made some locations, but none were satisfactory, and the 
houses in districts Nos. 6, 9, and 1 1 were settled by a vote 
of the town. In the centre district the location was made 
by a special committee chosen by the town. The location 
made was very near the south-west corner of the burying- 
ground. It was afterwards changed for one near the resi- 
dence of J. D. Gibbs. The old academy building was after- 
wards taken for a school-house. In district No. 9 the 
school-house was built in several locations, but none were 
satisfactory, which ultimately led to a division into two 
districts, now numbered 9 and 13. 



84 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

SCHOOL-TEACHERS. 

Of the early teachers but little is known. Some of the 
early settlers had been engaged in the business of school- 
teaching previous to their settlement in town ; — in District 
No. 5, Phineas Spaulding ; in No. 9, Abel Parker; and 
others probably in other districts. The earliest record of 
money paid teachers was in 1790: 

Gave Reuben Briant two orders for keeping school in the 
Nortli East District, and Asa Bullard eight orders for keeping 
school. 

In 1793 we find the following receipts, given that year: 

March I, 1793. Received Seven Pounds four shillings in 
full for teaching school three months in the center District Pr 
me Luke Lincoln 

March 4, 1793. Then rec'' of the Selectmen of JaflVe}' three 
pounds in full for boarding school Master twelve weeks. Pr 
me Jacob Danforth 

March 4, 1793. Tiien rec"* of the Selectmen of JaftVey three 
pounds twelve shillings in full for my son Amos Parker keep- 
ing sciiool six weeks. Pr. me. Samuel Parker. 

Rufus Houghton was a teacher in districts Nos. 3 and 10 
for many years. Samuel Litch was the most distinguished 
among the early teachers. He taught the school in his own 
district nineteen years, many years in the centre district, 
and in many other districts. His pupils not only feared but 
loved him, and always remembered his services with grati- 
tude. 

In the second generation were many distinguished teach- 
ers, who made it a business of teaching school in the winter 
for many years. Among them appear the names of Asa 
Parker, Edward Spaulding, and Thomas Adams. 

The distinguished female teachers were Sally Stevens, 
who taught fourteen summers in her own district; Hitty 
Brooks, who married Samuel Pierce ; Maria Blanchard J 
and Sarah Robbins, who has taught forty terms of school. 



SCHOOL-BOOKS. 85 



SCHOOL-BOOKS. 

Samuel Litch, the most distinguished of the early school- 
teachers in Jaffrey, in lecturing on that subject at a public 
meeting, said that the first books in use by our public 
schools were the New England Primer, Psalter, and the New 
Testament, For the more advanced scholars the Bible was 
used. In 1720 the Youth's Instructor was introduced, a 
book of 144 pages, divided into three parts: Part I, Reading 
and Spelling; II, Letters and Punctuation; III, Arithmetic. 

The first arithmetics were those of Bonnycastle and 
Emerson ; also one called the Young Man's Companion. 

At a later period Dilworth's. Percy's, and Webster's 
spelling-books, Scott's Lessons, American Preceptor, Under- 
standing Reader, Columbian Orator, Pike's and Adams's 
arithmetics, Alexander's and Murray's grammars, Morse's 
and Cummings's geographies. 

The selectmen, previous to 1738, were ex officio the man- 
agers of the public schools. They received the money 
raised, and hired the school-teacher, subject to the vote of 
the town. In 1782 the town voted not to hire a master by 
the year. In 1786 the town voted that the selectmen pro- 
vide school-masters for the districts. In 1788 the town vot- 
ed to hire a master for one year. In 1792 the town voted 
to hire four school-masters for five months and one for 
six months the present year, to keep school three months in 
the middle district and two months in each of the other dis- 
tricts. In 1788 the town voted to divide the money among 
the districts according to poll and estate. In 1795 the town 
voted that the money be equally divided. In 1796 the 
money was divided among the school-districts according to 
the sums each district pays. This method continued in 
practice till 1828, when the selectmen were authorized to 
make the division of school-money. In 1798, at the annual 
town-meeting, agents, one in each district, were chosen by 
the town to receive the money and expend the same for 



86 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

schooling, hire the teachers, and manage the affairs of the 
districts. In 1828 the metes and bounds of the districts 
were fixed, and each district became a body poHtic, and 
chose its own agents. Previous to 1808 their agents were 
subject to the supervision of the selectmen, agreeable to the 
vote of the town, passed May 28, 1801. 

Voted, That the several Agents or Superintendents of the 
several School-houses in the town for the time being be at all 
times amenable to the Selectmen for all the money or orders 
they may receive for the purpose of schooling, and if the same 
be not laid out tor the purpose of schooling according to law the 
Selectmen are hereby directed to call such money out of the de- 
linquents agents hand and to cause the same to be duly laid out 
for the benefit of the inhabitants for which it was originally de- 
signed, and in an}^ case any of the Agents or Superintendents 
aforsaid shall not do their duty faithfully, the Selectmen for the 
time being, on complaint made to them, are hereby authorized 
on considering all the circumstances, to abrogate any particular 
act or acts, of such Agents or Superintendents. 

The selectmen were by this vote ex officio superintending 
school committee. To this committee the Rev. Mr. Ains- 
worth was added, at the annual town-meeting in 1807. In 
1809 a committee was chosen, — Rev. Laban Ainsworth, 
Samuel Dakin, Jonathan Fox, and Joseph Joslin, — who have 
the honor of being the first superintending school commit- 
tee. They were known at this time as inspectors of schools. 
Their first report was in 1820. The committee chosen that 
year were Rev. Laban Ainsworth, Samuel Litch, and Luke 
Howe. The law requiring a superintending school commit- 
tee was passed in 1808. 

The first report of the school committee on record was 
made in 1820. 

SCHOOL REPORT, 1S2O. 

To the town of JaftVey, their committee appointed to inspect 
their schools respectfully report. 

That we have visited generally the schools near the opening 
and close of each school, except those, of which we had no 
information at their commencement or ending. 



SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 8/ 

That Students in Geography have excelled and those in 
Arithmetic and Grammar have gone behind those who have 
studied tlie same sciences in former schools. 

In the art of reading and writing, we have observed many 
grades from many laudible specimens to those in which very 
little progress was cHscernable. 

From the great diversity of Books used in Schools Teachers 
are put to great inconvenience ; they are compelled to make as 
many Classes as there are ditierent authors brought to school 
or require the parents to purchase new books. To remedy 
this evil, a convention of teachers did unanimously recommend 
Scott's Lessons, Columbian Orator, and American Preceptor, 
with Cummings Geography and Atlass. 

While we have generally been gratified in observing com- 
mendable zeal and exertion in the Teachers for the benefit of 
their pupils, We have nevertheless thought it important that 
agents should cautiously avoid employing those of an oposite 
character. 

In visiting the schools, we could not avoid seeing, that 
intentional injury had been done to School-houses. We have 
seen where a house has not suffered by the injuries of time, 
yet have been rendered cold and uncomfortable by ill-intended 
violence. 

All of which is submitted by. 



Laban Ainsworth, 
vSamuel Litch, 
Luke Howe. 



Voted to accept the above report. 



SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 

Laban Ainsworth, till 1820. Stillman Clarke, 1839-40- 1-2-5-6-7- 

Thomas Adams, 1816-17. 9-50. 

George W. Adams, 1854-6. Benjamin Cutter, 1835-6. 

Frank D. Austin, 1860-1-2. Samuel Dakin, 1809-11-13. 

E. K. Bailey, 1847-9-50-2-3-4-5-6- Enville J. Emery, 1872. 

7-9- Jonathan Fox, 1809. 

Frederick W. Bailey, 1866-7-8. John Fox, 1830. 

John S. Batchelder, 1859-60-61-2-3. D. N. Goodrich, 1873. 

Appleton Belknap, 1838-9-40-5. Calvin Greenleaf, 1831-2. 

Rufus Case, 1869-70. Luke Howe, 1819, '20-25. 

David C. Chamberlin, 1855. J- S. Haradon, 1874. 

E. W. Coffin, 1859-60-1-2-3-4-5. J. E. B. Jewell, 1851-2. 

J. D. Crosby, 1838-39-40. Joseph Joslin, 1809. 



88 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

F. Kendall, 1855. G. A. Phelps, 1858, 
Samuel Litch, 1813-15-17-19-20-6- Oliver Prescott, 1827. 

'41-2-5-6. Edward Spaulding, 182 1-5-6-7, 

Giles Lyman, 1832-37. David Spaulding, 1831-5-6, '41-2. 

Parker Maynard. 1825. S. W. Squire, 1853. 

Franklin ^lerriam, 1864. Leonard Tenny, 1846-7-9, '50-1-2- 
Asa Parker, 1835-6. 3-4-6-7. 

C.J. Parker, 1835-6. George A. L'nderwood, 1855. 

Samuel Patrick, 1826-7. J- V. Wilson, 1837-8. 
Clarence E. Parks, 1871. 

PRIVATE SCHOOL. 

In 1795 an attempt was made to establish a private 
school, and a bond given, signed by Rev. Laban Ainsworth, 
Eleazer Spofford, Roger Gilmore, Joseph Cutter, Adonijah 
Howe, Benj. Cutter, Samuel Adams, William Pope, and 
Joseph Thorndike for that purpose. Each individual was to 
pay ten pounds L. M. ($33.33) towards erecting a suitable 
house, and the town, at the annual meeting, March 3, 1795, 
voted to give them a lease of a location west of the meeting- 
house. No house appears to have been built, but a school 
was opened under the instruction of Joseph Dillon, which 
after a short time closed. 

ACADEMY. 

March 12, 1805, annual town-meeting. 

Art. 20. To see if the town will take any shares in the Acad- 
em}' to be built in this town or give any land on which to build 
a house. 

The town voted to give David Page, Jr., and others who 
are or may become Proprietors thereof, a piece of land 
southerly of Mr. Ainsworth's, not exceeding one acre and 
a quarter, and chose a committee of three to stake out the 
same and give a lease to the proprietors for a term not ex- 
ceeding 999 years, on condition that the proprietors will 
outlay and set up a school, and continue the same five years 
in seven. Chose Roger Gilmore, Abel Parker, and Benja- 
min Prescott, committee. 





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MELVILLE ACADEMY. 89 

A school was taught by Josiah Forsaith, from 1807 to 
1809, inclusive. He then went to Newport, N. H,, and the 
school closed and the land was not leased. 

MELVILLE ACADEMY. 

In 1832 the academy known by the above name was in- 
corporated. The grantees were Asa Parker, Luke Howe, 
and John Fox. It was named in honor of Jonas M. Mell- 
ville, who made a very liberal donation in aid of the enter- 
prise. In 1833 a suitable building was erected, which is 
now (1873) used for a school-house in District No. 7. 

The school was opened in the fall of 1833, under the in- 
struction of Horace Herrick, principal, and Miss Aurelia 
Townsend, assistant. He remained till 1836, 

The following individuals were afterwards employed as 
teachers : Roswell D. Hitchcock, William Eaton, Harry 
Brickett, Charles Cutter, David C. Chamberlin, Sarah 
French. The academy continued in operation till the es- 
tablishment of the Conant High School. 

In 1868, John Conant, Esq., of Jaffrey, gave the town the 
sum of $7,000, the interest of which is to be used for the 
support of a high school in said town. The town-house in 
the centre of the town was altered and repaired to meet the 
wants of the town. The lower story is used for the school, 
and the upper one for a town hall. In 1872 the school was 
opened for instruction. It has two terms in a year, — one at 
East Jaffrey, and one at the middle of the town. 



CHAPTER IX. 



LIST OF COLLEGE GRADUATES OF THE TOWN OF JAF- 

FREY. 



DAVID Smiley graduated at Harvard college in 1796. 
He studied law and opened an office in Jaffrey in 
1801 : was the first lawyer who settled in that town. In 
1806 he removed to Grafton, N. H., and continued in the 
practice of his profession till his death, May 19, 1845, aged 
'jG. His son, Jas. R. Smiley, is now (1873) a medical practi- 
tioner in North Sutton, N. H. While in Jaffrey he held 
the offices of town-clerk, selectman, and others. 

Robertson Smiley, brother of David, graduated at Dart- 
mouth college in 1798. He studied divinity, and was set- 
tled in Springfield, Vt., Sept. 22, 1801 ; dismissed Oct. 26, 
1827 ; remained in town, and died June 26, 1856, aged 80. 
He married and had several children. Has a son, David, 
who is now (1876) a resident of Springfield, and a daugh- 
ter, Sarah, who married Sawyer, and resides in Alton, 

111. 

Abner Howe, son of Dr. Adonijah Howe, was born in 
Jaffrey, Oct. 14, 1780; graduated at Dartmouth college in 
1801 ; studied medicine with Benj. Rush, at Philadelphia, 
Pa., and Prof. Nathan Smith, m. d.. of Dartmouth college, 
graduating M. B. 1803. He commenced practice at Jaffrey, 
but soon removed to Beverly, Mass., w^here he died May 18, 
1826, aged 45. He was a man highly esteemed, both as a 
citizen and as a physician. 



COLLEGE GRADUATES. QI 

Edmund Parker graduated at Dartmouth college in 1803. 
He read law, and began practice at Amherst, 1807; repre- 
sented it in the New Hampshire legislature eleven years, — 
in 1813, 18 1 5, and from 18 17 to 1825 ; was its speaker in 
1824; removed to Nashua in 1835 ; became agent of the 
Jackson Manufacturing Company, and afterwards president 
of the Nashua & Lowell Corporation ; represented Nashua 
in the New Hampshire legislature five years ; was also a 
trustee of Dartmouth college from 1828 to 1856, and a 
member of the Constitutional Convention, 1850. He was 
appointed Judge of Probate for the county of Hillsborough 
in 1830. 

William Pope Cutter, son of Nathan and Polly (Pope) 
Cutter, was born June i, 1785, and died at Shoreham, Vt, 
July 8, 18 1 5. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1805 ; 
studied medicine, and settled in Shoreham, Vt. ; married 
Prudence Evans, March 24, 1808. 

Henry Thorndike, son of Joseph and Sarah Thorndike, 
was born in Jaffrey, and died in Bromfield, Ohio, March 22, 
183 1, aged 50. He was a graduate of Dartmouth college 
in the class of 1809. He read law with Hon. Caleb Ellis or 
Hon. George Baxter, of Claremont ; practised in Boston 
from 1812 to 181 3, then at Fitzwilliam ; removed thence to 
Thorndike ; pursued his profession there, and was also an 
iron-founder. He married Harriet Dustin, daughter of Dr. 
Moody Dustin, of Claremont ; married, 2d, Lucy, daughter 
of John H. Sumner, of Claremont, Aug, 3, 1826. 

William Ainsworth, son of Rev. Laban and Mary (Minot) 
Ainsworth, graduated at Dartmouth college in 181 1. He 
read law with Samuel Dakin at Jaffrey, and Judge Barnes, 
of Tolland, Ct. ; began practice at Jaffrey ; was its repre- 
sentative in the New Hampshire legislature three years, 
and in 1831 removed to New Ipswich, and was cashier of 
the Manufacturers' Bank in that place till his death, June 
14, 1842. Mr. Ainsworth represented the town of New 



92 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Ipswich in the New Hampshire legislature in 1841 and 
1842, and died while attending the session at Concord. 
Mr. Ainsworth was a man whom the people delighted to 
honor. He loved his fellow-citizens ; and in the practice of 
his profession, he did all in his power to prevent litigation. 
He practised not so much for money as for the pleasure and 
happiness of teaching men how to settle their controversies 
without destroying friendship. Modest and unpretending 
in his manners, always exemplary in his conduct, strictly 
honest in his deal, he could not otherwise than secure in a 
high degree the love and respect of his fellow-men. He 
lived beloved and died lamented, and will long be remem- 
bered with love and gratitude by the inhabitants of his 
native town. 

Jonas Cutter, son of John and Abigail (Demery) Cutter, 
was born March 6, 1791, and died at Savannah, Ga., Oct. 7, 
1820. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 181 1 ; studied 
medicine with Dr. Amos Twitchell, of Keene, and Dr. Na- 
than Smith, of Hanover, and at Yale Medical College, grad- 
uating M. D. in 1 8 14; began practice at Meadville, Pa. ; re- 
moved to Litchfield, Ct., and from thence to Savannah, Ga., 
in 18 1 5, where he was highly esteemed for his medical 
skill. On occasion of a fearful epidemic in Savannah, all 
the physicians save himself left the city. He fell a victim 
to his professional duty. 

Luke Howe, son of Dr. Adonijah and Sarah (Ripley) 
Howe, born March 28, 1787, graduated at Dartmouth col- 
lege in 181 1 ; read law with Samuel Dakin, of Jaffrey, 
Hon. Samuel C. Allen, of New Salem, Mass., and Hon. 
Nathan Dane, of Beverly, Mass. ; began practice in Jaffrey 
in 18 14 ; left his profession, and studied medicine at Boston 
and Dartmouth college, graduating m. d. in 1818 ; settled in 
Jaffrey, and became a distinguished physician in that place ; 
president of the New Hampshire Medical Society. He 
published essays on scientific subjects, and introduced 



COLLEGE GRADUATES. 93 

many improvements in surgical instruments. As a citizen, 
he was interested in everything calculated to improve the 
condition of society ; was superintendent of public schools, 
and for many years post-master, 

Joel Parker, a. m., ll. d., son of Hon. Abel and Edith 
(Jewett) Parker, was born at Jaffrey, Jan. 25, 1795 ; gradu- 
ated at Dartmouth college in 181 1. Reread law with 
his brother, Hon. Edmund Parker, at Amherst ; went into 
practice at Keene. September, 1815 ; represented the New 
Hampshire legislature in 1824, '25, and '26 ; was afterwards 
associate justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, 
Jan. 8, 1833, and chief-justice thereof June 25, 1838 ; was a 
trustee of Dartmouth college from 1843 to i860, and its 
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence from 1847 to 1857; 
served as chairman of the commissioners to revise the New 
Hampshire laws, in November. 1840 ; was appointed Royall 
Professor of Law at Harvard University, Mass., Nov. 6, 1847. 
Judge Parker has published, exclusive of law reports and 
periodical essays, a charge to a grand jury, including brief 
memoirs of Chief-Justice Richardson, and an oration before 
the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of New Hampshire, in 1856. He 
married Mary Morse, daughter of Elijah Parker, of Keene, 
Jan. 20, 1848. 

Nehemiah Cutter, son of Joseph and Rachel (Hobert) 
Cutter, graduated at Middlebury college in 18 14, and 
M. D. at Yale in 1817. He commenced practice in 
Pepperell, Mass.; became a distinguished physician, and 
founded a private asylum for the insane, which continued 
in successful operation during his lifetime. In this enter- 
prise he was a pioneer, and his establishment was probably 
the first of its kind in this country. 

Dr. Cutter was an active member and a deacon of the 
Orthodox church, taking a deep interest in its prosperity ; 
he took a highly prominent part in the erection of a new 
ecclesiastical edifice. As a patron of education, he con- 



94 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

tributed largely of his own means for the founding and sup- 
port of an academy in Pepperell. Self-possessed on all 
trying occasions, even in temper, social and affable to dis- 
tinction, he acquired a powerful and salutary influence over 
the minds of his patients. His interest in the public wel- 
fare rendered him greatly beloved, and his loss was sincerely 
regretted. 

Levi Spaulding, son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Bailey) 
Spaulding, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1815 ; studied 
divinity at Andover Theological Seminary, graduating in 
1818 ; was ordained as a missionary at Salem, Mass., Nov. 
4, 1818; sailed from Boston, June 8, 1819; arrived at Cey- 
lon, East India, Feb. 18, 1820 ; visited the United States in 
1864, and was honored with the degree of s. t. d. by 
Dartmouth college, in 1864. He died June 18, 1873, aged 
82 years. 

Luke Ainsworth Spofford, son of Dea. Eleazer and Mary 
(Flint) Spofford, graduated at Middlebury college in 1816; 
studied divinity at Andover, Mass.; settled in Gilmanton, 
and afterwards in Brentwood, Lancaster, and Atkinson ; was 
afterwards a missionary, and resided in the Western states. 
He died at Rockport, Ind., Sept. 27, 1855. He took a deep 
interest in the cause of Christianity, and labored with much 
zeal in his profession. 

James Howe, son of Dr. Adonijah and Sarah (Ripley) 
Howe, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1817 ; taught 
one year at Concord ; studied divinity at Andover, graduat- 
ing in 1821 ; was ordained pastor of the Congregational 
church at Pepperell, Oct. 16, 1822 ; died July 19, 1840, aged 
44. He was highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and 
greatly beloved by the church, whose membership, during 
his pastorate, was increased from about seventy to four 
hundred. 

Joseph Fox, son of Jonathan and Sybil (Jackson) Fox, 
graduated at Dartmouth college in 18 18. He was a teach- 



COLLEGE GRADUATES. 95 

er, and a man of much promise. He died at Savannah, Ga., 
Sept. 23, 1820, aged 23. 

Henry Shedd, son of John Haskell and Susanna (White) 
Shedd, fitted for college at New Ipswich academy 1820-22, 
under the instruction of Amasa Edes ; graduated at Dart- 
mouth in 1826. While an undergraduate he taught school 
in the winter season in New Ipswich, Westminster, Mass., 
Hanover, N. H., and Springfield, Mass. ; completed his 
three years course of study in Andover Theological Semi- 
nary in 1829 ; was ordained as a Presbyterian Home Mis- 
sionary in Boston, Sept. 24, 1829. After he was licensed to 
preach by the Presbytery of Newburyport, he assisted Rev. 
N. Bouton, of Concord, N. H., in preaching. May and June, 
1829; settled as a home missionary in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, 
December, 1829; was missionary and pastor in that place, 
in all, twenty years ; was pastor also eight years at Pleasant 
Valley, O., three years at Marysville, O., while supplying a 
number of other churches in connection with the three 
above mentioned. During the last fourteen years he has 
been without pastoral charge, residing in Mt. Gilead, and 
preaching considerably to vacant churches in the vicinity. 

Alvah Spaulding, son of Dea. Abel and Lucy (Pierce) 
Spaulding, fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, 
Plainfield, N. H. ; graduated at Amherst in 1832; studied 
divinity at Andover ; was settled pastor of the Congrega- 
tional church in Cornish, N. H., remaining there twenty- 
five or thirty years ; he then removed to Wethersfield, Vt., 
and was installed pastor of the Congregational church in 
that place. He died May, 1868, aged 61. He married, 
Nov. 17, 1835, Ambra Tower, of Fitzwilliam, who survives 
him. He was faithful in the discharge of his duty, and was 
much beloved by his congregation. 

Daniel B. Cutter, son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter, 
fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, Plainfield ; 
graduated at Dartmouth in 1833 ; studied medicine at Har- 



9^ HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

vard and Yale colleges; graduated m. d. at Yale, 1835 ; 
commenced practice at Ashby, Mass., in 1837; removed to 
Peterborough, N. H., where he has since been engaged in 
the practice of his profession. For the last four or five 
years he has been compiling a history of his native town. 
As a citizen, he has taken a deep interest in the affairs of 
the town ; was for many years superintendent of the pub- 
lic schools, moderator of town-meetings, and representative 
in the state legislature. 

Frederick S. Ainsworth, son of William and Mary M. 
(Stearns) Ainsworth, graduated at Dartmouth college in 
1840 ; studied medicine at Harvard Medical school, grad- 
uating M. D. in 1844; was two years in Paris, France, pur- 
suing the same studies; began practice in Boston, and is 
now (1873) there ; was for a time Professor of Physiology 
and Pathology in Berkshire Medical school at Pittsfield, 
Mass., and a surgeon and physician in the U. S. service in 
the war of the Rebellion. 

David Chadwick Chamberlin, son of David and Abigail 
(Chadwick) Chamberlin, graduated at Amherst college in 
1840; was principal of Mellville academy, and preceptor of 
the high school in Winchendon, Mass. ; represented the 
town of Jaffrey three years in the N. H. legislature. He is 
now engaged in farming in his native town. 

Charles Cutter, son of John and Betsey (Crosby) Cutter, 
was born Feb, 12, 1822; graduated at Dartmouth college in 
1842. He was several years engaged in teaching in Jaffrey 
and Peterborough, and also in South Carolina, in Beaufort 
and Darlington districts ; then lived in Jacksonville, Fla., 
studying and teaching horticulture. He is now (1873) a 
proprietor of a public house at Campton, N. H. He mar- 
ried Sarah A., daughter of Joseph and Sarah D. Joslin, of 
Jaffrey. 

William Dutton, son of William and Nabby (Smith) Dut- 
ton, graduated at Brown University, Providence, R. I., 1842 ; 



COLLEGE GRADUATES. 97 

taught in Kalamazoo, Mich., and died 1846, aged 30. He 
was a man of much promise, and highly esteemed. 

Edward Stearns Cutter, son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) 
Cutter, graduated at Dartmouth college, 1844; was princi- 
pal of Peterborough academy, 1 844-1 846 ; read law with 
James Walker, Esq., of Peterborough, and Hon. Daniel 
Clark, of Manchester ; began practice at Peterborough in 
1849; removed to Amherst in 1858; became clerk of the 
supreme judicial court for Hillsborough county, and is now 
(1873) a counsellor-at-law in Boston. He was popular as a 
teacher, stood high as a lawyer, and was highly esteemed 
as a citizen. 

John Millot Ellis, son of Seth B. and Lucy (Joslin) Ellis, 
was born in Jaffrey, May 27, 1831 ; graduated at Oberlin 

college in 185 1 ; was principal of ; filled 

the chair of Ancient Languages in Mississippi college for 
three years ; studied theology in New York city and Ober- 
lin, completing his course in 1857; was appointed Professor 
of Greek in Oberlin college, which chair he filled till 1866, 
when he was appointed Professor of Mental Philosophy and 
Rhetoric, which position he now occupies. Soon after 
completing his theological course he was ordained as a min- 
ister, and has preached more or less regularly ever since, 
supplying the pulpit of the Second Congregational church 
in Oberlin for several years, and churches in Cleveland, 
Painesville, and Austinbury for some months, and other 
churches in the vicinity for shorter times. He has been a 
member of the city council, and mayor ; is a member of the 
executive committee of the college. He has written some 
for periodicals, and published occasional addresses. 

Isaac Jones Cutter, son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cut- 
ter, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1852 ; read law with 
his brother, E. S. Cutter, of Peterborough, and John Quincy 
Adams Griffin, of Charlestown, Mass. ; began practice in 
Boston in 1855, where he now lives. 



98 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Samuel Horatio Ellis, son of Seth B. and Lucy (Joslin) 
Ellis, was born in Jaffrey, April 25, 1833 ; graduated at 
Oberlin college in 1853, and died while studying the profes- 
sion of medicine. 

Oliver L. Spaulding, son of Lyman and Susan (Marshall) 
Spaulding, was born in Jaffrey, Aug. 22, 1833 ; graduated 
at Oberlin college in 1855 ; studied law, and was admitted 
to the bar in 1858 ; was elected regent of the State Univer- 
sity of Michigan for six years. In 1862 he was commis- 
sioned captain in the 23d regiment Michigan infantry in 
U. S. service ; he was soon made major, and subsequently 
held the commission of lieut.-colonel and brevet brigadier- 
general. He was mustered out of service July, 1865, and 
commenced the practice of law at St. Johns. In 1866 he 
was elected secretary of state; reelected in 1868. 

Frederick William Bailey, son of Edward and Sarah 
(Hayden) Bailey, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1862 ; 
taught in Richmond in 1862 and 1863 ; read law with 
Wheeler & Faulkner at Keene ; was two terms at the 
Albany Law School ; began practice in Jaffrey ; repre- 
sented the town in the state legislature 1864-5-8-9 ; was ad- 
mitted to the New York bar May 4, 1865, and to the New 
Hampshire bar in October, 1865 ; began practice at East 
Jaffrey in March, 1866; moved to Keene, and died April 
27, 1870. He was a man of much promise, and no doubt 
would have taken a high stand in his profession. 

Melemas D. Stone graduated at Dartmouth college in 
1870. 

John H. Fox graduated at Dartmouth college, studied 
law, and has opened an office at East Jaffrey. 

List of lawyers and ministers, natives of Jaffrey, not in- 
cluded among the college graduates, who settled in other 
towns : 



LAWYERS, MINISTERS, AND PHYSICIANS. 99 

LAWYERS. 

Robert Gilmore. 

George Gilmore settled in Pittsburgh, Pa. 

MINISTERS. 

Adonijah Cutter studied divinity at Bangor Seminary, 
Maine ; settled in Strafford, Vt., Hanover, N. H., and Nel- 
son, where he died July 19, i860. 

Andrew O. Warren studied divinity, and settled in 
McDonough, Upper Lisle, and Southville, N. Y. ; now re- 
sides in Montrose, Pa. 

E. S. Foster studied divinity with Rev. O. A. Skinner, 
D. D., of New York ; settled in South Hartford, N. Y., 
Abington, Mass., Cuttingsville and Chester, Vt., Claremont, 
N. H., Middletown, Conn., and Winchester, N. H. 

PHYSICIANS. 

Natives of Jaffrey, not included among the college grad- 
uates, who settled in other places : 

Francis Smiley, son of Dea. William Smiley, studied 
medicine, and settled in Elba, N. Y. ; d. March 23, 1844, 
aged 85. 

Josiah Hale, son of Oliver and Mary (Wilder) Hale, stud- 
ied medicine, and settled in Brandon, Vt. ; married Rhoda 
Greene. 

Mark Snow, son of Samuel Snow, studied medicine in 
Rochester, N. Y. ; began practice in the state of Ohio. In 
1820 he removed to St. Francisville, La., and, after a resi- 
dence of four years, removed to Jefferson county. Miss. 
In 1827 he removed to Hinde county ; was a pioneer set- 
tler, acquired a very extensive practice, and became a dis- 
tinguished physician. In May, 1844, while at Vicksburg 
for the purpose of obtaining a fresh stock of medicine, be- 
ing weary, he laid down at night-fall on a sofa in the parlor 



lOO HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

of the hotel and fell asleep. While in that condition he was 
robbed, stabbed in the neck, and thrown from the window. 
The robber made his escape and was never detected. 
The doctor was maimed for life, and was ever after unable 
to endure the fatigue incident to his profession. He died 
May 12, 1866. 

Kimball Frost, son of Benj. and Rachel (Kimball) Frost, 
studied medicine with Dr. David Carter, of Marlborough, 
N, H., and completed his course of study at Dartmouth col- 
lege. To meet the expenses of his education he was from 
time to time engaged in teaching public schools, and took a 
high rank as a teacher. He began practice in Marlborough, 
and after remaining there several years he removed to 
Swanzey. While in Marlborough he was commissioned 
captain of the state militia. In 1834 he removed to Dela- 
ware county, Iowa, and in 1867 to Lincoln, Nebraska, 
where he died Nov. 23, 1870, aged 80. 

Calvin Cutter, son of John and Polly (Batchelder) Cutter, 
studied medicine with Dr. Nehemiah Cutter, of Pepperell, 
Mass., and attended medical lectures at Bowdoin, Dart- 
mouth, and Harvard colleges, and received the degree of m. 
D. at Dartmouth in 1832. He began practice at Rochester, 
N. H. In 1833 he attended a course of lectures in the Uni- 
versity of New York, and the next year settled in Nashua 
and remained there three years. He then removed to Do- 
ver, where he practised three years. He then became a 
public lecturer on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, and 
visited all parts of the United States. In 1847, he published 
a work on physiology, a text-book for schools, which was ex- 
tensively used for that purpose, not only in this country, 
but by the missionaries in Turkey, Syria, and India. In 
1 86 1 he became surgeon of the 21st Massachusetts Infantry, 
and was in service three years, being twice wounded in the 
field. He was a man of enterprise and skill, and one who 
delighted in a life of well-doing. 




^oo^^^^:^ ^^^%^^ 



PHYSICIANS. lOI 

John Fox, son of Jonathan and Sybil (Jackson) Fox, 
graduated m. d. at Dartmouth college in 1835. [See Gen- 
ealogical Register.] 

Thomas H. Marshall, son of William and Sarah (Cutter) 
Marshall, received his early education in the district schools 
in his native town. After studying two or three terms at 
New Ipswich academy, he commenced the study of medi- 
cine with Dr. Luke Howe, of Jaffrey. He attended medical 
lectures at Bowdoin college, at Dartmouth college, and at 
Harvard University. In 1835 he graduated m. d. at 
Dartmouth college, and began practice in Fitzwilliam. In 
1837 he removed to Mason Village, now Greenville, and 
continued the practise of his profession with marked suc- 
cess till his death, Dec. 16, 1872, aged 66. Dr. Marshall 
was a man highly respected by his fellow-citizens, who hon- 
ored him with official trust. He represented the town in 
the state legislature, and was a member of the state senate. 

Orville P. Gilman, son of Daniel and Mary B. (Stickney) 
Gilman, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1837; settled 
in Salem, Vt., and died there in 1863. 

Benoni Cutter, son of John and Polly (Batchelder) Cut- 
ter, studied medicine and graduated at the Medical college 
at Woodstock, Vt., in 1838. He began practice in Webster, 
Me. He was extensively engaged in the business of his pro- 
fession, when his health failed, and he died Sept. 4, 185 1. 
He was a man of much promise, and left a wife and three 
children to mourn his loss. 

Frederick Augustus Cutter, son of Joel and Mary S. 
(Jones) Cutter, studied medicine, and was for many years 
engaged in active practice at MuUica Hill, N.J. He estab- 
lished a wide reputation, and died Dec. 28, 1869, leaving a 
wife and two children. 

Amos S. Adams, son of Thomas and Sarah (Sawtell) 
Adams, studied medicine, and settled in Lynn, Mass. 



102 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Adonijah Woodbury Howe, son of Dr. Luke and Mary 
(Woodbury) Howe, studied medicine, and graduated m. d. 
at Dartmouth college in 185 1 ; began practice at Dunstable, 
Mass., where he now (1876) resides. 

Granville G. Corey, son of David and Betsey (Winship) 
Corey, studied medicine, and graduated m. d. at Dartmouth 
college in 1857, and was successfully engaged at Greenville 
in the practice of his profession till his death, Oct. 19, 1878. 
He was highly respected. 

John Conant Felt, son of John and Hulda (Conant) Felt, 
was a dentist ; settled in Orange, Mass., and died Jan. 28, 
1874. 

RESIDENT LAWYERS OF JAFFREY. 

David Smiley removed to Grafton, N. H., 1806. 
Samuel Dakin came from Mason in 1801 ; removed to 
Utica, N. Y., 1815. 

William Ainsworth removed to New Ipswich, 183 1. 
Albert S. Scott removed to Peterborough, and died there. 
Clarence A. Parks removed to Boston, 1874. 

LIST OF PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE PRACTISED IN TOWN. 

Adonijah Howe (Dr.) was born in Brookfield, Mass., and 
came to Jaffrey in 1776, and was the only physician in town, 
with one exception, for a period of over thirty years. Of 
his early history and educational advantages we have but 
little knowledge, but from his success in practice and his 
popularity as a physician, we have no doubt he was well edu- 
cated for that day. He was also a farmer, and one of merit, 
and a man that was much employed in the business trans- 
actions of his day. He was for many years moderator of 
the town-meetings, town-clerk, assessor of taxes, and town 
treasurer. He represented the town in the legislature a 
number of years; was appointed justice of the peace, — 
an office of distinguished honor in those days. 



PHYSICIANS. 103 

Willis Johnson (Dr.) was born in Sturbridge, Mass., Dec. 
21, 1786. He studied medicine with Drs. Carroll, of Wood- 
stock, Ct., and Sethbridge, of South Brimfield, Mass. ; began 
practice in Jaffrey in 1807 ; removed to Peterborough in 
1809, and Mason in 18 14, where he spent the remainder of 
his life in the practice of his profession. 

Abner Howe, m. d. [See College Graduates.] 

Adonijah Howe, m. b., son of Dr. Adonijah and Sarah 
(Ripley) Howe, studied medicine with his father, attended 
medical lect^ires at Hanover, and received the degree of 
M. B. in 18 1 2. He began practice in Jaffrey, and contin- 
ued the same till 181 5, when he died. He was a man of 
promise. 

Luke Howe, m. d. [See College Graduates.] 

Darwin C. Perry, m. d., born in Orwell, Vt., April 22, 
1807 ; came to East Jaffrey about 1832 ; removed to Wood- 
stock, Vt., in 1836, and was connected with the medical 
college as a lecturer, when he died Nov. 22, 1837. He was 
a man of talent, and would have been a distinguished phy- 
sician if his life had been spared. 

Amasa Kennie (Dr.) came to Jaffrey soon after the death 
of Dr. Luke Howe in 1841, and remained there in practice 
till 1850, when he removed to Vermont ; married ; one 
child, Charles E., died Jan. 21, 1845, aged 2 years, 4 months, 
6 days. 

Stephen L. Richardson (Dr.) settled in East Jaffrey as a 
physician about 1836; after a short practice his health 
failed and he left town, and died soon after ; last tax, 1841 ; 
married, Sept. 22, 1840, Mary Ann Bullard. 

Roderick R. Perkins (Dr.) was his successor at East 
Jaffrey about 1842 ; after a short time of practice he died, 
Feb. II, 1853, aged 36 years ; married Eliza Smith, daugh- 
ter of Samuel Smith, of Peterborough ; one child, Ida L., 
died Nov. 26, 1862, aged 11 years. 



104 HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 

Dr. Andrew J. Gibson was in town in 1852-3-4. 

Gurley A. Phelps, m. d., a native of Vermont, grraduated 
from the Castleton Medical college in 1848. He began 
practice in Hancock, Vt. ; removed to Jaffrey in 1849, 
where he has since remained in the successful practice of 
his profession. He married, April 10, 185 1, Adaliza, daugh- 
ter of Benjamin Cutter, Esq., who died June 3, 1852, leaving 
one child, Grace Mina, born April 12, 1852 ; married, second 
wife, Nancy B. Stoughton, of Gill, Mass. ; — three children, 
Charles S., born i860; Mary E., born 1863; William S., 
born i! 



Oscar H. Bradley, m. d., was born in Vermont in 1826 ; 
studied medicine with Dr. Amos Twitchell, of Keene ; re- 
ceived the degree of m. d. at Dartmouth college ; settled in 
East Jaffrey about 185 1. He soon acquired an extensive 
practice, and has become a leading physician in this sec- 
tion. He has accumulated in his business a large amount 
of property, and is a prominent man in the town. He 
was an active leader in the railroad enterprise, and is one 
of the directors. He. is also a director in the Monadnock 
National Bank, and president of the Monadnock Savings 
Bank. 

DISTINGUISHED MEN. 

Extract from a sermon preached by Rev. Leonard Ten- 

ney, at the funeral of the Rev, Laban Ainsworth, March 20, 

1858: 

The Rev. Laban Ainsworth was born in Woodstock, Conn., 
July 19, 1757. By his parents he was early consecrated to God 
in Christian baptism. When a mere child, by reason of a 
severe sickness, he lost the use of his right arm. It was ever 
after a weak and withered limb. As he was thus partially 
disabled from prosecuting the ordinary business of active life, 
his parents cheerfully consented to his obtaining a collegiate 
education. Accordingl}' he was fitted for college ; and, after 
remaining some weeks at Hanover, he entered the sophomore 
class at Dartmouth in 1775. At the end of three years he 
graduated, and then commenced the study of theology. 



DISTINGUISHED MEN. 10$ 

It was on Commencement day, in 1781, that a committee ap- 
pointed by this town met him in Hanover and engaged him to 
preach. Late in the summer of that year, he began to officiate 
in his sacretl calling with this people. The First Congrega- 
tional church in Jaflrey was then in its infoncy, it having been 
organized May 18, 1780. It is not difficult to understand how 
acceptable lie was at this early day to the citizens of the town, 
when we read the expressive language of their official acts. At 
a town-meeting, called December 17, 1781, it was " Voted, to 
hear Mr. Ainsworth longer." " Voted, to hear Mr. Ainsworth 
till he can conveniently go his journey and then return to this 
town." At another public town-meeting, held April 23, 1782, 
there is this record : " Voted, to hear Mr. Ainsworth upon pro- 
bation, in order to give him a call." At a town-meeting, July 
8, 1782, '' Voted, unanimously, to concur with the church and 
give Mr. Laban Ainsworth a call to the work of the gospel 
ministry in this town." They pledged him "■ as a salary, annu- 
ally, £70 as long as he shall be the minister of this town." 
They also proffered him " liberty to visit his friends twice each 
year, of two Sabbaths each time, if he accepts the call that is 
given him." These were the final conditions of the settlement. 
On the loth of December, 1782, an ecclesiastical council was 
convened '* to afford assistance in setting apart " the candidate 
" for the work of the gospel ministry." After hearing the 
parties and examining the candidate, the council adjourned to 
the following day, when, upon reassembling, they proceeded 
with the ordination services. Thus it appears that in these in- 
troductory movements, neither the town nor the candidate was 
in haste. It was not till he had preached here three or four 
months that the hearers took any vote on the question of his 
staying. Nor was it till four months later that they expressed 
a desire that he should remain as a candidate for settlement. 
By this time they were cherishing a desire to retain him, so 
that when he had been with them almost a year, the differing 
sentiments of the people becoming more and more united, they 
were prepared to give him a unanimous call to become their 
pastor. Here is manifest a careful deliberation which gave 
promise of a permanent ministry. Nor was that promise un- 
fulfilled, for he has been the minister of this church more than 
seventy-six years and a half. During nearly half a century he 
was without a ministerial helper; but since that time three 
young men have been associated with him as colleagues, and 
been dismissed ; and now the senior pastor is dismissed, and 
called to his rest. 

Though I have not been summoned before you to-day to pro- 
nounce his eulogy, I should do injustice to my own sense of 

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I06 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

duty were I wholly to forbear speaking of his worth. In doing 
it very briefly, I must confine myself principally to what I have 
known of him during the last thirteen years. What impressed 
me first was his peculiarly venerable appearance. He was then 
87 years of age. He had a full, muscular frame, a head slightly 
bald, with snowy white locks hanging over his shoulders, and 
a dress corresponding with his age, yet reminding one of a 
generation for the most part passed away. 

What I next observed was his afl'able and courteous man- 
ners. He was graceful in his movements, social in his nature, 
and always ready to make a fit reply to whatever might be 
said. Though he knew well how to utter the language of 
severity, how to administer a just rebuke, how to make a 
keen and sarcastic criticism, yet he greatly excelled in the 
power to please and instruct in the social circle. The gentle- 
ness of his manner of receiving company, of welcoming them 
to the hospitalities of his home, of taking leave of them at their 
departure, is what many of us delight to remember ; and to the 
young minister who labored by his side during these thirteen 
years, lie manifested the kindness of a father, with the forbear- 
ance and courtesy of a constant friend. 

I early noticed, also, his peculiar simplicity and propriety in 
the use of words. He rarely hesitated for a choice of language, 
and the very expression which was wanted came at his call. 
This gave him great ability to amuse, to inform, to impress, or 
to influence the human mind. Nowhere else was this perti- 
nence in the choice of language so observable as in his prayers, 
and conversations on the subject of religion. To this fact my 
attention has often been called by the aged people who long 
waited on his ministry. 

He was evidently a man of intellectual strength and sound 
judgment. Even amid the infirmities of age, there were per- 
ceptible distinct signs of a former greatness. 

It has been gratifying to notice that with the gradual weak- 
ening of his intellectual powers, he has steadily maintained a 
fondness for the doctrines and precepts of God's word. When 
incapable of taking any care of his temporal concerns, he would 
express a sensible opinion in what relates to the kingdom of 
God. And when his intellect became so enfeebled that he 
could not speak connectedly on ordinary topics, he would offer 
prayer with no wandering or repetition, and impart Christian 
counsel with correctness. And when his memory so failed him 
as to become wholly untrustworthy concerning passing events, 
he would repeat passages of Holy Writ without mistake. 

We have noticed that he was a man remarkably guiltless of 
affectation himself, and intolerant of it in others. In conversa- 
tion, he rarely alluded to what he had done, or to what he had 



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been. Whatever we learned from him of his personal history 
was the result of a direct effort to call him out. He was no 
egotist, nor was he so much inclined to speak of his own 
thoughts and emotions as would have been agreeable to his 
friends. Hence a stranger, or a visitor for the day, might find 
no direct access to his inner life and experience. Of his indi- 
vidual relation to God he always spoke with much caution. 
He discovered such perfect holiness in his Maker, and so much 
imperfection in himself, that he thought, should he ever be ad- 
mitted into the home of the holy, it would be through the infi- 
nite riches of divine grace, in Jesus Christ. I have seen him 
when lying so ill that both he and ourselves thought his re- 
covery doubtful. On such an occasion I once inquired of him, 
" Is the gospel which you have preached to others now pre- 
cious to you .?" He replied, "It is, and I hope to be saved 
through it." Last June, as the Cheshire County Conference of 
Churches was about to meet in Rindge, I inquired of him what 
message he would like to send to the good people at that 
meeting. After a little thought, he said, "Tell them I am 
going steadily down towards the end, but not without hope." 
We love to remember the tenderness of his affection towards 
his brethren in the ministry, and his strong desire that they 
should maintain in their ministrations the integrity of divine 
truth. He felt that we were in danger of setting too little value 
on the form of sound words, and of accommodating our style ot 
preaching to the standard of the age rather than to that of the 
Bible. He used to say, — " We want in the pulpit plain, sound 
doctrine, even if men scorn it. It is better than some pleasing 
error that shall lead the soul to ruin." The Bible has been his 
daily companion in the house of his pilgrimage. For years 
that book, in the French language, was the solace of his hours 
of solitude. Whenever it was not in his hand it always lay 
upon the table beside him. And when his eyes grew dim, he 
has felt the need of having members of his family spend hours 
each day in reading to him. During the last two years we 
have seen increasing evidence that he was approaching the end 
of his earthly course. But on the 19th of July he was able to 
meet us in this house, while we attempted to celebrate his one 
hundredth birthday. Since then, the decay of his faculties has 
been more rapid. His physical strength has failed, and his in- 
tellect become shattered ; and although, in his weakness, he 
durst not confide in the truest and most faithful of his earthly 
attendants, he never, for a solitary moment, lost confidence in 
God. And when his memory became so enfeebled that he 
could not recall the names of his nearest kindred, nor recognize 
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I08 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

the name of Jesus, nor did he cease to speak of him in the lan- 
guage of affection. But the close, so long delayed, has at 
length arrived. The last struggle in his warfare is past, the 
last step in his pilgrimage has been taken, the last eflort to keep 
the faith in this world of trial is over. On Wednesday, the 
17th of March, at the age of one hundred years, seven months, 
and twenty-e'ght days, he turned away from the scenes of his 
earthly conflicts, to take possession of the awards wliich the 
Lord, the righteous Judge, had prepared for him. His end 
was peace. On the Saturday before his death he led the devo- 
tions of the family in prayer. In this, his final audible petition 
at the throne of grace, he sought a special blessing on himself, 
and on her who has had the particular care of him for many 
years. The day before his decease he signified a desire that 
she should read to him, when he listened with eagerness to the 
90th and 103d Psalms. From that time he remained in a state 
of perfect quietness through the following night, when, at six 
o'clock in the morning, without the least manifestation of pain, 
he fell asleep. 

" Life so sweetly ceased to be, 
He lapsed into eternity." 



ABEL PARKER, 

Hon. Abel Parker, son of Samuel Parker by his second 
wife, Mary (Proctor) Robbins, was born in Westford, Mass., 
March 25, 1753. At the age of fourteen he removed with 
his father to Pepperell, Mass., and was enrolled in 1774 in 
Capt. John Nutting's company of minute men, attached to 
the regiment of Col. William Prescott. On the 19th of 
April the alarm was given that the British troops were 
marching into the country, and Nutting's men were collect- 
ed as soon as possible to oppose them. Parker was plough- 
ing in the field about a mile from the house, and did not re- 
ceive the alarm in season to start with the company, but, on 
hearing it, he left his oxen in the field unyoked, ran home, 
seized his gun and Sunday coat and started upon the run, 
passed the Groton companies, and reached his own at Gro- 
ton ridges. The company was too late to share in the 
glory of that day; but on arrival at Cambridge, Parker 






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enlisted in the same company, under Col. Prescott, until 
January following, and was stationed at Cambridge. 

On the evening before the battle of Bunker Hill, a de- 
tachment was ordered to take that place. Parker was not 
included ; but he was so desirous of participating in active 
service that he gave his ration of spirit to a comrade, and 
obtained by exchange a share in the battle, in which he re- 
ceived a severe wound in the leg from a musket-ball, which 
his descendants still possess. The ball passed between the 
bones of the leg without breaking either, and was flattened 
to nearly one half of its original diameter. He remained 
in the fort till orders were given to retreat, when, with the 
aid of two soldiers, he left the field amid a volley of bullets 
which killed a man on each side of him, and one passed 
through his shirt. With the aid of those men he continued 
his retreat till he reached the guard, who refused to let his 
men pass till persuaded of the impossibility of his going 
without aid, when he let one of them accompany him. 

On pursuing his way to Cambridge, he came to a chaise 
in which were two wounded men. He seated himself on 
one of the shafts, and in that way was carried to Cambridge, 
while the soldier who so faithfully assisted him returned. 
It was always a matter of regret that he did not learn the 
names of those men who so faithfully assisted him. In two 
months he recovered from the effects of his wound, served 
the remainder of the time for which he enlisted, and then 
returned to his farm in Pepperell. 

In July, 1776, he enlisted as a sergeant in Capt. Job 
Shattuck's company. Col. Reed's regiment, of Littleton, to 
serve at Ticonderoga. While there he formed one of a party 
for the purpose of storming a British fort at Putman's Point. 
But the British retreated, before their arrival, to Crown 
Point, and from thence to Canada. When his term of ser- 
vice ended he returned to his farm, and married Edith, 
daughter of Jedediah Jewett, of Pepperell, October 14, 
1777, — a religious woman, of vigorous intellect and marked 



no HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

character. After his marriage he again enlisted into mili- 
tary service in Rhode Island and New York, and held com- 
missions as ensign and lieutenant. 

On the 5th of May, 1780, he removed to Jaffrey, and set- 
tled on lot 20, range i,at that time an unbroken forest, and 
cleared his farm himself with such assistance as he could 
obtain. He resided on this farm till 1807, when he re- 
moved to the centre of the town, — leaving his son Asa 
the farm, — where he spent the remainder of his days, living 
to the age of yS years. He was a man tall and stately in 
appearance, dignified in his manners, grave in his deport- 
ment, and had a commanding influence that but few men 
possess. He held many offices of dignity and confidence 
in town and state ; represented the town several years in 
the legislature ; judge of probate twenty years ; sat in the 
convention which adopted the Federal constitution ; voted 
for John Quincy Adams in the electoral college of 1824. 

In 18 1 2 he was appointed post-master, and discharged 
the duties of that office for five years. He was also a re- 
ligious man, and in 1780 made an open profession of his 
faith ; was a life-member of the N. H. Bible Society, N. H. 
Missionary Society, Tract Society, and the Cheshire County 
Bible Society. 

ISAAC PARKER. 

Hon. Isaac Parker was born in Jaffrey, April 14, 1788, 
and died in Boston May 27, 1858. At the age of nearly 15, 
Jan. 31, 1803, he entered the country store of David Page 
and Luke Wheelock, at Jaffrey. After remaining there a 
period of three years, he removed, Aug. 29, 1806, to Middle- 
bury, Vt., still in the employ of the same firm. After the 
death of Mr. Wheelock the business of the store there was 
prosecuted under his immediate supervision until he attain- 
ed his majority in 1809. He was then established in busi- 
ness with Samuel Smith, in Keene. The firm name there 



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was Parker & Hugh, his active associate being one Dr. 
Hugh, of Keene. 

The term of Mr. Parker's residence in Keene included the 
three years of the second war with England, and we might 
expect that the son of his father would feel moved by the 
military impulse of the times. Accordingly we find him 
connected with the Keene Light Infantry, an independent 
company, of which he was commissioned captain, June 7, 
1813. 

Sept. 12, 1 8 16, he was commissioned brigade major and 
inspector of the 5th brigade N. H. M. It is said that his 
inspections were rigid and careful beyond precedent. Col. 
Marshall P. Wilder yet remembers that, on his first parade 
as a private soldier, Major Parker inspected the detachment. 

November 17, 181 2, Mr. Parker married Sarah, daughter 
of Rev. Laban Ainsworth and Mary (Minot) Ainsworth, by 
whom he had four sons and four daughters, two of whom 
were born in Keene. 

In 181 7 he left Keene, and -commenced his business life 
in Boston as a partner with Silas Bullard, under the firm 
name of Bullard & Parker, at 31 Central street, but soon 
withdrew, and, associating with himself Mr. Jonas M. Mel- 
ville, the firm of Isaac Parker & Co. was formed, for the 
transaction of a commission business for the sale of Ameri- 
can goods at 6 Broad street. 

As a clerk with Page & Wheelock Mr. Parker had ob- 
served the first germs of the American manufacturing in- 
terest, and a considerable part of his business at Keene had 
consisted of manufacturing and selling domestic goods. In 
1810 he was present at the starting of the Peterborough 
Factory, of which he was then part owner, and in which he 
retained an interest through life. The embargo and the 
war which succeeded it gave a forced impetus to American 
manufacturing, and many factories which seem now exceed- 
ingly small, but which were then of considerable import- 
ance, sprang into existence. Until the close of the war the 



112 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

demand for the products of these factories was sufificient to 
ensure their ready sale at the works ; but when foreign com- 
petition became possible, more efficient means were required 
to distribute these products. 

The Boston Directory for 1817 contains the names of 
two firms (Samuel Adams & Co. and Oilman Pritchard & 
Co.) described as dealers in American goods ; and that for 
1 82 1, the next of which any copy is extant, contains the 
titles of five firms similarly described, including that of 
Isaac Parker & Co. The concerns that preceded them 
proved quite ephemeral; but that which Mr. Parker estab- 
lished in 1 8 19, under the style of Isaac Parker & Co., and 
continued as Parker & Blanchard (Abraham W. Blanchard), 
Parker, Blanchard & Wilder (Hon. Marshall P. Wilder), 
Parker, Wilder & Parker (William A. Parker), and Parker, 
Wilder & Co. (Samuel B. Rindge, Ezra Farnsworth, and 
Francis J. Parker), still continues under the latter title the 
business which he founded ; but the amount of the sales of 
one of those earlier years has often been exceeded by 
the business of a single day in the later history of the 
house. To sell by the single piece or " bolt " was the rule 
at the first, the sale of an entire package the exciting ex- 
ception. The space occupied for a salesroom on Broad 
street was not greater than that included by the counting- 
rooms of the present firm. 

Although devoting himself to business interests and fam- 
ily affairs, Mr. Parker did not refuse to bear his part in pub- 
lic duties when summoned to them. He was a member of 
the Common Council of the city of Boston in 1824-5-6, 
again in 1832, and yet again in 1838-9-40, serving on the 
Standing Committee on Finance, and in the last two years 
as chairman on the part of his branch of the Joint Commit- 
tee on the Introduction of Water, — a matter at that time of 
the highest interest in the politics of the city. Jonathan 
Chapman (mayor in 1840) was second on this committee 
in 1839. Mr. Parker served also three years as a repre- 



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sentative from Boston in the House of Representatives of 
the Massachusetts legislature, 1830-1, 183 1-2, and 1842. 
He was a director in several business corporations, one of 
the original trustees of Mt. Auburn cemetery, trustee under 
the mortgage of the Sullivan Railroad in New Hampshire, 
and for the last sixteen years of his life president of the 
Traders' Bank. His death was the result of an accident, by 
which he was thrown from his carriage ; and thus, after a 
brief illness, and without any of that failing in faculties 
which often precedes and clouds the closing years of men's 
lives, he passed from earth into paradise, and is now with 
God. 

The Honorable Marshall P. Wilder, who knew Mr. Par- 
ker from early life, and who was associated with him as a 
partner for more than twenty years, in a note to the present 
writer thus sums up the character of his friend : 

As a merchant and citizen of Boston, the memory of Isaac 
Parker will be cherished by all who knew him. In all the 
I'elations of life, whether public or private, he had the reputa- 
tion of a high sense of honor and unbending integrity. His 
moral, political, and religious sentiments were matters of fixed 
and controlling convictions. He was always anxious to do 
right and to be just. He was very considerate, conservative, 
and cautious, but having come to a conclusion, he was as im- 
movable as the granite hills of his native state. He w^as very 
industrious, systematic, and punctual, and dispatched business 
with facility, but never without deliberation. He had at heart 
the best interests of humanity, and was ever ready to bestow 
his influence for the improvement of those around him. He 
was eminently a peace-maker, never having controversies, if 
possible to avoid them, and was anxious to do to others as he 
would have them do to him. Mr. Parker was remarkable for 
the uniformity of his character, and he will long be remem- 
bered in the annals of Boston as one of her distinguished mer- 
chants, as one of her pioneers in the traffic in domestic fabrics, 
and as one notable for his integrity, firmness, and good judg- 
ment, — in short, as an enlightened merchant and a Christian 
gentleman. 

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114 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



LEVI SPAULDING. 

The subject of this sketch, Rev. Levi Spaulding, was born 
in Jaffrey, Aug. 22, 1791. He was one of eleven children. 
His father, Phineas Spaulding, being one of the earliest set- 
tlers in the west part of the town, had originally built a log 
hut, but, at the time Levi was born, had removed from that 
into a frame house, consisting of two rooms and an unfin- 
ished attic. As the boys grew old enough, one half of this 
attic was appropriated to them as a sleeping apartment, and 
many were the jokes emanating therefrom. One particu- 
larly stormy night they tried their powers at rhyming, when 
Levi perpetrated the following, which was received with 
shouts of applause by the rest : 

"The howling blast sweeps o'er the roof 
While I 'm secure within, 
While in the bed I warm my hoof 
And out of bed my chin." 

He was early noted for fearlessness and determination. 
If his mind was made up, it was almost impossible to alter 
his decision or let any obstacle prevent the accomplishment 
of his plans. At the age of five or six, he with his father 
and brother Daniel was in the fields one day, when a young 
colt, that had never been broken either to harness or saddle, 
came near them. His father stood a few minutes rubbing 
the loose hair from the colt, when Levi begged to be put 
upon his back. Not thinking but what he could easily take 
him off, the father complied. No sooner did the colt feel 
the boy's weight upon his back than he sank nearly to the 
ground and coming up with a bound, started on a run round 
the pasture. Nothing daunted, Levi clenched his hand 
into the colt's mane and resolutely held on until he had run 
twice to the bars and back again, a distance of about a 
hundred rods, when, finding he could not throw the boy, he 
came to Mr. Spaulding's side (who stood pale with affright) 



DISTINGUISHED MEN. 115 

and permitted him to take the child off. When about 
ten or twelve, his father slipped upon the door-rock while 
rolling in a large back-log for the fire, and broke his knee- 
pan. This, of course, disabled him for a long time. Ed- 
ward, the oldest brother who was at home, was at the time 
sheriff for the county, and consequently obliged to be away 
a great many days ; therefore the care of about twenty 
horned cattle, thirty sheep, five or six pigs, with two or 
three horses and colts, devolved upon Levi and his brother 
Daniel, neither over fourteen. In 1808 or 18 10 he was 
studying with Rev. John Sabin, of FitzwiUiam, preparatory 
to entering Dartmouth college, which took place about 
181 1 ; he remained there four years, and graduated in 181 5 ; 
he graduated from Andover in 18 18. In May, 18 19, he 
was married to Miss Mary Christie, of Antrim, sister to 
Daniel M. Christie, one of his classmates, and since then 
quite a prominent lawyer in Dover, N. H. "June 8, 18 19, 
they embarked on board a vessel bound for Ceylon, where 
they arrived Dec. i, 1819; arrived at Oodooville, June 15, 
1820; Manipay, Aug. 25, 1821 ; Tellipaly, Aug. 25, 1828 ; 
Oodooville, March 8, 1833 ; and commenced the American 
Ceylon Mission, Madura, in India, in the year 1834." In 
August, 1865, he writes, — "By the grace of God the marble 
at Brother Oliver's grave made a missionary of me" (refer- 
ring to an older brother who was drowned while in college 
at Dartmouth). In another letter, dated Jan., 1862, we find 
the following : 

Until Mr. Knight left us in 1838, I had considered myself a 
simple Tamil preacher. I had even then prepared the Village 
School Book series which were then and since in use. When 
Brother K. left, I was requested to compile a purely Tamil 
Dictionary. This was done in the short space of about three 
years, and published in 1842. I then worked day and night. 
As soon as that was through the press, I was requested to 
prepare the English and Tamil Dictionary, which I did with 
the same diligence and success. This left the press in 1843 ; 
and a new edition of this was prepared soon after my return in 
1847, and left the press in 1852. Soon after this I was engaged 



II 6 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

in revising our Tamil Bible. In the mean time I wrote tracts, 
as my preaching tours suggested, now about fifty in all. I 
then, from time to time, prepared the manuscript for a Tamil 
Union Dictionary ; — this is all but two or three sheets through 
the press, and will, I think, be the last great work I shall 
attempt of this kind. I have almost never lost a day by my 
own sickness since I have been in India. My great object is 
to keep unto the end my original consecration, and to live and 
labor and rest with those to whom I was sent by Him who 
called me. 

In May, 1872, he writes to his brother Daniel, — 

I still remember old times, when you and I were students 
under Father Sabins ; when you decided to provide for your- 
self, and I, a poor homespun boy, dreamed of filling Oliver's 
place at college. Had I known the world as now I know it, 
my heart would have failed me. I knew I had not his talent, 
but my love and respect for him stimulated me to try; so I 
worked my way through college. Then the Lord took me up, 
and his command, " Go teach all nations," sen^ me to Jafllia, 
Ceylon, among a people I had never heard of, a people of a 
strange speech and stranger customs. Idols, though a vanity 
and a lie, wei'e the objects of worship and superstition. Not a 
real Christian native in the land, nor a Christian book, and but 
one or two native women who could read. Here I have been 
ever since 1S19-20 (save the three years when on Mary's ac- 
count I visited America). When I came all our roads and 
highways were either foot-paths, or gutters for the waters to 
run in and ofl'. People were lazy, given to and fond of wick- 
edness and lawsuits, and the revenue was very little. Now 
the mud house is exchanged for stone or brick. Agriculture 
then was neglected, but now old fields are cultivated, and new 
wells dug, and new gardens occupied. Roads checkering the 
whole district are macadamized, so that the bandy wheel runs 
as smoothly as on an iron rail. Most of the men can read, and 
some hundred women have been educated. Now, we have 
dictionaries and a pretty good supply of common-school books, 
and a good stock of Bibles and tracts, with religious reading, 
all in Tamil. Hundreds can speak English, or, more probably, 
thousands. We have well educated native pastors, lawyers, 
doctors, engineers, interpreters, and overseers, besides many 
writers in courts and cutcheries. Now, Daniel, you need not 
think that I have done all this, but I have lived to see it, and 
have taken a part in some of these branches. In all I have 
done, dear Mary has been my right-hand man, both in counsel 
and in work ; has done more and suffered more than I. 



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Praised be God for the assurance that those who die in the 
Lord are not lost : " their works do follow them." 

They had two children, who were early sent to this coun- 
try to be educated. Their son, Edward M., found a home 
with his uncle on the old farm at Jaffrey, and eventually 
went South as a physician, where he died about the close of 
our War of the Rebellion. Their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, 
was adopted by a Mr. Abbott, and finally married one of the 
Abbott family, who have written so many pleasant histories 
for the young. Many other letters, received from time to 
time, express the same interest in the cause to which he de- 
voted his life and all he had. On the i8th of June, 1873, 
he passed away, and we copy the following from a paper 
printed at Ceylon : 

It only remains that we should say a few words on the clos- 
ing scene. Mr. Hastings writes, — " You will be sorry to hear 
that Mr. Spaulding is no more with us. He died yesterday, 
the 18th, at about 10:30 A. M. He had been confined to his 
room for about two weeks, though he had been gradually fail- 
ing for months. His end was peace. He retained his faculties 
until about an hour before he breathed his last. His has been 
a wonderful life. For more than fifty-three years he has been 
laboring as a missionary. During that time he visited Amer- 
ica but once, and was absent about three years. If he had lived 
until August he would have been 82 years of age. Mrs. Spauld- 
ing is sustained in this affliction, is calm and resigned, patient- 
ly waiting for the summons to call her to join him, with whom 
she so long lived and labored, in the heavenly home." " He 
was buried in a coffin that was made of planks, kept by himself 
in his godown, since the year 1842, for the purpose, with his 
initial and date, showing his willingness and readiness to meet 
his Creator." Another correspondent writes, — " The good old 
man passed away with a smile on his face. The coffin was 
borne to the grave by twelve native ministers, and they, as well 
as the large attendance of their Christian countrymen present, 
are not likely to forget venerable Father Spaulding's last 
charge to them, delivered through Mr. Howland on that solemn 
occasion : ' Consecrate everything that is yours to Christ, and 
ask nothing in prayer which you will not devote to Him.' 
Truly, with such words before us, and in the face of the exam- 
ple left by Levi Spaulding, we may feel that ' he, though dead, 



Il8 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

yet speaketh ' to all who may hear of him and his work, no 
less than to his missionary brethren and his adopted country- 
men." 

After his decease his wife resided with the family of Rev. 
E. P. Hastings, Batticotta, until her death, which took place 
Oct. 28, 1874, a little more than a year after that of her ven- 
erable companion. 

Extract from a memoir of Hon. Joel Parker, ll. d., by 
Emory Washburn, Bussey professor in Dane Law School : 

The subject of this notice was born in JaflVey, N. H., whose 
history he commemorated by an address on occasion of the cen- 
tennial celebration of its settlement, in 1S73. His birth occur- 
red Jan. 25, 1795- His father was an early settler in that town, 
having removed there from Pepperell, Mass. He was of that 
class of intelligent and independent farmers from whom have 
sprung so many of the leading and influential men of New Eng- 
land. He was himself a leading man in the county in which 
he resided, and, among other places of honor and trust, held 
the office of Judge of Probate for that county. One of his 
sons was a prominent lawyer in Amherst, N. H., and also held 
the office of Judge of Probate in that county. It was in his 
office that his brother Joel read law as a student. 

Joel Parker was graduated at Dartmouth college in 181 1, in 
the same class with Chief-Justice Shepley, of Maine. He was 
admitted to the bar in 1815, and established himself in practice 
of the law in Keene. The rank he early attained in his profes- 
sion may be inferred from his appointment to the bench of the 
Superior Court of New Hampshire in the year 1833. In 1838 
he was promoted to the place of chief-justice of that court, and 
held the office until 1848, when he resigned it, and in the same 
year became a professor in the law school of Harvard Univer- 
sity. He resigned this place in 1868, and from that time till 
his death, August 17, 1875, he was actively engaged in the 
management of his own business affairs. These were the only 
offices of importance which he held at any time, except of that 
of a representative for two years in the legislature of New 
Hampshire, and of a commissioner for revising the statutes of 
New Hampshire, and a like service in Massachusetts ; though 
it should be added that he held the professorship of Medical 
Jurisprudence in Dartmouth college from 1845 to 1857, and a 
like professorship in the Medical College of New York, and 
gave one or more courses of lectures upon the Constitution in 



DISTINGUISHED MEN. II 9 

Dartmouth college, and in the Columbian Law School in Wash- 
ington. His official honors, as well as duties, it will be per- 
ceived, were connected almost entirely with law and its admin- 
istration. His Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of 
LL. D. in 1837, and Harvard in 184S. He was a member of 
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1859 was 
elected a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
which he held till his death. 

We have said that his life was a busy one ; and, though he 
left no one considerable work to indicate the extent to which 
he contributed to general literature, or that of the law, the 
number of his publications, if collected, would form several 
good-sized volumes. The number and extent of his judicial 
opinions, while occupying a seat upon the Bench, are in them- 
selves an evidence of his unwearied diligence in the thorough- 
ness of his investigations, and the fulness and clearness with 
which he prepared and published these opinions. Such was 
the case, also, while connected with the law school, as was 
shown by the number of special and occasional lectures upon 
subjects connected with the topics of which he was treating in 
his regular courses, which had assumed more than ordinary 
importance from the circumstances of the times. Several of 
these were afterwards published, and are valuable as able and 
original discussions of the matters of which they treat. So, as 
a member of the Historical Society, his contributions to its 
proceedings were able, interesting, and exact ; always thorough, 
and, as far as possible, exhaustive. 

His thoroughness of investigation rendered him a safe and 
reliable contributor to the resources of local history ; and 
among the last of his contributions to this class of literature 
was the address, of which we have spoken, on the occasion of 
the centennial celebration of his native town, in 1873, in which 
the freshness and playfulness of forty run through the pages 
which he penned when close upon the confines of fourscore. 
Nor do the publications mentioned embrace all the elaborate 
and well-considered productions of his pen. But they are 
sufficient to justify the qualities of diligence and thoroughness 
which have been ascribed to him, as characteristics of his 
habits of thought and life. A perusal of his published works, 
including his opinions as a judge, would enable one to go 
deeper into the character of his mind than can be done in a 
brief biography, and detect some of the sources of that power 
and efficiency which he brought to bear upon any subject in 
which his judgment and convictions were enlisted. 

As a judge, he listened patiently and courteously, and formed 
his judgments after careful, thorough, and impartial examina- 



120 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

tion of the whole subject before hun. He borrowed no 
opinions upon doubtful matters at second hand, but went over 
the necessary processes of analysis and generalization for 
himself, till he came to a conclusion which satisfied his own 
understanding. And, when he had reached that point, he 
never stopped to ask how it chimed in with the present popu- 
lar sentiment, or the traditional notions of the past. If he 
believed, upon investigating for himself, that these were mis- 
taken, he did not hesitate to say so in terms of unequivocal 
significance. And when, in the performance of an official 
duty, it became necessary to act up to his convictions, it mat- 
tered little with whom or with what power he found himself at 
issue. He had too much self-respect to forget what was due 
to courtesy in the manner and language of a discussion, but it 
was not difficult to understand that he knew no compromise 
with right and duty. 

The numerous opinions which he has left in the published 
volumes of the reports of the court of New Hampshire, many 
of them calling for a high measure of sound learning and pro- 
found analysis, when taken in connection with the uniform 
testimony of the bar of that state, and of those who knew him 
in his judicial capacity, to his fairness and impartiality, leave 
little occasion to enlarge upon his eminent qualifications for 
that office, or the high reputation he earned during the fifteen 
years that he occupied the bench. 

Of his faithfulness and ability as a legal instructor in his 
office of Professor in the Law School, little need be said beyond 
the fact that he brought to it the same habits of diligence, 
careful preparation, and a thorough mastery of his subjects, 
which he had shown as a lawyer and a judge. As new sub- 
jects and questions of interest arose, he gave them the attention 
which their importance deserved, and not only gave his class 
the benefit of his research, but in several instances, as has 
already been stated, embodied his views in a printed form. 
The many hundreds who shared his instruction with that of the 
other teachers in the School, and are now scattered through 
the Union, would, I am confident, pay a willing tribute to his 
learning, his courtesy, and his generous sympathy in whatever 
concerned their progress and their ultimate success in life. 
The relation that has always subsisted between the students 
of that school and its instructors has been that of friendship 
and mutual respect, united to a desire to communicate and 
receive instruction ; and it lost none of its characteristics so 
long as Judge Parker held the office of Royall Professor in that 
institution. And the fruits of his long and active experience 
in the profession could hardly have failed to give an added 



DISTINGUISHED MEN. 121 

value to the learning which he gathered from the books, in 
giving instruction to his pupils. His associates, moreover, in 
the instruction, found him an earnest and interested co-laborer 
in whatever tended to advance the interests of the school. 

Of his services as a member of the Historical Society, 
enough appears upon the pages of their Proceedings, and the 
printed volume of their Lowell Lectures, to justify a claim for 
him of having collected and preserved much valuable learning 
and sound philosophical thought. They give unmistakable 
evidence of the same thoroughness of research and preparation, 
and the same clearness of conception and statement, which 
distinguished whatever he undertook or accomplished. 

As a constitutional lawyer, while he did not belong to the 
school of strict constructionists, he had for the Constitution 
itself a profound veneration and respect. And when in the 
conduct of our civil war he saw what he regarded a departure 
from the true construction of that instrument, he did not 
hesitate to point out in their true light what he deemed would 
be the etlect and consequences of such departure. Among the 
subjects to which he devoted time and attention during this 
conflict were those of the Right of Secession, Habeas Corpus, 
and Martial Law, the Case of the Trent, and International 
Law, the Character of the Rebellion, and the Conduct of the 
War ; and upon each of these he has left publications which 
will long survive the causes and occasion which brought them 
out. They are full and exhaustive upon the subjects of which 
they treat, and deserve a place among the permanent constitu- 
tional literature of the country. 

Among the characteristics of Judge Parker's mind, which 
ought not to be passed unnoticed, was one which could hardly 
have been anticipated, when contemplating him as the cau- 
tious, critical, and exact lawyer and judge ; and that was his 
love of poetry, and his keen relish of the beautiful and tender 
in it, as well as of the heroic and descriptive. He was at home 
in Shakespeare, and had ready at his command a rich store of 
treasured poetical thought, which he had gathered from a 
frequent perusal of some of the choicest English and American 
poets. But it was only among his familiar friends that he 
indulged in any thing like a free use of what he had gathered 
from a department of literature which, apparently, lay outside 
of his ordinary line of thought and duty. 

Somewhat late in life he married Miss Mary M. Parker, a 
daughter of his former partner in business, who with two of 
their children, a son and daughter, survive him. In private 
life, his influence and example were always in a right direc- 
tion. In his benefactions, he was wise as well as liberal, and 



122 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

many were the sharers in the aid and encouragement which he 
cheerfully bestowed upon such as deserved them. His home 
was to him a place of special and ever-growing attraction ; and 
he manifested his taste, as well as a desire to make it every 
thing tiiat a home should be, by the pains and money which 
he expended upon it. In his intercourse with others he was 
genial, free, ancl affable, and could unbend to playfulness and 
familiarity without compromising either dignity or self-respect. 
The cheerfulness and urbanity with which he always greeted 
his friends and associates added much to the pleasure of his 
society as a man of liberal culture and broad experience, and 
marked him out as a man whom it was a privilege to know, 
and one not easy to forget. 

His life was one of protracted usefulness and honor, and 
closed suddenly, at last, without any sensible decay of his 
active powers, or his lively interest in the events which were 
passing around him. And though, as has been said, such a 
biography can have but few salient points of attraction, it is 
eminently fitting that his associates of the Historical Society 
should record this simple tribute to his memory. 



CHAPTER X. 

MILITARY HISTORY— FIRST MILITARY COMPANY— SECOND 
COMPANY— OFFICERS — ROLL OF SOLDIERS — JAFFREY 
AND RINDGE CAVALRY COMPANY— RIFLE COMPANY- 
TRAININGS AND MUSTERS. 

IN the settlement of this country a military organization 
was an unavoidable necessity for mutual protection, not 
only against the native Indian, but in settling many con- 
troversies among themselves. Much has been written and 
said about peace on earth, and in our own days organizations 
have been formed to promote that condition of things, but 
all in vain ; the formation of a well-organized militia is 
found to be the most effectual in securing that desired con- 
dition. 

A military organization was formed in New Hampshire 
previous to 163 1, and was called into service that year. In 
1635 a large amount of military goods was imported for 
military organizations. During the French and Indian 
wars every man became a soldier and every house a garri- 
son. In 1 71 8 the militia law required all persons from six- 
teen to sixty years of age, except negroes and Indians, to 
perform military service. In 1776 the soldiers were classi- 
fied : the able-bodied men from sixteen to fifty constituted a 
training-band, and those from fifty to sixty-five an alarm 
band ; one for active and continued service, and the other 
for sudden emergencies. The early military laws of New 
Hampshire required every male inhabitant from sixteen to 
sixty years of age to own a musket, bayonet, knapsack, car- 
tridge-box, one pound of powder, twenty bullets, and twelve 



124 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

flints. Every town was required to keep, in readiness for 
use, one barrel of powder, two hundred pounds of lead, and 
three hundred flints, besides spare arms and ammunition 
for those too poor to own them. In the town of Jaffrey, 
previous to the Revolution, there was no military organiza- 
tion. In 1775, after the battle of Lexington, an order was 
received from congress to organize a company ; and on the 
26th of June, that year, at a meeting of the town legally 
warned, a company was organized by the choice of the fol- 
lowing officers : 

Henry CofFeen, Captain, David Hunter, Ensign. 

Roger Gilmore, ist Lieut. Peter Warren, Clerk. 

John Stanley, 2d Lieut. 

This organization remained till 1785, when two compa- 
nies were formed by vote of the town, designated by the 
names of East and West companies, one belonging in the 
east and the other in the west part of the town. Their mil- 
itary coats were faced, one with red and the other with yel- 
low trimmings. This organization continued till 18 14, 
Previous to 1820 we have no military record, and what 
knowledge we have of the commanding officers has been 
obtained from the town record and gravestones. The first 
name on the town record dignified with the title of cap- 
tain was Jonathan Stanley, who warned the first town-meet- 
ing in 1773, before any company in Jaffrey had been formed. 
He was probably commissioned while a resident of Rindge. 

Captains. 1800. Daniel Emery. 
1776. Henry Coffeen. John Joslin. 

1778. Roger Gilmore, iSoi. Edward Perkins. 

1781. Benj. Spaulding. 1803. Josiah Mower. 

1781. William Pope. 1803. John Tilton. 

1782. David Page. 1806. Samuel Dakin. 

1786. Benjamin Prescott. 1806. Moses Cutter. 

1787. Joseph Perkins. Rufus Houghton. 
1790. Joseph Cutter. Eber Lincoln. 
1793. James Stevens. Joseph Cutter, Jr. 
1793. James Gage. 



ROLL OF SOLDIERS. 



125 



Captains, 3d Co., 12th Regt. 

1820. Thomas Dinsmore. 
Isaac Jewell. 
Benj. Lawrence, Jr. 
John M. Maynard. 
Wilder Joslin. 
William Putman. 
Caleb Cutter. 
Orford Capron. 
Luther Cutter. 
Sylvester B. Lawrence. 
George Briant. 



Washington Davis. 
Charles A. Stearns. 
John Frost. 

Lieutenants. 

Nathan Blodgett. 
Aaron Sawtell. 
Daniel French, Jr. 
Charles Cutter. 
Albert Pierce. 
Jona. Page. 
Willard G. Jones. 



A List of the mens Names belonging to the Training Band 
In the town of JaftVey Jiuie ye 14, i7S4- 



Sarg. Eph'" Whitcomb, 
Sarg. Moses Woster, 
Sarg. Daniel Emory, 
Sarg. Elias Whitney, 
Cor. Jonath Taylor, 
Cor. Nathan Cutter, 
Fif. Vinton Barns, 
Fif. Gauden Davis, 
Jeams Gowing, 
Moses Stickney, 
Barnabas Wood, 
Thomas French, 
Daniel Wight, 
Jeams Hall, 
Benj'^. Frost, 
Elijah Goodale, 
Amos Boynton, 
John Pushee, 
Thomas Fisk, 
Benj. Gowing, 
Will™ McAlister, 
John Butters, 
Abel Parker, 
Jeams Turner, 
Jeams Davidson, 
John Davidson, Jun', 
Nathan Chamberlin, 
Joseph Chamberlin, 
John Wood, 
Whitcomb Powers, 
Simeon Butters, 
Jeams Haywood, 
John Chamberlin, 
John Davis, Jun'', 



Andrew Davis, 
Will'" Davis, 
Noah Emory, 
Philip Adams, 
Thomas Adams, 
Joseph Bates Jun', 
Simson Steward, 
John Briant, 
Nehemiah Green, 
Jacob French, 
Jonath Dean, 
Jesse Snow, 
Collens Hathorn, 
Collens Hathorn, Jun' 
Benja. Jaquith, 
Benja. Jaquith, Jun"", 
Samuel Stanley, 
Hugh Dunlap, 
Jeams Dunlap, 
John Joslen, 
Zebediah Densmore, 
Simeon Burt, 
Paul Fitch. 
Benja Haywood, 
Zacheus Witt, 
Jonath Esterbrooks, 
David Stratton, 
Oliver Gould, 
Jeams Cutter, 
Peter Davis, 
David Eaton, 
George Atridge, 
Jacob Pairce, 
John Hale, 



Samuel Pairce, 
Cotton Whiten, 
Oliver Hale, 
Asa Prieast, ^„„» 
Abijah Carter, ^ 
Isaac Baley, Jun'', 
Abner Jackman, Jun'', 
David Chadwick, 
Simeon Ingals, 
Bezelel Sayer, Jun"^, 
Rufus Sayer, 
Nathaniel Sayer, 
David Lasa, 
Eben'' Jaquith, Jun"", 
Samuel Jaquith, 
Ebenf Hathorn, Jun"", 
John Dun, 
Jeames French, 
Samuel Batcheldor, 
Robert Harkness, 
Ezra Stiels, 
Samuel Adams, 
John Bockley, 
Moses Peabody, 
Josiah French, 
Thomas Dutton, 
Joseph Hodg, 
Samuel Emory, Jun'', 
William Emery, 
Thomas Dunshee, 
Thomas Holt, 
Daniel Priest, 
Abraham Roos, 
Simeon Whitcomb, 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Simeon Warrin, 
Ezra Wilder, 
Silas Wilder, 
Thomas Emery, 
Joseph Horton, 
Alpheas Brigham, 
Will'" Marshall, 
Silas Marshall, 
Jonath Stanley, Jun' 
Sargent Page, 
William Woster, 
Didley Gifen, 
Phineas Spaulding, 
Aaron Rider, 
Moses Rider, 
Peter Nuss, 
Eben'' Ingals, 
Eben'' Thompson, 
John Osgood, Jun'', 
Asa Thompson, 
Jonath. Preast, 
John Whippel, 
Joseph Gumming, 
Richard Davis, 
Ezra Turner, 
Samuel Blood, 



Laban Ripley, 
Simeon Nutting, 
David Avery, 
Benj. Dole, 
Moses Stickney, Jun'', 
Samuel Ober, 
Nathaniel Hardy, 
Samuel Jewett, 
Abraham Hadley, 
John Stone, 
David Baley, Jun% 
Nathan Hall, 
Joseph Brooks, 
Isaac Proctor, 
Ephraim Adams, 
Seth Harrington, 
Joseph Gutter, 
Moses Gutter, 
Robert Gilmore, 
Joshua Thorndike, 
Mathew Davis, 
Nathan Boynton, 
Simeon Davis, 
Aaron Taylor, Jun'', 
Solomon Wood, 
Thomas Mower, Jun^ 



Oliver Baley, 
Levi Baley, 
Samuel Swett, 
Jonath" Emory, 
Peter Farmer, 
Thadeus Blodget, 
Jesse Jaquith, 
Barnabas Gutter, 
Jeams Smiley, 
John Henderson, 
Joseph Danford, 
Will"^ Orsgood. 
Eleazer Davis, 
Nath Turner, Jun^ 
Peter Bates, 
Robertson Perkins, 
Nathan Brooks, 
Jeams Hall, Jun'', 
Jacob Baldwin, 
Wright Brigham, 
Benj" Jewett, 
David Jewett, 
Samuel Stiles, 
Peter Beman, 
Jeams Gage. 



JAFFREY AND RINDGE CAVALRY. 

A company of cavalry, the members of which belonged 
to Jaffrey and Rindge, was organized previous to 1795, and 
the following persons were commissioned as captains, be- 
longing to Jaffrey : 



Alpheas Grosby, 
Asa Parker, 
Parker Maynard, 



Samuel Patrick, 
John Stone, 
Abijah Pierce, 



Moses Gutter, 
Calvin J. Parker, 
Reuben Pierce. 



RIFLE COMPANY. 

This company was organized by the consent and agree- 
ment of the officers and inhabitants of the town of Jaffrey, 
during the year 18 14. In February of that year the com- 
panies met and made choice of Oliver Warren, Thomas 
Adams, and Edward Bailey, as officers of the ist Rifle 
Company, 12th Regiment. Oliver Warren was chosen 
captain, Thomas Adams lieutenant, and Edward Bailey 



ROLL OF SOLDIERS, 



127 



ensign. Adams and Bailey were afterwards chosen cap- 
tains. From the organization of the company till 1820, no 
formal record of the proceedings of the company has been 
found, therefore the date of the commissions cannot be 
given. From that time a full record has been kept, with the 
dates of their commissions. 



CAPTAINS OF THE RIFLE COMPANY, 182O. 



Feb. 28, 1820. 
Sept. 6, 1824. 
Mar. 16, 1825. 
Apr. 16, 1827. 
July 30, 1830. 
Aug. 30, 1833. 
April 4, 1835. 
Aug. 4, 1836. 
Jan. II, 1839. 



David Chadwick. 
John Milliken. 
John A. Prescott. 
Abner Bailey, Jr. 
David H. Gilmore. 
Oliver Bailey. 
Gilman Mower. 
Liberty Movifer. 
Charles W. Pierce. 



Aug. 20, 1839. 
June 5, 1840. 
Apr. 19, 1842. 
Apr. 24, 1843. 
Apr. 20, 1844. 
Apr. 17, 1847. 
Mar. 30, 1848. 
Aug. 31, 1848. 
Feb. 26, 1851. 



John A. Cutter. 
John A. Prescott. 
Rufus Haywood. 
Charles Stevens. 
James L. Bolster. 
John Towne. 
Lewis L. Pierce. 
Geo. A. Underwood 
A. A. Marshall, 



This company had the honor of being considered the best 
drilled one in the 12th Regiment, and was always the first 
on the field muster-days. 



TWELFH REGIMENT. 

The 1 2th Regiment included the towns of Jaffrey, Rindge, 
Fitzwilliam, Troy, Marlborough, Dublin, Roxbury, and Nel- 
son It was one of the best regiments in the state, and was 
usually mustered in the town of Troy. This was done in 
the month of September. The regiment was inspected by 
the regimental inspector, and reviewed by the brigadier- 
general and staff. The following persons, residents of Jaf- 
frey, held the commission of colonel in that regiment : 



Benjamin Prescott, 
Josiah Mower, 
Oliver Prescott, 
Whilcomb French, 
Oliver Bailey, 



COLONELS. 

David H. Gilmore, 
Isaac J. Fox, 
Gilman Mower, 
Calvin J, Parker, 
Charles A. Jewell, 



Charles W. Pierce, 
George Briant, 
Wm. Lebourveau, 
James K. Stanley. 



128 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

LIEUT.-COLONELS. 
John M. Maynard. Caleb Cutter, Sylvester B. Lawrence. 

Abner Bailey, 

The requirements for military service were all citizens, 
except negroes and Indians, between the ages of eighteen 
and forty-five years, to be completely armed and equipped 
at their own expense, and perform military duty without 
pay one half day in the months of May and September, and 
one day for a general muster in some place selected by the 
colonel of the regiment within its limits. The town fur- 
nished rations for that day, or paid each soldier fifty cents. 
On muster-days each soldier was required to furnish him- 
self with twenty-four blank cartridges for a sham fight. 
Trainings and musters were great holidays, and were hailed 
by men and boys with peculiar delight, especially the days 
of general muster. The displays of uniforms, implements 
of war, and the martial music, had their peculiar charms. 
The following poetic effusion, which years ago appeared in 
print, aptly describes an old-fashioned muster: 

INSPECTION GENERAL. 

Ere dawn of day the soldiers come, 
With horn and bugle, fife and drum. 
Bassoons and flutes, clarionettes, 
Harps, tabors, trumpets, and flageletts. 
Guns, belts, and bayonets, cartouches. 
Canteens and knapsacks, bullet-pouches, 
Spare flints and priming-wire. 
Cannon and cutlass, match and fire. 
Pistol and broadsword, all prepared 
For bloody fight or cautious guard. 
As their superiors directed. 
Armed and equipped, to be inspected. 
With every implement that might 
Be used in sham or 7-eal fight. 
And thus accoutred, until eight 
For further orders they must wait ; 
When, lo ! the Adjutant appears 
With warlike brow and powdered ears, 
Huge frizzled whiskers, and a phiz 
Which indicative surely is 
That martial courage is comprest 
Within his abdomen and breast. 



INSPECTION GENERAL. 1 29 

At first his duty is to see 

The posting of each company 

Conformably to modern rules 

In vogue at military schools, 

Where warlike tactics are or should 

Be to perfection understood. 

Now to be formed to be inspected 

As is by statute late directed : 

In peace or war, for sport or fight, 

The mounted troops must have the right, 

And next to them the cannoniers. 

The light troops next, and grenadiers. 

And then the mighty floodwood force, 

The greencoats on the left, of course. 

And thus the Adjutant had placed 'em. 

Wheeled his way in front and faced 'em, 

Roared out. Present ! when there advanced 

Three horsemen ! Swift their chargers pranced, 

(And whether borrowed, or their own, 

Of little consequence if known, 

Are they but fleet, of carriage gay, 

And bear their burden through the day) 

To whom the courteous Adjutant 

Presented formed the regiment. 

'Twas Col. Shell and Col. Bomb 

And Major Morter that had come. 

As law directs, with sword in hand, 

To show their boots and take command. 

To them the troops the whole extent 

From right to left their arms present. 

And thus await the Colonel's word 

To shoulder, hook, and handle sword. 

At length, like thunder from the cloud, 

The Colonel sounded long and loud, 

'Tention the Whole ! The whole were still ; 

The mandate came most terrible. 

Next, Shoulder Arms ! was heard afar ; 

Bright gleamed each implement of war, 

As to the shoulder from Present, 

They moved throughout the Regiment. 

Twas Order, Ground, Take up, and then — 

Attention : Shoulder Arms again, 

With As You Were when a mistake 

He or a soldier chanced to make. 

But who comes dashing down the gap, 

With each a feather in his cap. 

With pistols armed, and swords of steel. 

And spur attached to either heel, 

To prick their steeds to bloodless fray, 

Or speed their flight to get away ? 

Ah ! 'tis, I ween, the Brigadier, 

'Mid smoke and powder, void of fear ; 

'Tis he, the General and his suite, 



130 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Come down to number and compute 
Defects in those who are not equipt, 
And have delinquents fined or whipt, 
Review the troops, find fault, or praise, 
Just as they feel on muster-days. 

The Inspector now begins his work, 

To examine pistol, sword, and dirk, 

Peeps into every cartridge-box. 

Sees all their guns and tries their locks, 

A lusty shake gives each canteen, 

(To see what it contains, I mean,) 

Each knapsack's contents knows, and sees 

Each soldier's priming-wire and fuse : 

His duty well performed, and then 

Remounts old Rosinante again. 

When the inspection and review 

In hurly-burly has gone through, 

The General's Aid must bear his thanks 

In marshal word to all the ranks. 

The Aid advanced about a pace, 

In front the soldiers face to face, 

And thus with thundering voice addressed 

The troops, according to request : 

" Brothers in arms ! 'tis not expected. 
Nor has the General directed, 
That I should long harangue to you, 
Here for inspection and review, 
But, merely as good soldiers merit, 
For warlike discipline and spirit, 
Present the General's thanks sincere 
To every fellow-soldier here. 
He 's much delighted to review 
Troops so well disciplined as you. 
Nor doubts that, should a foreign band 
Invade by water, air, or land, 
Or e'en domestic factions rise 
To take the nation by surprise, 
You'd rise indignant, one and all, 
And fight and conquer, run or fall. 
'Twas troops high spirited like you 
Got Boney down at Waterloo." 
He bowed, he closed, his filly wheeled, 
And with the General left the field. 
The soldiers now, through all the ranks, 
With cider, bread, and bullock shanks, 
To brace their stomachs up for fight, 
Are quickly served from left to right. 
And yonder see the bush-walled fort 
Prepared by men for boyish sport : 
Sure that of course must next be took 
'Mid roar of cannon, fire, and smoke. 
The sham begins, which long ago 
You had a history of, you know. 



CHAPTER XI. 

REVOLUTION— WAR OF 1812— MEXICAN WAR— CIVIL WAR. 

SOON after the organization of the town, the controversy 
between Great Britain and her colonies culminated in 
open hostilities. On the 19th of April, 1775, a detachment 
of British troops, under the command of Col. Smith and 
Major Pitcairn, was sent to Concord to destroy some mili- 
tary stores in that place. The alarm was spread far and 
wide, and the people rushed from all sections to the scene 
of action. It did not, however, reach the town of Jaffrey in 
season to enable the inhabitants to be in the conflict. Many 
went, however, and afterwards enlisted into service. John 
Harper, Stephen Adams, Benj. Dole, John Dole, Dudley 
Griffin, Jacob Pierce, and Joseph Wright enlisted in Capt. 
Philip Thomas's company from Rindge, of which John 
Harper was lieutenant. Harper, Pierce, the two Doles, and 
Dudley Griffin were in the battle of Bunker Hill, and met 
with losses for which they were afterwards remunerated. 
Others probably enlisted into other companies, as sixteen 
were reported as being in service at that time. But little 
preparation on the part of the town appears to have been 
made previous to this time. There was no military organi- 
zation, and the town had but recently complied with the 
requirements of the provincial law in procuring a certain 
amount of powder, lead, and flints. 

The first act of the town relating to this controversy on 
record was in September, 1774. In the warrant for a town- 
meeting, Sept. 7, of that year, was the following article : 



132 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

To take into Consideration what is Best to be Done in 
Regard of the Request sent to this town by the Committee of 
Correspondence from Portsmouth in Regard of our Charter 
Privileges. 

The town Choose Mr. Henry Coffeen, Mr. William Smiley, 
Mr. Roger Gilmore to Draw a Covenant to be Signed by all 
who Stand to Maintain the Priveleges of our Charter. Said 
meeting adjourned to the 27'^ day Sept Next at one of the 
Clock after Noon. 

No report of the action of that committee has been found 
on record. 

In January, 1775, at a town-meeting called for that pur- 
pose, an article was presented, — 

To See if the town will pass a Vote to Establish Certain 
Votes and by Laws Concluded and Resolved by Committees 
from a Number of towns Within this County assembled at 
Keene on Wednesday the 28"^ Day of December last, and if 
Voted to Choose a Committee to Officiate in Said Business 
and chose a Commissioner to attend the Sessions to have the 
above Resolves approved, also To Agree on a Method to Pay 
the Committee and Commissioner for their Service. 

The town Voted to Establish all the by Laws and Resolves 
made by the s*^ meeting and choose Mr. Jona. Stanley John 
Gilmore and Phineas Spaulding Com^'' to officiate in sd Busi- 
ness and Daniel Davis Commissioner to attend the Sessions 
s*^ Laws and Resolves approved, also Voted the Cost be paid 
by the town. 

What the by-laws and resolves were does not appear to 
have been publicly made known. In February, same year, 
the town 

Choose a Committee of Inspection agreeable to the articles 
of the Continental Congress, Viz : Henry Cofleen Roger Gil- 
more Daniel Twiss Jethro Bailey and William Turner At 
the same meeting the town Voted to Provide a towns Stock of 
Powder Lead and Flints according to Law. 

May II, the town Voted Capt. Henry Cofteen a Depatie to 
attend the Congress at Exeter. 

This congress was convened for the purpose of assuming 
the government of the state, and to make provision for the 
management of its affairs. It was called the " Provincial 



REVOLUTION. 133 

congress" in distinction from the Continental congress. 
After the organization of this body, the royal governor, John 
Wentworth, prorogued the assembly and left the state. By 
it post-offices were established, the inhabitants enumerated, 
number determined allowing a representative, and commit- 
tees of supplies and safety appointed. The town of Jaffrey, 
not having the required number of inhabitants, was not 
again represented except in connection with other towns. 

June 26, 1775, a military company was organized by 
order of congress. 

August 21, the town voted to " bye a towns stock of salt 
for the present year." 

In 1776, at the annual meeting, the following town offi- 
ces were chosen : Alexander McNeill, moderator ; Robert 
Wier, town-clerk ; Robert Wier, Solomon Grout, and Joseph 
Turner, selectmen. Excepting the choice of officers no 
record has been found, consequently the acts of the town 
that year relating to the Revolution are buried in oblivion. 
To this time the terms of enlistment had been three months ; 
it was now changed to three years, or during the war. The 
state of New Hampshire was divided into seventeen regi- 
ments, and a colonel appointed over each regiment, and re- 
quired to furnish his proportion of soldiers. The towns of 
Jaffrey, Rindge, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Temple, Fitz- 
william, Dublin, Marlborough, Stoddard, Packersfield (Nel- 
son), Washington, and Sharon constituted the fourteenth 
regiment. The colonel of this regiment was Enoch Hale, 
of Rindge, appointed Nov. 2, 1775- 

In 1777 New Hampshire was required to raise three regi- 
ments for three years, or during the war. The commanders 
were Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, Nathan Hale of Rindge, 
and Alexander Scammel of Durham, all under the command 
of Brigadier-General Poor ; place of rendezvous, Ticon- 
deroga. 

The town of Jaffrey was required to furnish fourteen 



134 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

men. A town-meeting was held on the 27th of March for 
that purpose, and the town 

Voted one hundred dollars to each man that will List into 
the service for three years viz : 14 men. 

The following persons enlisted per Col. Hale's report. 

Stephen Adams James Reed Thomas Wheelock 

Hart Balch William Redfield James Turner 

John Cox Michael Silk 

John Dole Peter Tozer For one Year 

John Lake Henry Thompson Nathan Fisk 

Francis Mason Isaac Wisson 

In May, Gen. Burgoyne arrived at Quebec with an army 
of over seven thousand men. With an addition of two 
thousand Canadians and Indians, he soon after advanced to 
Crown Point. The country was alarmed ; more men were 
called for ; twelve men were required of the town of Jaffrey 
for immediate service. On the 8th of May, at a meeting 
called for that purpose, the town 

Voted a bounty of four pounds per month, to each man that 
will go Volunteer to the number of twelve men, one half paid 
down. 

At a meeting held on the 15th of the same month, the 
town 

Voted that the Militia Officers hire the men required for ser- 
vice not to exceed 100 Dollars to each man or Draft as they 
think proper. 

The most important events of the year 1777 were the cap- 
ture of the army of Burgoyne, and the taking of Philadel- 
phia by the British. 

The capture of Burgoyne led to the acknowledgment of 
the independence of the United States by the French. A 
treaty of alliance was made on the 6th of February, 1778. 

In 1778, February 4, the town chose Daniel Emery, Capt. 
Gilmore, and Jonathan Stanley to be a committee to hire 
soldiers for the army. At the annual meeting Roger Gil- 
more, John Stanley, and Abraham Bailey were chosen 



REVOLUTION. 135 

selectmen, and Daniel Emery, Roger Gilmore, Jonathan 
Stanley, Joseph Bates, and William Turner a committee of 
inspection. 

The military operations this year, of importance, were the 
battle of Monmouth, the expedition to Rhode Island, the 
massacre of Wyoming, and the taking of Savannah by the 
British. 

In 1779, March 25, at the annual meeting, Roger Gil- 
more, Hugh Dunlap, and William Smiley were chosen 
selectmen, and Eleazer Spofford, Joseph Bates, and Daniel 
Emery, committee of safety. 

June 17, William Turner, Adonijah Howe, and Daniel 
Emery were chosen to hire four men, at their discretion, 
for continental service. Five hundred men were required 
of the state ; four was the quota of Jaffrey. 

In August, at a town-meeting, the following article was 
presented : 

To see if the town will Come into some Method to Raise 
four men for Continental Service for one year, and Choose a 
a Com^" for that purpose, and grant Money if found Necessary. 

Voted to Come to an Everage, and chose William Smiley, 
Phineas Spaulding, James Cowing, Eleazer Spofford, and 
Abraham Bailey to bring the town to an Everage. 

The important events of this year were the taking of 
Stony Point by the Americans under Gen. Anthony Wayne, 
the defeat of the Indians by Gen. Sullivan, the burning of 
Portsmouth, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Gosport, Va., by the 
British under Gen. Mathews, and Fairfield, Norwalk, and 
Greenwich, R. I., by Tryon. The British not only acted 
the part of marauders in destroying property, but counter- 
feiters in making money. Spurious bills of their make 
were scattered over the country, which destroyed the value 
of the paper medium. At the close of the year a dollar in 
specie was worth forty in continental bills. It could be 
used to pay debts, but not to buy provisions. Congress 
finally decided to allow them to pass for their market value, 
and they soon become worthless. 



136 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

1780 Annual Meeting 
Eleazei" Spofibrd, Joseph Bates and James Haywood, select- 
men Daniel Emery Eben"" Spoftbid and Roger Gilmore, com" 
of Saftey 

The paper medium having no longer any practical value, 
the government was obliged to make specie the medium of 
trade, or its equivalent in provisions at certain fixed prices. 

In July, 1780, the following article was presented to the 
town : 

To see what should be the most Proper Method for the Se- 
lectmen to Provide this towns Proportion of Beaf for the army. 

Voted that tlie Selectmen Provide the towns Proportion of 
Beaf with specie or money and assess the town for the same. 

The year 1780 was one of reverses. South Carolina was 
overrun by the invading armies. In May Charleston sur- 
rendered with the forces under Gen. Lincoln. In Septem- 
ber, Arnold committed treason. • 

1 781. Feb. I 
Voted to Choose a Comittee to hire Soldiers. Chose James 
French, Moses Worcester and Zacheus Witt, the meeting was 
then adjovuMied to Next Monday. Then met. Com**" Reported 
No men. Voted, to class the town. Voted, that the selectmen 
class the town to hire Continental Soldiers. Chose William 
Smiley a Com"*^ to assist the selectmen. 

Annual Meeting 

Mar. 29. Daniel Emery, Thomas Mower, William Pope 
Selectmen. Voted to class the town to Hire Continental 
Soldiers. Voted that the assessors class the town according to 
the Precept from Court. Voted that the Classes be immedi- 
ately assessed to hire Continental men by Request and that the 
assessors do it. 

July 13. Voted that the selectmen assess the Inhabitants of 
sd. town a certain sum in silver money or grain equal thereto, 
to Purchase their Qiiota of Beaf for the army. Chose Capt. 
William Pope to Purchis s*^ Beaf. 

Voted 700. hard Dollars or 700. bushels of Rye to Purchs s* 
Beaf. 

Oct I Voted that the Selectmen Purchis the Rum sent for 
by the General Court for the use of the Continental army the 
best way they can, or get a man to Do. it. 



SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION. 



137 



Voted to appoint two Places to Receive the Grain viz : Jon- 
athan Jevvetts and Eleazer Spoftbrds. 

The most important event during the year 1781 was the 
surrender of Cornwallis. 

Last call for Soldiers. 

1783, Ap. 23, Art. 2. To see what the town will Do in re- 
gard of Procuring two men for the Continental army sent to 
this town for, by the General Court of the State. 

Voted, that the Selectmen hire one man for the Continental 
Army for three years or During the war. 

This neglect or refusal to furnish the required number 
on the part of the town subjected them to a fine of forty 
pounds, which was afterwards paid by the town in 1791. 

The important event of 1782 was the signing of a formal 
treaty of peace in November, and in 1783, Sept. 3, a defini- 
tive treaty of Versailles, by Adams, Franklin, Jay, and 
Laurens on the part of the Americans, and Oswald on the 
part of the British, by which the thirteen united colonies 
were admitted to be " Free, Sovereign, and Independent 
States." 



Soldiers of the Revolution, state report 



Ephraim Adams, 
Samuel Adams, 
Thomas Adams, 
George Atridge, 
Daniel Avery, 
Joseph Bates, 
Jona. Blodgett, 
John Briant, 
Alpheas Brigham, 
Asaph Brigham, 
Joseph Brooks, 
Simeon Burt, 
Joseph Cutter, 
Moses Cutter, 
Nathan Cutter, 
James Cutter, 
John Davidson, 
10 



Mathew Davis, 
Jona. Dean, 
Benj. Dole, 
John Dole, 
Hugh Dunlap, 
Daniel Emery, 
Daniel Emery, Jr., 
James French, Jr., 
Robt. Gilmore, 
John Gilmore, 
Dudley Griffin, 
Jacob Gould, Jr., 
John Hale, 
Lieut. John Harper, 
Daniel Harper, 
Eben'r Hathorn, 
James Haywood, 



Eben'r Ingals, 
Benj. Jaquith, - 
John Mathews, 
William McAlister, 
Samuel Ober, 
William Osgood, 
Benj. Prescott, 
Moses Peabody, 
Joseph Perkins, 
Jacob Pierce, 
Kendal Pierson, 
William Pope, 
Jona. Priest, 
Asa Priest, 
Oliver Proctor, 
James Reed, 
Abraham Ross, 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Bezaleel Sawyer, 

Jesse Snow, 

Michael Silk, 

William Smiley. Jr., 
d. in service, at Ti- 
conderoga, 1776. 

Phineas Spaulding, 

Benj. Spaulding, 



Jona. Stanley, 
Samuel Stanley, 
James Stevens, 
John Stone, 
Benj. Stone, 
John Taggart, 
Jona. Taylor, 
Peter Tower, 



Lieut. William Turner, 
Samuel Wier, 
Joseph Wilder, 
Ezra Wilder, 
Ephraim Whitcomb, 
Elias Whitney, 
Cotton Whiton, 
Francis Wright. 



Soldiers of the Revolution not included in the state re- 
port, who settled in town during or after the war : 



Stephen Adams, 
Lieut. Oliver Bacon, 
Isaac Bailey, 
Isaac Bailey, Jr., 
Hart Balch, 
Jacob Baldwin, 
Lieut. Saml Buss, 
John Cox, 
Thomas Button, 
William Emery, 
Samuel Emery, 
Nathan Fish, 
Thomas Fisk, 



Jonas Gerry, 
Thomas Goff, 
Nathan Hunt, 
John Lake, 

Lieut. Benj. Lawrence, 
Francis Mason, 
Lieut. Abel Parker, 
Whitcomb Powers, 
William Redfield, 
Joseph Robbins, 
Moses Stickney, 
Moses Stickney, 2d, 
Samuel Stickney, 



David Stratton, 
James Turner, 
Henry Thompson, 
Lieut. Jereme Under- 
wood, 
Isaac Wesson, 
Silas Wilder, 
Abel Winship, 
Ithamer Wheelock, 
Thomas Wheelock, 
Joseph Wright. 



WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 

In 1794 a war was apprehended between England and 
the United States. A controversy had for a long time ex- 
isted between the two nations, in relation to the confisca- 
tion of property belonging to the loyalists during the Revo- 
lutionary War ; the holding possession of forts on the fron- 
tiers by the English ; and their arrogant pretensions in re- 
gard to navigating the sea. Congress passed bills laying an 
embargo for thirty days for erecting fortifications, for rais- 
ing a provisional army, and for organizing the militia. 

In 1795, Jan. 9, at a town-meeting held on that day, an 
article was presented to see what encouragement the town 
will give, in addition to the act of congress, to the soldiers 
now called for, if they should be called into active service. 



SOLDIERS OF THE REBELLION. 1 39 

Voted to give each Soldier, in addition to what Con^ -ess 
gives, three pounds per month as wages. 

Voted to give each Soldier two Dollars when he appears 
Completely eqiiiped and produces a Certificate from his com- 
mander to that eftect, to as many as is this towns proportion of 
the eighty thousand men, called for by Congress. 

Soldiers who enlisted : 

Samuel Buss, James Gowing, Samuel Stanley, 

John Coughran, Parker Maynard, John Stewart, 

Nathan Cutter, Josiah Mower, Amos Stickney, 

John Button, Edward Perkins, James Turner, 

Charles Davidson, Joseph Perkins, John Whipple. 

Robert Gilmore, Samuel Pierce, 

David Gilmore, Paul Ross, 

In 1795 a treaty was negotiated with Great Britain by 
Mr. Jay, which, against the will of the people, was accepted 
by the senate, and received the signature of the president, 
thus preventing a war for the present. 

w^AR OF 18 1 2. 

In 1812, June i8, war was declared against Great Britain 
by the United States. 

On the 14th of September of the same year, a town-meet- 
ing was duly called, and the following was presented for the 
action of the town : 

In order that the sense of the town might be obtained in re- 
gard to the present calamitous war with England, a motion 
was made and seconded, that all those who are against the 
present war, should go to the east side of the broad aisle and 
all those who are in favor of the present war should go to the 
west side of the same aisle. 

The vote was taken pursuant to this motion and the Inhab- 
itants by a great majority moved to the east side of the broad 
aisle, leaving only about ten or twelve on the west side, some 
of whom declared they did not vote at all; and it was judged 
that nearly or quite two hundred and twenty voters were 
present. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



William Pope, Eleazer Spoffbrd and were chosen 

a Committee to nominate and report three persons who shall 
be a Com*" of Delegates on the part of tliis town in a County 
Convention, there to aid and assist in devising and adopting 
such constitutional measures in regard to the perilous situation 
of the Country as shall be deemed expedient. The Com*^* of 
Nomination reported the names of Laban Ainsworth, Benj. 
Prescott and Samuel Dakin, who were unanimously chosen 
Delegates for the purpose aforsaid, to whom were added by 
vote, Adonijah Howe, Benj. Kingsbury & W™ Stevens. 

Oct. 15, 1S14. At a town-meeting held on that day it was 
voted that, in addition to the sum allowed by Government to 
the soldiers who have volunteered and gone to Portsmouth, the 
town will mane up each ones wages fifteen dollars a month. 
Also voted that there be three hundred Dollars assessed on the 
inhabitants of this town, and collected for the above purpose. 

Soldiers who were in service at Portsmouth. 



Oliver Warren- 


-Captain 








Daniel Adams, 


rec 


$11.20. 


Robt Goff, 


rec $9.33 


Thomas Chadwick, 


10.69. 


Henry Hapgood, 


16.12. 


David Chaplin, 




11.20. 


Stacy Hodskins, 


16.12. 


Ethan Cutter, 




4.50. 


Moses Hunt, 


16.12 


Isaac Cutter, 




20.78 


Abel Nutting, 


16.12, 


Samuel Dutton, 




11.00 


Philip Peak, 


11.29. 


James Eaton, 




11.20. 


Moses Pierce, 


11.20, 


Walter Eaton, 




11.20. 


David Savvtell, 


11.20, 


Austin George 




10.44. 


Samuel Stratton, 


13-43 



David Cutter, 



WAR WITH MEXICO, 1 846. 
SOLDIERS. 

George F. Cutter. 
CIVIL WAR. 



On the outbreak of the civil war in 1861, and during its 
continuance, the town of Jaffrey responded to the call for 
soldiers, and raised the following bounties : 

Oct. 24, 1 86 1, the town voted to furnish the families of 
volunteers from four to twelve dollars per month during the 
time they were in service. 



SOLDIERS OF THE REBELLION. I4I 

Sept. 13, 1S63, the town voted one hundved dollars bounty 
to all nine months men, and also voted to aid the families of 
such as belonged to the town. 

Sept. 18, 1S63, the town voted a bounty of three hundred 
dollars to drafted men, or those who furnished substitutes. 

March 8, 1S64, the town voted nine months men pay for 
ten months' service. 

June 23, 1864, the town voted three hundred dollars to all 
men who may be drafted into the service of the United States, 
on being accepted. 

March 12, 1S65, the town voted to pay any citizen of the 
town the sum of six hundred dollars, who will enlist into the 
service of the United States for one year or more, on being 
accepted. 

The number of men who enlisted, and were in service, 
was 151 ; the number killed in battle, 5 ; number who died 
in service, 23. 

Charles W. Webster, Ouartermas- Charles Baker. 

ter 14th Reg. John F. Berry. 

C. Frederick Webster, ist Lieut., Christopher Bartenback, 14th Reg., 

14th Reg., promoted to Quarter- Co. G. 

master. Hiram Bennet, Troop B. 

Spencer L. Bailey, 2d Lieut., 14th John F. Briant, 2d Reg., Co. A. 

Reg. Edmund Brady, 9th Reg., Co. B. 

Charles W. Adams, 2d Reg., Co. James T. Brown, 14th Reg., Co. G. 

A. Samuel L. Bolles, Troop C, 

Lysander A. Adams, 6th Reg., Co. Alonzo Butterfield. 

F. Henry Buckwould, i6th Reg., Co. 

John Q. Adams, a marine, died at F. 

Portsmouth. Jacob Buckwould, 14th Reg., Co. 

Ben. Abanton, 9th Reg., Co. L G. 

Warren F. Allen, 6th Reg.. Co. F. Charles A. Carter, 14th Reg., Co. 
Henry A. Atherton, 6th Reg., Co. G. 

E. Oscar Eugene Carter, died. 
Calvin Bailey, 6th Reg., Co. F. John Caldwell, Sth Regt., died. 
Spencer L. Bailey, 14th Reg., Co. Daniel M. Colburn, 9th Reg., Co. 

F. L 

Almon W. Bailey, i6th Reg., died. Lysander J. Coudray, i6th Reg., 
Harvey N. Bailey, Troop D. Co. F. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Edwin R. Cutter, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
Edward E. Cutter, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
Gustavus A. Cutter, 14th Reg. . 
John C. Cummings, i6th Reg., 

died. 
John W. Darling, died. 
Frank DeWier. 
Fred. Donaldson, Troop C. 
Charles W. Diamond, 2d Reg., Co. 

C. 
James Dadwell, 6th Reg , Co. E. 
Morty Downs, loth Reg., Co. K. 
James R. Douglass, Troop D. 
Charles D. Emery, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
Charles Farouch, nth Reg., Co. C. 
Luther W. Fassett, i6th Reg., Co. 

E. 
Danvers C. Fassett, Heavy Artil- 
lery. 
Joel E. Fassett, 14th Reg., Co. E. 
John Flynn, nth Reg., Co. C. 
John Frost, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
George Gilmore, 9th Reg. 
Wm. T. Gleason, 6th Reg., Co. I. 
Wm. H. Goodrich, 5th Reg., Co. 

H. 
Theodore Hanscomb, 6th Reg., 

Co. H., promoted to Captain. 
John S. Hartwell, 14th Reg. 
John H. Hartwell, 2d Reg., Co. A. 
John Hecker. 

Horace J. Hill, 3d Reg., Co. I. 
Peter Hogan. 

William Hoyt. nth Reg., Co. I. 
Andrew Johnson, 9th Reg., Co. K. 
Robert Jones, Troop. 
Joseph R. Joslin, 2d Reg., Co. H. 
Henry H. Joslin, 2d Reg., Co. H. 
Joseph H. Joslin, 2d Reg., Co. A. 
Albert N. Joslin, 5th Reg., Co. F. 
John F. Kidder, 6th Reg., Co. E. 



Charles D. Kimball, r6th Reg., Co. 

F. 
Elisha A. Kingsbury, 6th Reg., 

Co. E. 
Dexter B. Knowlton, i6th Reg. 
Joseph S. Lucy, 6th Reg., Co. F., 

died. 
David W. Lacy, i6th Reg., Co. L 
Charles D. Law, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
John Leathers, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
George F. Lowe, 14th Reg. , Co. G. 
Andrew Lindsay, i6th Reg., Co. F. 
George H. Long, Troop D. 
Jerome W. Leighton, 5th Reg., 

Co. F. 
Alvin H. Martin, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
Charles B. Merrifield, 14th Reg., 

Co. G. 
John McCunn, Troop B. 
Lawrence Montgomery. Troop H. 
Henry F. Morse, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
Nahum W. Mower, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
Thomas S. Mower, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
Barnard Mulligan, Troop A. 
Charles H. Nutting, 14th Reg. 
Edward N. Nutting, i6th Reg., 

Co. F. 
Jacob Newel, Jr., i6th Reg., Co. 

F. 
Henry C. Osburn, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
James E. Petts, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
Samuel Paine, nth Reg., Co. C. 
Albert S. Pierce, 14th Reg. 
Henry Pierce. 

Gurley A. Phelps, 14th Reg. 
Joel H. Poole, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
John W. Poole, 14th Reg. 
Ivers E. Pollard, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
Levi Pollard, 2d Reg., Co. A. 



SOLDIERS OF THE REBELLION. 



143 



Oren D. Prescott, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
George P. Preston, 6th Reg., Co. 

K. 
Leonard Rand, 14th Reg., Co. C. 
Jonas C. Rice, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
Herbert C.Richardson, 14th Reg., 

Co. G. 
George W. Richardson, 14th Reg., 

Co. G. 
Darius P. Richardson, 14th Reg., 

Co. G. 
Edmund F. Ritchie, 2d Reg., Co. 

A., died. 
Henry Ritchie, 6th Reg., Co. E., 

died. 
Darius Ritchie, i6th Reg., Co. I. 
George C. Ritchie, i6th Reg., 

Co. I. 
Abram Robins. 
William B. Robbins, 9th Reg., 

Co. G. 
Alfred Robbins, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
William H. Rolf, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
Benj. Sanford, 6th Reg., Co. D. 
Charles A. Sargent, nth Reg., 

Co. C. 
Grenville Shedd, 14th Reg., Co. G. 
Leonard E. Spaulding, 14th Reg., 

Co. G. 
Austin A. Spaulding, 14th Reg., 

Co. G. 
Leander Spaulding. 
Alfred Spaulding. 
Daniel W. Stevens. 6th Reg., Co. F. 
Henry A. Smith, 14th Reg., Co. 
G., died. 

Soldiers in service for other states : 
Clarence S. Bailey, Captain Massachusetts Cavalry. 
Henry H. Cragin, Ohio Volunteers. 
Wm. L. Cutter, Iowa Cavalry. 



Charles M. Smith, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
S-^niel A. Stratton, 6th Reg., Co. 

F. 
Ira Smith, i6th Reg., Co. I. 
Aaron Smith, 8th Reg. 
Henry Stevens, 6th Reg. , Co. C. 
Josiah Stebbins, i6th Reg., Co. F. 
George Steele, 6th Reg., Co. F. 
Philip Stedman, 6th Reg., Co. D. 
Levi E. Stedman, nth Reg., Co. 

D. 
Elbridge G. Tarbox, 4th Reg., 

Co. I. 
Jackson Taggart, died in prison. 
Martin Tehu, Troop C. 
Henry A. Thompson, wounded. 
Joseph S. Thompson, sth Reg., 

Co. K. 
Francis Thompson, 6th Reg., Co. 

F. 
Henry A. Turner, 14th Reg., Co. 

G. 
Albert S.Verder, 6th Reg., Co. E. 
Charles W. Verder, 14th Reg. 
Sylvanus W. Waters, 6th Reg., 

Co. K. 
Charles Wilson, 7th Reg., Co. D. 
John Wilson, nth Reg., Co. C. 
Frank Wetherbee, Sharp-shooters. 
George F. Wilbur, Troop B. 
Edwin F. Wheeler, i6th Reg., 

Co. F. 
John F. Wheeler, i6th Reg., Co. 
F. 



144 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Benj. F. Lawrence, Massachusetts Battery. 
Lucius Upton, Massachusetts Battery (died). 
John R. Verder, Connecticut Volunteers. 

Number of soldiers in service, 151. 

Soldiers killed in battle : 

2d Reg., Luther W. Fassett, at Evansport, Va., April 2, 1862. 
6th Reg., Sylvanus C. Waters, at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1864. 
Sharp-shooters, Frank Wetherbee, at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1864. 
2d Reg., Henry Ritchie, at Pegram House, Va., Sept. 30, 1864. 
14th Reg., Charles Carter, at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. 

Number killed in battle, 5. 

Soldiers who died in service. 

8th Reg., Joseph Caldwell, at Thibodeaux, La., 1862. 

2d Reg., Joel E. Fassett, at JafFrey. 

2d Reg., Edmund Ritchie, at Philadelphia, Oct. 2, 1862. 

14th Reg., Charles D. Emery, at Washington, Nov. 14, 1863. 

14th Reg., Henry A. Smith, at Poolsville, Md., Jan. 7, 1863. 

14th Reg., Charles M. Smith, at Poolsville, Md., Jan. 12, 1863. 

i6th Reg., Almond W. Bailey, at New Orleans, June 7, 1863. 

i6th Reg., John C. Cummings, at Mound City, Oct. 23, 1863. 

i6th Reg., John W. Darling, at Butte la Rose, La., May 17, 1863. 

i6th Reg., Jacob Newell, Jr., at Baton Rouge, La., April 15, 1863. 

Cavalry, Hiram Bennet, at Point Lookout, Md., Sept. 11, 1864. 

9th Reg., Daniel M. Colburn, Va., Nov. 29, 1864. 

9th Reg., Charles A. Sargent, at Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 23, 1864. 

14th Reg., Leonard Rand, at Camp Parapet. May 28, 1864. 

Henry H. Cragin, 1864, an Ohio volunteer. 

Cavalry, Jackson Taggart, at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 21, 1864. 

Grave No. 9,460. 
John Q. Adams, at the Marine Hospital, 186-. 
Lucius Upton, Aug. 7, 1864, — Mass. Battery. 
5th Reg., Albert N. Joslin. 
6th Reg., John F. Kidder, at Alexandria, Va., Nov. 11, 1862. Grave 

No. 425. 
Cavalry, Harvey N. Bailey, at Westford, Mass., March 8, 1865. 
5th Reg., Joseph S. Lacy, at Yorktown, Va., May 11, 1862. 
Oscar Eugene Carter, died. 

Number died of disease, 23. 



CHAPTER XII. 

MILLS, MANUFACTORIES, AND ARTISANS. 

DURING the early settlement of the town a report was 
made to the Masonian Proprietors relating to the set- 
tlers and improvements made, in which two saw-mills and 
one grist-mill are mentioned — one saw-mill on lot 22, range 
5, now owned by O. J. and A. S. Raymond, and the other 
two in what is now called Squantum. In a report of Enoch 
Hale another saw-mill is mentioned on the same stream 
south of the Raymond mill, owned by Thomas Caldwell. 
The mill at Squantum was built by Ephraim Hunt, who 
removed to Rindge, and the mill afterwards had several 
owners, among which were John Eaton, James Cutter, Sewal 
Gould, and others. The mill on lot 22, range 5, was built 
by Thomas Davidson, afterwards owned by David Chamber- 
lin, Upton, and others. 

The next saw- and grist-mill was built by John Borland, 
at what is now East Jaffrey. In 1778 he sold the same to 
Deacon Eleazer Spofford, who was the leading man in that 
business till 181 3, when he sold his farm to Daniel Adams, 
and his mills and water-power to a company, who in 18 14 
built a factory for the purpose of spinning cotton yarn. This 
yarn was made into a cloth by the hand-loom. The other 
mills were, one south of the meeting-house, built by William 
Davidson, and one at the spring village by Abram Bailey. 
On the site of the last mill there was afterwards erected a 
woollen mill by Edward Bailey, which, on being burnt, was 
supplanted by a wooden-ware establishment. 



146 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



For 1833 a saw-mill was also built by John Hodge on a 
stream running from Hodge pond to the Contoocook river. 
It was burnt in 1836, rebuilt, and went into disuse in i860. 
A fulling-mill was built by Josiah Belknap at an early date, 
near the site of the Wm. Davidson mill. He removed to 
Springfield, Vt., about 18 18. A fulling-mill was built at East 
Jaffrey by Joseph Lincoln, and afterwards owned for many 
years by Samuel Foster. It is now used for a knife fac- 
tory. A mill was built by a corporation called the Chesh- 
ire mills, afterwards owned by Alonzo Bascomb, now used 
for the manufacture of paper pulp. On or near the site of 
the first cotton-mill built in Jaffrey, Alonzo Bascom built 
the present large brick mill now owned by White Brothers. 
A starch-mill was built at Squantum, and burnt Jan. 2, 
1839, ^^th Samuel Abbot in it. 

Various kinds of business have been carried on in different 
parts of the town, independent of water-power, as will be 
seen by the following list of individuals engaged in the sev- 
eral operations : 



Axes. 
Jacob Danforth, 
Artemas Lawrence, 
John Saunders, 
John Stone. 

Baker. 
Samuel Batchelder. 

Baskets. 
James French. 

Blacksmiths. 
Daniel Adams, 
Jonas Adams, 
Henry W. Atherton, 
Erastus Benton, 
Samuel Briant, 
John Briant, 
Kendall Briant, 
James Butler, 
Orford Capron, 



David A. Coburn, 
Edward A. Coburn, 
Frank Coburn, 
Aaron Coburn, 
Joel H. Cutter, 
Jacob Danforth, 
John Fife, 
Ira Gardner, 
Benj. Haywood, 
Thomas W. Hale, 
Elijah Hathorn, 
Ebenezer Hathorn, 
Frank Hathorn, 
Collins Hathorn, 
Luther Hemmingway, 
Thomas Holt, 
Elijah Jaquith, 
Eliphalet Johnson, 
Artemas Lawrence, 



Moses Pierce, 
David Priest, 
Abel Pollard, 
John W. Poole, 
John Saunders, 
Joseph Smith, 
Frank Smith, 
Abner Spofford, 
John Stone, 
William Stearns, 
Isaac Whitney. 
Boxes. 
Thomas Annette, 
Daniel Emery, 
Edwin Mann, 
Gilman Mower. 

Brickmakers. 
John Cutter, 
James George, 



ARTISANS. 



147 



Roger Gilmore, 
Oliver Jewett, 
Abel Shedd, Jr., 
Thomas A. Stevens. 

Broadcloth . 
Edward Bailey, 
William Buckley. 

Brooms. 
William Mower, 
Solomon Rand. 
Brushes. 
Peter Phelps. 

Cabinet Makers. 
John Buckley, 
Eber Lincoln, 
Cotton Tufts. 

Carriages. 
Edward Bailey, 
Martin Blodgett, 
Charles Hanscom, 
William Kimball, 
Nahum W. Mower, 
Jonathan Stanley. 
Carpenters. 
Samuel Adams, 
Thomas Dinsmore, 
William Dutton, 
Seth B. Ellis, 
Jedediah Foster, 
Joseph P. Frost, 
Albert Frost, 
Henry C. French, 
David Gilmore, 
Benj. O. Hale, 
Joseph Hodge, Jr., 
Nath'l N. Laws, 
Samuel Patrick, 
Joel O. Patrick, 
Eliakim Reed, 
Samuel Sanders, 
Vryling D. Shattuck, 
Abel Spaulding, Jr., 
Richard Spaulding, 



Erastus Spaulding, 
Eri Spaulding, 
James Stevens, 
Amos Stickney, 
James Streeter, 
John Towne, 
John Towne, Jr., 
Liberty Towne, 
Sylvester Towne, 
George Towne, 
Levi R. Towne, 
Jereme Underwood, 
John Underwood. 
Carpet Cloth. 
Samuel Foster. 

Cloth Dressers. 
Josiah Belknap, 
Samuel Foster, 
Joseph Lincoln. 

Clock-makers. 
Peter Davis, 
Robinson Perkins. 
Clothes-pins. 
Perkins Biggelow, 
Edward Bailey, 
Hunt, Sawyer & Pres- 
cott. 

Chair-fnakers. 
Eber Lincoln, 
Paul Nelson. 

Coopers. 
Elbridge Baldwin, 
John E. Baldwin, 
Levi Fisk, 
Adams Fisk, 
Paul Hunt, 
Asa Sawyer, 
Uriah Sawyer, 
William Stevens, 
Abraham Wilkins, 
Jona. Wilkins. 

Comb-maker. 
Levi Johnson. 



Earthen-tvare. 
Samuel Dakin & Co. 

Hatters. 
Abel Ames, 
John Ross, 
Joseph Weeks, 
Richard Weeks. 

Hay Rakes. 
Josiah Ingalls. 

Linen Wheels. 
John Coughran. 
Malt. 
Benj. Prescott. 

Painters. 
Nath. Clark, 
Howard C. Hunt, 
Paul Nelson, 
Fred. J. Stevens, 
Frank P. Wellman. 

Potash. 
Samuel Adams, 
Isaac J. & John Fox, 
William Lacy, 
Henry Payson, 
Joseph Thorndike, 
Thorndike & Page. 

Printer. 
Salmon Wilder. 
Pumps. 
James Davis, 
Thomas Frost, 
Lyman K. Farnum, 
Freeborn Raymond. 

Saddlers. 
David Page, 
Simon Warren. 

Shoemakers. 
Abel Ames, 
John A. Allen, 
Simeon Blanchard, 
Nath. Breed, 
Hiram Borden, 
Samuel Buss, Jr., 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Thaddeus Blodgett, 
Nathan Blodgett, 
Lewis Carey, 
Josiah Carey, 
Elijah Carey, 
Luther Cutter, 
Caleb Cutter, 
Nath. Cutter, 
David A. Cutter, 
George Fairbanks, 
Charles Farnsworth, 
Thomas French, 
James R. French, 
Luke French, 
J. D. Gibbs, 
Nehemiah Green, 
Robert Harkness, 
Benj. Lawrence, 
Moody Lawrence, 
Almon Mower, 
Thomas Perry, 
Asa Jones, 
Joseph Joslin, Jr., 
Geo. W. Richardson, 
Laban Rice, 
Abel Smith, 
James C. Smith. 
Asa Snow, 
Joseph Snow, 
Amos Tenney, 



Nath. Thomas, 
Christopher C. Tracy, 
Daniel Twiss, 
John Wright. 

Shoe-pegs. 
Perkins Bigelow. 
Shingles. 
Orlando Cragin, 
George F. Gilmore, 
Eleazer W. Heath, 
John Hodge, 
Paul Hunt, 
Rufus Sawyer. 

Sleighs. 
Daniel Adams, 
Parsons Darling, 
Josiah Ingals. 

Steelyards. 
Ebn'r Hathorn, 
Hiram Dean. 

Potato Starch. 
Oliver and Eldad 

Prescott, 
Samuel Abbot. 

Stone-masons. 
James Butler, 
Jona. J. Comstock, 
David Gilmore, 
Joseph Joslin, 
Oliver Warren. 



Gunsmith. 
John S. Dutton. 
Tantiers. 
Samuel Foster, ist 
tanner in Jaffrey. 
1789. John Cutter, 
1818. John Cutter and 

son, 
1834. Benj. Cutter, 
1851. Julius Cutter, 
Amos Fortune, lot 17, 

range 6. 
Thomas Tyler, lot 17, 

range 6. 
Daniel Gilman. 
Trays. 
John Grout, 
Orlando Cragin. 

Wooden Shovels. 
John Briant. 

Wooden Ploughs. 
Daniel Adams, 
Jesse Maynard. 
Watches. 
Thomas French, 
Joseph Haywood, 
Laban Rice, 
Jonas C. Rice. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

MISCELLANY — HOTELS — STORES — POST-OFFICE — MAIL 
STAGE— BANKS— SACRED MUSIC — COMMON — SALE OF 
PUBLIC LANDS— CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELE- 
GATES—FIRES. 

PUBLIC houses, for Ae entertainment of travellers, 
were first known as inns. Alexander McNeil was, by 
tradition, the first inn-keeper in the town of Jaffrey. His 
house was located between the centre of the town and the 
house of Vryling D. Shattuck. The first town-meeting was 
held at the inn of Francis Wright, lot 14, range 8, now the 
residence of Dana S. Jaquith. License to keep tavern was 
granted by the town with the approbation of the selectmen. 
The first license on record was dated Sept. 18, 1792. 



This may certify that M'' Jacob Danforth has our aprobation 
and Lisence to keep a Tavern in the house he now occupies 
in Jaffrey. P"' 

Abel Parker \ Selectmen 

Adonijah Howe > of 
Roger Gilmore ) Jaffrey. 



Danforth tavern was one of the most prominent public 
houses in the town, and is now the only one among the 
early licensed ones in use. Jacob Danforth was the first 
proprietor. He left about 181 1, and David and Elias Pierce 
were his successors. About 18 14 Asa Brigham became 
the owner, and remained such till about 18 19. In 1816, 
Dec. 16, the house was burnt, and in 1817 a new one built. 
The same is now owned by Jonas Cutter. Since Mr, 



150 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Brigham left, the tavern has been kept by Luke Sweetser, 
Joel O. Patrick, Ethan Cutter, and James Cutter. 

A tavern was kept north of the meeting-house from 1795 
till 1798 or 1799, by Benjamin Cutter, and in 1802-3-4 by 
Joseph Cutter, his brother. 

A tavern was kept by Moody Lawrence and Isaac J. Fox, 
in the house now owned by Asa Nutting. 

The first noted tavern built west of the centre was that 
of Alexander Milliken, near the mountain ; afterwards kept 
by his son John, who left town about 1823. 

In 1796 Capt. John Joslin opened a public house near 
the Monadnock Mineral Spring, and remained its proprie- 
tor till 1805. 

Benj. Prescott (Col.) was a popular tavern-keeper in the 
house where his son Eldad afterwards lived. 

Oliver Prescott built a large brick tavern on lot 22, range 
9, John H. Loring, proprietor. Kendall N. Davis, present 
owner. 

The first tavern at East Jaffrey was kept by Zadoc Chap- 
man about 1824; Abijah Pierce, 1830; N. R. Corning, 
1859, who built the Granite State hotel, afterwards kept by 
Henry B. Wheeler, C. H. Brooks, and John M. Wales, when 
the house was burned. In 1877 the present house was 
erected by Benjamin Pierce ; proprietor, Rodney Brown. 

Many others were licensed, but were kept for only a short 
time, the list of which is as follows : 

David Sherwin, Jona. Fox, Peter Lawrence, 

Joseph Thonidike, Nathan Hunt, John Tilton, 

Levi Raymond, George Barrett, Benj. Kingsbury, 

Charles Davidson, Robinson Perkins, David Jewett, 

Aaron Rider, Samuel Minot, Ens'' Gilmore, 

James Mann, Edward Perkins, Isaac Jewell. 

MERCHANTS. 

There is a tradition that the name of the first merchant 
or storekeeper in the town of Jaffrey was Breed. 



POST-OFFICE. 



151 



The first names on record are Joseph Thorndike and Da- 
vid Sherwin, in 1793. Thorndike was taxed for stock in 
trade, amount, jC6o ; — Sherwin, amount, ;^30, that year. 

List of traders from 1793 to 1876, with the years of 
trade. 



Joseph Thorndike, 1793-1805. 
David Sherwin, 1793. 
Levi Raymond, 1794. 
Benjamin Cutter, 1795-97. 
George Barrett, 1799. 
Peter Lawrence, 1800. 
Samuel Alinot, 1801. 
Benj. Kingsbury, 1802-1806. 
David Page, 1803-1805. 
Daniel Emery, 1806-1807. 
Luke Wheelock, 1806-1807. 
James Henderson, 1807-1809. 
Goodell & Hosmer, 1808-1809, — 
(Abishai Goodell, Eben'r Hosmer. 
Francis Fletcher, firm of Fletcher 

& Smith, 1809-1812. 
Jonathan Wheelock, 1810-1812. 
John Gilmore, 1814-15, 1819-24. 
Henry Payson, 1815-1824. 
Asa Brigham, 18 16-18 18. 
Peter Clark, 18 16. 
Amos Tenney, 1817-1822. 
John Milliken, 1818-1820. 
Joel O. Patrick, 1821-1828. 
Caleb Searl, 1823-1827. 
William Lacy & Co., 1 827-1 834,— 

(Lacy, Cutter & Sweetzer.) 



John Wright, 1826-1835. 

Lacy & Cutter, 1 835-1 838. 

William Lacy, 1 839-1 856. 

Lacy & Son, 1857-1859. 

James Lacy, 1859. 

John AL Maynard & Co., 1827. 

L J. & John Fox, 1828-1831. 

Hiram Duncan, 1832-1840. 

Mellville & Howe, 1833. 

Charles J. Fox, 1834. 

Jason Moar, 1 834-1 835. 

Arad Adams, 1836. 

Perkins Biggelow, 1836. 
)Myrick, Smith & Co., 1836-1839, 

Joseph Myrick. 1840. 

Alvah J. Perkins & Co., 1837. 

Peter Upton & Co., 1841-1850. 

Joseph Wilson, 1841-1842. 

Richardson Biggelow, 1842. 

Samuel Smith, 1843-1846. 

Eleazer S. Foster, 1846. 

Foster & Brown, 1 047-1 849. 

Eben'r Upton & Co., 1851-1860. 

Charles H. Powers. 

W. L. Goodnow & Co., 1874. 
- Union Co. 

Joseph T. Biggelow, 1872. 



POST-OFFICE. 

Owing to the fire which burned the Department building 
at Washington, D. C, Dec. 15, 1836, in which the earliest 
books of this office were destroyed, the exact time of the 
establishment of the post-office in Jaffrey cannot be ascer- 
tained. The first quarterly accounts began April i, 1801. 



152 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Peter Lawrence was the first post-master. The office was 
probably estabUshed during the winter of 1801. 

POST-MASTERS. 

Peter Lawrence, rendered accounts, April i, 1801. 
Samuel Dakin, " " July i, 1802. 

Abel Parker, " " April i, 1812. 

Luke Howe, appointed post-master, Dec. 5, 18 16. 
William Lacy, " " Jan. 24, 1842. 

In 1846, April i, the name of the office was changed to 

Factory Village, and located in that place. 

Alonzo Bascom was appointed post-master, April i, 1846, 
On the 8th of December, Factory Village was changed to 

East Jaffrey. 

Alonzo Bascom, appointed post-master, Dec. 8, 1846. 
Lewis L. Pierce, " " May 8, 1849. 

Ebenezer Upton, " " Dec. 20, 1849. 

Alonzo Bascom, " " April 11, 1853. 

Peter Upton, •' " April 13, 1861. 

The office at Jaffrey was reestablished Nov. 6, 1 846. 

Ethan Cutter was appointed post-master Nov. 6, 1846. 
Gurley A. Phelps, " " July 23, 1861. 

Upton and Phelps are the present incumbents (1880.) 

MAIL STAGE. 

The first mail stage. Dearborn & Emerson, proprietors, 
was established from Boston to Walpole and return once a 
week. The first day it went to New Ipswich, the second 
day to Walpole, and returned to Boston on the two fol- 
lowing days. It was a small coach, drawn by two horses. 
As the business increased more horses and a larger carriage 
were used, till a daily express line was established from Bos- 




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SACRED MUSIC. 153 

ton to Keene. This line of staging did good business till 
the Cheshire Railroad was built, when the line was changed 
from Jaffrey to Winchendon, in a two-horse coach. The 
Monadnock Railroad obviated any further necessity for 
stage-coaches, and the business is done from East Jaffrey 
to the centre of the town in a two-horse wagon. 

BANKS. 

The Monadnock State Bank was incorporated in 1850; 
capital, $50,000. John Conant was chosen president and 
Peter Upton cashier. Directors, John Conant, Benjamin 
Cutter, Jonas M. Mellville, James Scott, Rufus Haywood, 
Samuel Ryan, Jr., Solomon Allen. In 1855, John Fox was 
chosen president, and in 1857, James Scott, of Peter- 
borough. In 1865 the Monadnock National Bank was 
incorporated; capital, $100,000. James Scott was chosen 
president ; Peter Upton, cashier. Directors, James Scott, 
Benjamin Cutter, Samuel Ryan, Arad Adams, James L. 
Bolster, Joseph T. Biggelow, John Conant. Benjamin Cut- 
ter was chosen president in 1870. Cashier, Peter Upton. 
Directors, Benjamin Cutter, James Scott, Samuel Ryan, 
Arad Adams, John Fox, Joseph T. Biggelow, John Conant. 

MONADNOCK SAVINGS BANK. 

Incorporated 1869. President, Oscar H. Bradley; treas- 
urer, Peter Upton. Amount on deposit (1880), $297,583.88. 
Trustees, Oscar H. Bradley, Benjamin Pierce, James S. 
Lacy, Zebulon Converse, Franklin H. Cutter, George A. 
Underwood, Benjamin L. Baldwin, Charles Cutter, John B. 
Shedd, Charles H. Powers, Joseph T. Biggelow, John Fox, 
Dexter Derby. 

SACRED MUSIC. 

Singing constituted a part of religious worship in the 
early settlement of New England. The Book of Psalms, by 
Henry Ainsworth, in prose and verse, published at Amster- 
dam in 161 2, was the one in general use among the Puri- 
II 



154 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

tans. The singing was done by the congregation standing 
and facing the minister. The psahn was first read by him, 
and afterwards repeated line by line, and sung as read by 
the congregation. The deacon, instead of the minister, 
sometimes read or tuned the psalm ; hence it was called 
" deaconing the psalm," 

In 1778, before the incorporation of the church, or the 
settlement of a minister, the town chose William Smiley 
and David Stanley to read the psalm, and Jonathan Priest, 
Abraham Bailey, and Daniel Stanley to tune the psalm. 

In 1787 the manner of singing was changed. The sing- 
ers were seated in one place by themselves instead of being 
mixed with the congregation. The town at that time 

Voted to Grant the two middle body seats below, men and 
womens side, for the Singers. 

It also 

Voted to sing a Verse at a time, once in the forenoon and 
once in the afternoon after exercises. 

Voted that Jacob Baldwin assist Eleazer Spoftbrd to tune 
the Psalm, and in his absence or inability to set it. 

In 1 791 the singers were seated in the gallery, by vote of 
the town, 

March i, 1791, the town 

Voted to grant half of the Front Gallery for the Singers and 
take it out of the Senter, 

In 1792, March 6, the town 

Voted to annex the womans seats in the front of the Gallery 
to the Singers Seats, 

In 1802, March 2, the town 

Voted to raise forty dollars towards hiring a singing master 
for the purpose of nistrucling schools. 

Voted a committee of three to expend the same ; Chose 
Samuel Dakin, Rutus Houghton, and Cap' Pope Com*'=. 



PUBLIC COMMON. 155 

Rec. of the Selectmen, forty dollars in full for teaching sing- 
ing school for the year 1803. Samuel Dakin. 

At what time instrumental music was brought into use 
does not appear on record — probably about 1800. The in- 
troduction of those instruments was not at first very favor- 
ably received by the older members of the congregation, but 
time and the influence of the younger portion overruled, 
and at length they became very acceptable. The flute, 
clarionette, bassoon, trombone, and violin were the first that 
came into use, followed by the bass-viol, by some called 
"Dagon," by others the " Lord's fiddle." The early singers, 
as appears in the records, were found among the families of 
the Stanleys, Baileys, and Priests, afterwards the Spoffords, 
Baldwins, and Dakins. Dakin, as it appears by the records, 
was the first teacher of a singing-school in the town. 

PUBLIC COMMON. 

Provision was made by the Masonian Proprietors, in the 
grant of the township, by a reservation of land, for a public 
common on which to build a meeting-house, enclose a pub- 
lic burying-ground, and also a place for military trainings 
and reviews. 

The common or public square included an area of about 
ten acres, measuring about forty rods on each side, situated 
on the north end of lot 12, range 6. On the north central 
part of the lot was the burying-yard, front of which were 
the meeting-house and public common. 

In 1791, Aug. 3, a survey was made, bounds established, 
and a transcript made, by John Gilmore, Roger Gilmore, and 
Samuel Buss, a committee chosen by the town for that pur- 
pose. 

TRANSCRIPT OF THE COMMON. 

We the Subscribers, being appointed a Committee to lay out 
the common in s*^ town, have proceded thus: Beginning at the 
north west corner of the common ; at a stake and stones on the 
west side of the Road in the line between the fifth and sixth 



156 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Range in Lot No. 12, in the sixth Range of Lot- Jf ^ ^ 
aforesaid, from thence South one Deg west ^^^^^ ^ds f^^^^ 
seven links, to a stake and stones from thence Sou ^ e|^i^^^^^^^^^ 
Deg. and fifty min. East, forty rods to a stake '^^^^ °"^ '/^^^^ 
thpnre north one Deg. East forty rods to a Stake and Stones m 
t es4ni ebTweSfthe fifth and Sixth Range -from thence 
o'th et y one Deg. and fifty min. West, forty rods and seven 
nks to^a S^take and Stones being the Bounds first mentioned. 

John Gilmore \ 
Roger Gilmore > Com^* 
Samuel Buss ) 



JafFrey, Aug. 3, 1791. 



PUBLIC COMMON. 




Rev. L. Ainsworth's. 



In 1787 the town voted to sell the land lying east and 
west of the burying-ground, and appointed a committee for 



1 870 




JAFFREY MILLS 



EAST JAFFRKY, N.H. 



^;<? 



WHITE BROTHERS 



PROPRIETORS 



SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS. 157 

that purpose. The lot east was sold to Benj. Cutter ; west 
lot to Dr. Howe. (In 1798 the town voted to sell the land 
west of the county road, at public vendue.) That part of 
the common south of the turnpike was sold afterwards. 

When the town voted to build the meeting-house on the 
common in 1774, it also voted to pass over an article to see 
in what manner the town will proceed to clear the common 
to set their meeting-house on. The next year the town 
voted to work on the common on the first Monday in May. 

In 1 78 1 the town voted that each highway surveyor, with 
his district, work one day on the common. In 1787 the 
town appointed a committee to let the job of clearing a 
part of the common to the lowest bidder. In 1792 the town 
voted to raise ^S^ to finish the common ; and in 1798 the 
town voted that the town should turn out and level the 
common gratis, on the second Wednesday in June, and that 
they should come in the morning. 



SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS. 

In the grant of the township the town received of the 
proprietors six hundred acres of land for certain specified 
purposes, and this land was disposed of at different times 
by vote of the town. 

In 1775, to meet the expense of building a meeting-house, 
the town voted to sell lot 4 in the 6th range, lots 12 and 20 
in the ist range, and lot 14 in the 2d range, and appointed 
a committee for that purpose, with authority to sell at pub- 
lic or private sale. 

In 1778, the town 

Voted to sell to Samuel Adams the land lying east of the 
Common. 

In 1783, the town 

Voted to sell four acres for £30 L. M. to Rev. Laban Ains- 
worth, on which to build a dwelling-house. 



158 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

In 1787, the town 

Voted to sell lot 16 range 3 lot 12 range i and that part of 
the common which lies on the east and west sides of the bury- 
ing ground. 

In 1798, the town 

Voted to sell that piece of common land at Capt. Adams old 
potash at public vendue. 

In 1808, the town 

Voted one half of an acre to Levi Johnson it being a part of 
the ministerial land. 

In 1833 a committee was appointed to sell the public 
lands belonging to the town, and use the proceeds of the 
sale in purchasing a farm on which to support the poor. 

The proceeds of the sale per report of Com"'*' was $2381.17. 
A farm was purchased of Capt. bamuel Patrick for whicli the 
town paid $2291.53. 

{Oliver Prescott 
John Conant Com^^ 
Edward Spaulding 



CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 

During the Revolutionary war, a convention of delegates 
from the several towns was held at Concord, for the purpose 
of forming a plan of government. 

In 1778, April 20, Phineas Spaulding was chosen a dele- 
gate to a convention to be holden at Concord for that pur- 
pose. 

In 1779, Sept. 7, the town 

Voted that mr. Phineas Spaulding should sit as a member 
in the convention to be holden at Concord on Wednesday the 
22 of September instant. 

In 1781, May 28, 

Voted to send one man to Convention to joyn in forming a 
New Plan or System of Government. 

Voted that mr William Smiley be the man, also in Nov. 
same year he was again elected. 



BUILDINGS BURNED BY LIGHTNING, 1 59 

In 1788, January 14, the town 

Voted to send a man to the Convention to approve or disap- 
prove of the Federal Constitution. 
Chose Lieut. Abel Parker. 

In 1 791, August 8, the town 

Voted to send a man to set in convention. 
Chose Roger Gilmore Esq. 

In 1850, Nehemiah Adams, delegate. 
In 1876, Benjamin Pierce. 

Sept. 7, 1779, Voted to Reject the plan of government. 
35 for rejection no one for it. 

Sept. 15*'' 1783. 24 men voted to establish the last Plan of 
Government and one against it 

In 1792 Aug. 37 twenty voted against the amendments of 
the state Constitution and four for it. 

In 1 85 1, March 11, the vote of the town for amendment was 
a majority for the 1st 7th 8th 9th 14th 15th articles of amend- 
ment. 



BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE. 

House of Rev. Laban Ainsworth, burned Feb. 13, 1788. 

House of John Butters, on lot 20, range 4, burned Jan. 7, 
1794. 

School-house in district No. 5, burned in 1793. 

School-house in district No. 9. 

Asa Brigham's tavern-stand, burned Dec. 16, 18 16. 

Store of David Page. 

House of David Cutter, near Monadnock Mineral Spring, 
burned 1823. 

House on the town farm, burned 1825. 

John Milliken's store, lot 5, range 4. 

Bailey's mills, lot 7, range 5. 

John Stone's blacksmith shop, lot 8, range 6. 

Cheshire Factory, burned 1828. 

House of David Corey, in school-district No. 11. 

John Cutter's house, school-district No. 6. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Caleb Cutter's, school-district No. ii. 
Starch factory, burned Jan. 2, 1839. 
James Henderson's, school-district No. 7. 
Mountain House, burned Oct. 6, 1866. 
Granite State Hotel, burned March 25, 1875, East Jaffrey. 
National Bank, " " " " " 

Second National Bank, " 

House of Rebecca Bacon, burned March 25, 1875. 
Bradley & Co.'s stocking-mill, East Jaffrey. 
Oilman Mower's shop, " 

Hanscomb's paint shop, " 

A barn on the Roger Brigham farm. 

A saw-mill owned by John Hodge, burned 1836, in dis- 
trict No. 3. 

BUILDINGS BURNED BY LIGHTNING. 

A barn of Abel Cutter's, district No. 10. 

A barn of David Corey's, district No. 11. 

A barn of Joseph Hodge's, district No. 3. 

A barn of Edward Spaulding's, district No. 5. 

Two barns on the farm formerly owned by Asa Baker. 



CHAPTER XIV 



INVOICE, 1793, FIRST ONE RECORDED— MONEY RAISED- 
HIGHEST TAX-PAYERS. 



T 1ST of tax-payers in 1793, the earliest on record : 

^s. d. i:s. d. 



Thomas Adams, 


2-18- 8 


.Samuel Briant, 


I- 8- 


Daniel Adams, 


0- 4- 


Alpheas Brigham, 


2-16- 8 


Samuel Adams, 


i-ii- 


Joseph Brooks, 


2- 6- 


Silas Adams, 


I- I- 9 


John Buckley, 


0-19- 


Jonas Adams, 


I- 9- 


Simeon Bullard, 


•0-7-6 


Joseph Adams, 


0-12- 


Moses Burpee, 


1-18- 4 


Daniel Avery, 


o-io- 


Ebenezer Burpee, 


0-18- 4 


Oliver Bacon, 


1-14- 2 


Samuel Buss, 


2-7-6 


Oliver Bailey, 


1-19-10 


John Butler, 


1-3- 6 


Isaac Bailey, 


0-17- 


Simeon Butters, 


I- 9- 4 


Isaac Bailey, 


I- 4- 2 


John Butters, 


I- 3- 6 


Samuel Bailey, 


0-13- 


Samuel Carey, 


o-io- 


Joseph Bates, 


I- 9- 2 


Josiah Carey, 


I- 5-10 


Peter Bates, 


1-18- 6 


Jonah Carter, 


1-12- 


Jacob Baldwin, 


I- 4- 


Alpheas Crosby, 


I- 7- 2 


Josiah Belknap, 


I- 8- 8 


David Chadwick, 


2- 8-10 


John Billings, 


0- 5- 8 


Josiah Chamberlin, 


o-io- 


Jona. Blodgett, 


1-18- 8 


Aaron Colman, 


I-II- 7 


Jona. Blodgett, Jr., 


0-12- 


John Coughran, 


2- 2- 2 


Thaddeus Blodgett, 


o-io- 


James Coughran, 


0-13- 


Amos Boynton, 


0-17- 4 


William Coughran, 


o-io- 


Moses Boynton, 


0-17- 4 


Joseph Cutter, 


4-12- 4 


Nath. Boynton, 


O-IO- 


Moses Cutter, 


I- I- 8 


Nath. Breed, 


I-I2- 8 


David Cutter, 


I- 4- 3 


John Briant, 


2- 8- 8 


Nathan Cutter, 


0-13- 


Thomas Briant, 


I- 4-10 


John Cutter, 


0-15- 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 





^s.d. 




£s.d. 


Jacob Danforth, 


I- O-IO 


Benj. Frost, 


0-12-10 


John Davidson, 


2- 9- 2 


James Gage, 


2- 3- 2 


Thomas Davidson, 


I- 5-6 


John Gilmore, 


3- 8- 8 


James Davidson, 


0-13- 


Roger Gilmore, 


3-17-10 


Charles Davidson, 


I- 9- 3 


Robert Gilmore, 


I- 2- 8 


Thomas Davidson, 


0-15- 8 


David Gilmore, 


o-ii- 6 


Andrew Davis, 


2- O-IO 


Simeon Gilson, 


o-ii- 4 


Richard Davis, 


I- 7- 2 


James Gowing, 


i-ii- 2 


John Davis, Jr., 


I- 4-10 


Azeal Gowing, 


O-II- 


William Davis, 


0- 1 1 - 6 


Jesse Gould, 


o-io- 


Mathew Davis, 


0-15- 9 


Wid. Mary Gould, 


I- I- 6 


T. Gordon Davis, 


I- 4- 7 


Nehemiah Green, 


1-13- I 


Jona. Dean, 


0-16- 6 


Dudley Griffin, 


3-16- 6 


Hiram Dean, 


o-io- 


Benj. Haywood, 


2-11- 2 


Man' Divol, 


I- o-io 


Oliver Hale, 


1-12- 7 


Benjamin Dole, 


3-14- 4 


Amos Hale, 


0-17- 


Samuel Douglas, 


1-17- 9 


Abraham Hadley, 


I- 2- 6 


Thomas Dunshee, 


1-9-6 


Robt. Harkness, 


3-5-6 


Thomas Dutton, 


2-11- 3 


Ebenezer Hathorn, 


1-16- I 


Moses Eames, 


i-ii- 8 


John Harper, 


2-10- 4 


Daniel Eaton, 


0-13- 6 


Samuel Haselton, 


o-io- 


Daniel Emery, 


I- 5- 6 


Joseph Hogg, 


2- 7- 6 


Daniel Emery, Jr., 


1-18- 


James Houghton, 


1-16- 2 


Jonathan Emery, 


I- 7- 6 


Eph. Hartwell, 


0-16-10 


William Emery, 


1-12- I 


Wid. Sarah Hathorn, 


0- 7- 6 


Samuel Emery, 


I- 7- 4 


Joseph Horton, 


i-io- 8 


Noah Emery, 


1-16- 4 


Adonijah Howe, 


1-17- 8 


Asa Evans, 


0- 6- 4 


Nathan Hunt, 


I- 2- 6 


Joshua Eveleth, 


0- 9- 4 


Paul Hunt, 


0- 4- 


Silas Fairbanks, 


O-IO- 


Daniel P. Hill, 


2- 0- 8 


John Farley, 


0- 4- 


Daniel Ide, 


0- 9- 4 


Joseph Farnsworth, 


o-io- 


Josiah Ingals, 


I-IO-IO 


Thomas Fisk, 


2-9-6 


Wid. Simeon Ingals, 


0- 9- 2 


Asa Fisk, 


o-io- 


Ebenezer Jaquith, 


I- 6-10 -^ 


Paul Fitch, 


2- 6- 2 


Ebenezer Jaquith, Jr., 


I- 0- 4 ^ 


Moses Flint, 


O-IO- 


Samuel Jaquith, 


I- 4- 4 -^ 


Amos Flint, 


I-18- 2 


David Jewett, 


2- I- 


Joseph Fox, 


0- 7- 8 


John Joslin, 


1-16- 


Amos Fortune, 


0- 9- 9 


Capt. Joseph Joslin, 


1-13- 


Thomas French, 


I- I- 2 


Joseph Joslin, 


I- 3- 3 


Daniel French, 


0-19- 8 


John Joslin, 


o-io- 


John French, 


2- 0- I 


Samuel Joslin, 


1-6- 3 



LIST OF TAX-PAYERS. 



163 



John Kent, 
Samuel Kindle, 
David Lacy, 
Benj. Lawrence, 
William Marshall, 
Samuel Maynard, 
Jesse Maynard, 
William McAlister, 
Amos Merritt, 
Elijah Miles, 
Alexander Milliken, 
Thomas Mower, 
Josiah Mower, 
Benjamin Nutting, 
Amos Noyes, 
Abel Parker, 
Samuel Parker, 
Asa Parker, 
Samuel Patrick, 
Seth Payson, 
Joseph Perkins, 
Robinson Perkins, 
Moses Perkins, 
Moses Peabody, 
Daniel Perry, 
Samuel Pierce, 
Jacob Pierce, 
Samuel Phelps, 
Whitcomb Powers, 
Paul Powers, 
William Pope, 
Benj. Prescott, 
Jona. Priest, 
Daniel Priest, 
Oliver Proctor, 
John Pushee, 
Levi Raymond, 
Jonson Richardson, 
Aaron Rider, 
Abraham Ross, 
Calvin Russell, 
Samuel Sanders, 



^s. d. ^s. d. 

I- 0- o Rufus Sawyer, 2- 3- o 

0- 7- o Samuel Sargent, 2-19- 2 

1- 4- 2 David Sherwin, 1-8-0 
i-io- 6 (Stock in trade, £30.) 

2- o- 2 William Smiley, 2-11-11 
3-15- 6 James Smiley, 0-19- o 

0- 5- 6 Samuel Snow, 0-17- 6 
' .5- o Asa Snow, i- 2- 2 

1- 4-ro Joseph Snow, o-io- o 
0-18- o Eleazer Spofford, 4- 6- 6 

3- 2- 6 Benj. Spaulding, 2- 9- 8 

2- 2- 6 Reuben Spaulding, 0-14- 6 
1-7-2 Moses Spaulding, o-io- o 
1-12- 8 Phineas Spaulding, 2-16- 2 

1- o- 6 Elijah Stanley, o- 8- 8 
1-18- 4 Wid. Lois Stanley, i- i- 6 
i-ii- 4 Wid. Sybil Stanley, 1-15- 4 
o-io- o William Stevens, 2-1 1- o 

2- 5- o James Stevens, 2-17- 2 

0- 6- 4 Moses Stickney, i-ii- 8 
3-14- o Lemuel Stickney, 0-16- 6 
1-4-2 Samuel Stickney, 2- 4- 6 
0-16- o Amos Stickney, i-ii- 6 
0-19-11 Simpson Stewart, 1-16- o 

1- 7- o Joseph Stewart, 1-14- o 
1-15- 3 David Stratton, 0-12- o 

2- 4-10 Phineas Tyler, i-ii- i 
I- 6- 8 Nath. Tyler, 9-10- i 
0-15-10 Peter Temple, i- 5- o 

1- 8- o Joseph Thorndike, 4-10- 4 
3-10- 2 (Stock in trade, ^60.) 

4- 2- 2 John Taplin, o-io- o 

2- 6- 4 Asa Thomson, o-ig- 8 
1-13- o Eben. Thomson, i- 7- 8 
1-13- 8 Jere Towns, o- 2- 4 
0-12- o Wm. Turner, 2- 5- 2 
0-19- 4 James Turner, 0-17- 6 
O-IO- o Thomas Turner, 0-12- 2 
4- I- I Wid. Mary Turner, 0-18- 8 
2- 8- o John Turner, o- 5- o 
o-io- o Daniel Twiss, 1- 5- 2 
0-19- 6 Jere Underwood, 2- 4- 4 



1 64 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 





£s.d. 




^s.d. 


John Ware, 


0-13- 4 


Ephraim Whitcomb, 


1-16-10 


Simon Warren, 


1-14- 6 


Wid. Whitcomb, 


I- 3- 2 


Elijah Welman, 


0-15- 8 


John Whipple, 


1-12- 4 


EHjah Wiles, 


1-18- 


Cotton Whiton, 


0-16- 


Joseph Wilder, 


I- 6-10 


John Wood, 


2- 8- 6 


Ezra Wilder, 


1-18- 6 


Moses Worcester, 


2- 8- 2 


Silas Wilder, 


I- 4- 


Wm. Worcester, 


1-13- 8 


Winchester, 


1-2-2 


Francis Wright, 


2-10- 4 


Zacheus Witt, 


I-I7- 4 







INVOICE, 1793. 



Number of polls, 




230 


Acres of 


mowing, 


653 


" horses, 




123 


" 


ploughing, 


136 


" cows, 




393 


" 


pastiu-ing. 


800 


" oxen, 




198 


(( 


wild land, 


5. 509 


' ' yearlings, 


330 








" 2 years 


old, 


309 








" 3 years 


old. 


244 









MONEY RAISED TO PAY TOWN CHARGES. 



1778. 


Z50 


1798. 


$250 


1819, 


$650 


1779. 


200 


1799. 


250 


1820. 


800 


1780. 


10,000 


1801. 


350 


1821. 


400 


I78I. 


25,000 


1802. 


300 


1822. 


200 


1782. 


300 


1803. 


250 


1823. 


950 


1783- 


300 


1804. 


300 


1824. 


300 


1784. 


100 


1805. 


400 


1825. 


700 


1785. 


30 


1806. 


400 


1826. 


700 


1786. 


30 


1807. 


400 


1827. 


1,161.20 


1787. 


20 


1808, 


400 


1828. 


1,010 


1788. 


40 


1809. 


1,100 


1829. 


809 


1789. 


40 


1810. 


i>339 


1830. 


500.25 


1790. 


40 


1811. 


800 


1831. 


500 


I79I. 


40 


1812. 


700 


1832. 


600 


1792. 


50 


1813. 


300 


1833- 


824 


1793- 


60 


1814. 


400 


1834. 


650 


1794. 


150 


1815. 


700 


1835- 


1,100 


1795- 


$300 


1816. 


750 


1836. 


1,000 


1796. 


333 


1817. 


500 


1837. 


600 


1797. 


250 


1818. 


33^ 


1838. 


200 



HIGHEST TAX-PAYERS. 



165 



1839. 


$800 


1848. 


$1,000 


1857. 


$1,200 


1840. 


600 


1849. 


450 


1858. 


700 


I84I. 


500 


1850. 


300 


1859. 


400 


1842. 


700 


I85I. 


300 


i860. 


800 


1843. 


700 


1852. 


200 


1861. 


800 


1844. 


1,000 


1853- 


200 


1862. 


1,000 


1845. 


900 


1854. 


200 


1863. 


1,000 


1846. 


800 


1855. 


350 


1864. 


1,000 


1847. 


300 


1856. 


1,200 


1865. 


3>52o 



The earliest invoice on record in the town of Jaffrey was 
that of 1793. The ten highest tax-payers were as follows: 



1793- 




1800. 






^s. d. 


Joseph Cutter, 


$20.96 


Joseph Cutter, 


4-12- 4 


Benj. Prescott, 


17.71 


Joseph Thorndike, 


4-10- 4 


Eleazer Spofford, 


16.03 


Eleazer Spofford, 


4- 6- 6 


James Stevens, 


13-63 


Benjamin Prescott, 


4- 2- 2 


Joseph Thorndike, 


13-12 


Aaron Rider, 


4- I- I 


Jona. Fox, 


10.44 


Roger Gilmore, 


3-17-10 


Alexander Milliken, 


10.24 


Dudley Griffin, 


3-16- 6 


John Gilmore, 


10.01 


Samuel Maynard, 


3-iS- 6 


Joseph Perkins, 


10.01 


Benjamin Dole, 


3-14- 4 


Roger Gilmore, 


9-95 


Joseph Perkins, 


3-14- 






1810. 




1820. 




Benj. Prescott, 


$40.86 


John Cutter, 


$40.11 


John Cutter, 


36.88 


John Conant, 


27-33 


Joseph Cutter, 


31-57 


David Gilmore, 


24.22 


James Stevens, 


3049 


Laban Ainsworth, 


23.64 


Eleazer Spofford, 


30.38 


John Wright, 


23-48 


Adonijah Howe, 


29.07 


Oliver Prescott, 


23.28 


Alexander Milliken, 


27.97 


Benj. Hay ward, Jr., 


22.81 


John H. Loring, 


26.74 


Eleazer Spofford, 


22.68 


Joseph Thorndike, 


24.72 


Edward Spaulding, 


22.30 


Edward Spaulding, 


22.79 


Oliver Bailey, 


22.15 




1830. 




Benj. Prescott, 




John Cutter, 




John Conant, 




Eldad Prescott, 




John Cutter, 2d, 




Daniel Cutter, 




John A. Prescott, 




Laban Ainsworth, 




Benj. Hay ward, 




Oliver Prescott. 





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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



1840. 
Jonas M. Mellville, 
John Conant, 
Eldad Prescott, 
Benj. Cutter, 
Benj. Hay ward, 
Benj. Prescott, 
Daniel Cutter, 
Luke Howe, 
Laban Ainsworth, 
John A. Prescott, 

i860. 
Benj. Cutter, 
John A. Prescott, 
Samuel Ryan, 
John Conant, 
Asa Baker, 
Arad Adams, 
Peter Upton, 
Rufus Sawyer, 
William Lacy, 
A. P. Prescott, 



Benj. Pierce, 
Benj. Cutter, 
Peter Upton, 
James S. Lacy, 
Charles H. Powers, 





1850. 




$77.02 


John Conant, 


$45.06 


46.16 


Addison Monroe, 


37.84 


45-33 


Benj. Cutter, 


31.98 


44.51 


Eldad Prescott, 


30-75 


38.55 


Jonas Pierce, 


22.84 


37-34 


John A. Prescott, 


22.45 


28.98 


Laban Ainsworth, 


21.13 


28.43 


Gilman Mower, 


20.04 


27.74 


Asa Baker, 


19.74 


26.12 


Benj. Hay ward, 

1870. 


18.15 


$69.74 


Alonzo Bascom, 


$553-i8 


65.46 


Samuel Ryan, 


151.25 


63.65 


Arad Adams, 


124.03 


52.00 


Charles H. Powers, 


109.73 


46.12 


Peter Upton, 


108.26 


38.65 


Moses S. Perkins, 


102.96 


35-78 


Henry B. Wheeler, 


93-5° 


32.92 


Edwin C. Baker, 


93-3° 


28.81 


Daniel P. Adams, 


91.03 


25.42 


John Conant, 


79-32 


1880. 




S130.74 


John Fox, 


$71-90 


120.34 


Hannah J. Ryan, 


71.15 


89.44 


Ruby Adams, 


59.56 


87.09 


Daniel P. Adams, 


56.04 


78.46 


Aaron Perkins, 


53-90 



CHAPTER XV. 

PAUPERISM— WARNINGS FROM TOWN— BOARD OF THE 
POOR SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE— TOWN FARM. 

THE first act of the town on record, relating to paupers, 
was at a meeting held April 26, 1774, the year after 
the organization of the town. In the warrant for that meet- 
ing there was an article " To see if the town will Vote to 
Rais a sum of Money to Support the Poor of s'^ town." 
" Voted not to Rais Money for the Poor." The next act of 
the town was to take the benefit of a law enabling towns to 
remove their liability for the support of paupers by warn- 
ing from town all persons moving in for a settlement. At 
a meeting of the town, April 20, 1778, the town voted that 
the selectmen shall warn all persons out of town who come 
in to inhabit, or come any way into town. 

FORM OF THE WARRANT. 

State of \ To David Allan, Constable for the town of 

New Hampshire > Jaftrey, Greeting. 

Cheshire ss. j In the name of the Government and People 
of the United States, you are requested to notify and warn 
Lucy Geary to Depart out of this town forthwith or otherwise 
give the Selectmen sufficient bonds to keep the town from 
damage. 

Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your 
doing thereon by the sixteenth of this May, inst. Given under 
our hands and seal this tenth day of May, 177S. 

Roger Gilmore 1 ^ 1 

John Stanley Selectmen 

Abraham Bailey j ^Uaftrey 



1 68 HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 

In obedience to the above Warrant, I have notified and 
warned the within person to depart out of the town of Jaftrey 
forthwith, otherwise to give the Selectmen Sufficient bonds to 
keep the town from damage. 

David Allan ) Constable 
) for Jaftrey. 

The practice of warning persons from town was generally 
adopted by other towns. The object probably was to pre- 
vent the emigration of the poor from older townships. 

Lucy Geary appears to have been the first person warned 
from town, and as her name does not again appear, it is 
quite probable she left. In January of the next year, Han- 
nah Underwood was warned from town, and in June, John 
Gray and family. In January, 1781, Solomon Wood and 
family, Simon Perry and family, Benj. Stone, Abel Spauld- 
ing, John Pritchard, Wheeler Willard, Jennie Hunt, Eliza- 
beth Asa and son ; in March, John Gilson and family ; in 
September, Aaron Taylor and family, Amos Fortin, John 
Fitch, Francis H. Pitt. In 1784, May 9, John Pushee and 
family, from Westford, Mass ; Persis, Jesse, and Joseph 
Snow, from Woburn, Mass. ; John Dun and John Math- 
ews, from Peterborough ; John Wheat and Marshal Cutter. 
In 1786, May 27, Eleazer Green and wife, John French and 
family, Myron Dean and family, Peter Davis and family, 
Jonathan Holt and family, Sarah Philbrick, from Rindge, 
and Alpheas Crosby. In 1789, Dec. 21, Widow Hannah 
Robbins and daughter, from Stoddard ; Samuel Needham, 
from Billerica ; Asa Crosby, from Moultonborough ; Jonas 
Clark, Townsend ; Eunice Philbrick, Rindge; Jona. Mower, 
Billerica ; Betty Stiles, Bridgetown ; Samuel Parker, New 
Ipswich ; Asa Spofford, Rowley ; Lemuel Stickney and 
family, Londonderry ; Lucy Wilder, Winchendon ; Isaac 
Spofford, Townsend ; Eunice Thomas, Rindge ; James 
French and family, Rockingham ; Rhoda Russell and Jonas 
French, Jr., and family, Rockingham ; Joseph Cloyce, Con- 
cord ; Abigail Sanders, Gardner ; William Stacey and fam- 
ily, Townsend; wife of Benjamin Whittemore, Sterling; 



PAUPERISM. 169 

John Russell, Rindge ; Anna Dunlap, Silas Houghton, Sterl- 
ing ; Nathan Taylor and family, Fitchburg ; Jonathan Blod- 
gett and family, from Rockingham. Many more were warned 
from town, whose names are not recorded, as we find re- 
ceipts on record of money received for warning persons 
from town of later date. The last on record was dated 
Sept. 9, 1799. 

Received of the Selectmen six dollars and ninety cents in full 
for warning thirty persons out of town the present year. 

Rufus Houghton. 

Notwithstanding the warrant, the town was from time to 
time called on to make provision for paupers. In 1783, 
Sept. 15, the town voted to give Hugh Gregg the use of a 
cow, to aid him in the support of his wife and child. In 
1785, Oct. 7, the town made provision for the support of the 
family of Thomas Goff. In 1786 the expense of board and 
burial of a widow Hathorn was paid by the town. In 1787 
the nursing and doctor's bill of a Mr. Combs, and provisions 
for the family. In 1791 Eleazer Spofford, Oliver Bacon, 
and John Joslin were chosen overseers of the poor, and 
Lieut. Underwood was paid for their board and care. In 
1794 the town voted to vendue the support of the poor, and 
four paupers were disposed of in that manner that year. 
The practice of venduing the support of the poor continued 
till 1828, when the more humane way, as it was considered 
at that time, of hiring their board at one place was adopted. 
Proposals were made by Capt. Samuel Patrick to board 
them at his house for $500 per annum, for three years, 
which was accepted. In 1833 the town voted to purchase a 
farm on which to support the poor, and chose Oliver Pres- 
cott, John Conant, and Edward Spaulding a committee for 
that purpose. The farm of Capt. Patricks was purchased 
for the sum of ^2,500, and possession given April i, 1835. 
Jacob Adams was hired to manage the same for a salary of 
$200. In 1835 the house was burnt, and rebuilt in 1836. 
The paupers were supported on the farm till 1869. In 
12 



I/O HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

1868 a law was enacted which so diminished the number of 
paupers to be supported by the town that it was thought 
advisable to sell the farm, and it was sold at public auction, 
by vote of the town, March 29, 1869, together with the 
stock, tools, hay, and provisions, in one lump, to P. Ring, 
for $6,000. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

CEMETERIES— ACCIDENTAL DEATHS— LIST OF PERSONS 
WHOSE AGE AT DEATH EXCEEDED EIGHTY YEARS. 

IN the early settlement of townships the location of a 
place for the burial of the dead was among the first re- 
quirements. It was customary to have the burying-yard 
in rear of the church, and it was often called the church- 
yard. In Jaffrey, before any settlement was made, a piece 
of ground was selected for a public common, on which to 
build a church and locate a burying-ground. The exact 
boundaries were not fixed till 1784, when the town, at their 
annual meeting, March 5, 1784, voted to lay out the burying- 
yard by a committee. 

TRANSCRIPT OF THE SAME, 

We the subscribers, by virtue of an appointment from the 
townofjaftrey for laying out the Burying yard (sometimes called 
the house appointed for all living) have laid out the same in 
manner following, viz : Beginning at a stake and stones on the 
North line of the Common and about ten or twelve rods West 
of the North East corner of said common, from thence North, 
81 deg. West, 16 rods, from thence South i deg. East 17 rods, 
from thence North 83 deg. East 15 rods, from thence North 13 
rods to the bounds first mentioned, containing one acre and 71 
Square Rods ; also laid out an Alley through said yard, begin- 
ning at the middle of the yard on the South line at two stakes 
with stones about them from thence Running Due North 
across to the North line of the yard said alley is about twelve 
feet wide, 

JafTrey, Nov. 2, 1784. 

Roger Gilmore 1 

Joseph Bates { ^ 

"K • 1 rr > Committee. 

Daniel Emery j 

Adonijah Howe J 



172 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

In 1785, April 15, the town voted to fence the burying- 
place with stone wall 42 feet high, with a good gate, where 
staked out, said work to be sold to the lowest bidder at 
vendue. "Voted that Capt. Benj. Spaulding, Dea. Eleazer 
Spofford, and Lieut. Benj. Prescott, be a Com''^ to lett out 
said work. View and Excepct of the same." In the burials, 
but little use was made of order, except in placing the head 
of the deceased to the west. In other respects they were 
very irregular. Previous to 1800 but few gravestones were 
erected. The stone bearing the most ancient date is situ- 
ated in the north-east part of the yard, and has the follow- 
ing inscription over the engraving of an hour-glass : 

My glass has run and so must yours. 

Under the glass is the following : 

Erected in Memory of 
Mrs. Jean Harper, wife 
of Mr. Andrew Harper, 
who departed this Life 
Nov. ye. 29, 1777, in the 65th 
Year of her age. 

Death like an overflowing flood 

Doth sweep us all away 
The young, the old, the "middle age, 

To Death become a Prey. 

AINSWORTH. 

In Memory of 
Rev. Laban Ainsworth 

First minister 
Of the town of JafTrey 
Bn.July 19, A. D. 1757, 
At Woodstock, Cotm. 
Settled Dec. 11, A. D. 1782. 
He continued in that office 
until his death, which 
occurred Mar. 17, A. D. 1858. 

I have fought a good fight 
I have finished my course, 
I have kept the faith. 



CEMETERIES. 1/3 

In Memory of 

Mrs. Mary, 

Wife of" 

Rev. Laban Ainsworth, 

Who died Feb, 5, 1845, 

aged 84 years. 
She h'ved the cliristian full 
of gooti works and alms deed 
and her last words were 
Remember the Poor. 

The oldest person buried, previous to 1800, per headstone, 
was Mary, relict of Mathew Wright, who died August 27, 
1795, aged 86. The oldest person buried in the yard is Rev. 
Laban Ainsworth. 

The form of the headstone and inscription varied at 
different periods. At first, a rude figure of the human face 
with wings was carved on the stone, and an hour-glass, as 
an emblem of the flight of time: then followed the urn 
under a Weeping Willow. At the present day, flowers and 
other emblems are common. The inscriptions commenced 
with "In memory of," "To the memory of," "Sacred to 
the memory of," and "Erected in memory of, " all of which 
are now dispensed with. Originally, military titles were 
inscribed, from the highest to the lowest, as a mark of dis- 
tinction and honor ; and in those early times, military 
distinction was more honorable than civil. The warrior was 
the hero ; the coward stayed at home. The man who 
enlisted into the service of his country, in defence of her 
rights and for the protection of her liberty, was the indi- 
vidual whom the people delighted to honor. The settlement 
of our country was a period of warfare. Every man must, 
from necessity, be a soldier, especially during the French 
an Indian wars. The same was true of the Revolution, and 
it was not uncommon to find on the headstone the inscrip- 
tion that he was a soldier of the Revolution. 

In 1792, the town authorized Dr. Adonijah Howe to have 
a pest-house in some remote part of the town, to inoculate 



1/4 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

for the small-pox. It was considered more safe to have 
that disease by inoculation than by contagion, vaccination 
for kine pox not being in practical operation at that time. 
Quite a number died, and a place was selected for their 
burial. It is situated on lot 19, range 20, now owned by 
Benj. Pierce. The lot was fenced with stone wall, which 
for a time protected the premises; but time and neglect 
broke down the walls, and it is now (1873) used as a pasture, 
in common with the land adjoining. A tombstone was 
erected by Joseph Thorndike, in memory of his daughter 
Nancy who was buried there, the fragments of which alone 
remain. 

The names of the i)ersons who died of the small-pox and 
were buried in that yard, were Oliver Gould, Nancy Thorn- 
dike, Rebecca Danforth, of Jaffrey ; a Mr. Thurber, of 
Keene ; a Mr. Cambridge, of Rindge ; and Hon. Abel 
Wilder, of Winchendon. 

WEST BURYING-YARD. 

In 1797, a gift of a piece of land for burials was offered 
to the town by Hon. Samuel Phillips, on condition that the 
town should fence the same. At a town-meeting, held 
May 31, 1797, the town voted to comply with the require- 
ment, and build a gate with stone posts and put a lock 
thereon, and to place the yard under the direction of the 
selectmen. Oldest headstone, Jona. Stanley, 1789; old- 
est person buried, William Comstock, aged 94 years, 7 
months. 

CUTTER CEMETERY. 

In 18 — , John Cutter built a family tomb, east of his 
house, on the road leading by his son Nathaniel's, and 
afterwards made an enclosure in the rear of the same for 
the purpose of burials. It is a very pleasant locality, and 
many have been buried therein. Oldest person buried, 
Mrs. Abigail Cutter, aged 97 years, 6 months, 1 1 days. 



CEMETERIES. 1/5 



EAST JAFFREY CEMETERY. 

The growth of the village of East Jaffrey, and the limited 
area of the burying-yard in the Centre, made it necessary 
to have one in that place. In March, 1829, the subject was 
brought before the town, and the selectmen were instructed 
to examine suitable locations and report at a future meeting. 
October 24th, of the same year, the town voted to purchase 
a certain piece of land of Oliver Bacon, not exceeding three 
acres, for a burying-place. The land was purchased for the 
sum of forty dollars and fifty cents. The first burial was a 
son of John Farwell, died April 4, 1832, aged 12 weeks, 
4 days. Oldest person, Mrs. Sarah Byam, aged 102 years, 
2 months, 7 days. 

CONANT CEMETERY, 

This cemetery was a gift of John Conant, Esq., to the town 
of Jaffrey, in i860. The burials that year were Andrew 
Emery, Thomas Chadwick, and a child of Greenville Shedd. 
Oldest person buried (1876) is Margaret Turner, aged 92 
years. 

■ Previous to 1800, but few headstones were erected, and 
consequently the localities of the graves of many of the early 
settlers are not known. No stone was erected till 1777, a 
long period, probably, from the time of the first burial. 
Only thirty were erected previous to 1800. The first sexton 
chosen by the town to bury the dead was James French, in 
1778. In 1785, Asa Chandler was chosen; in 1789, Joseph 
Crosby ; in 1793, Josiah Carey; in 18 — , Eber Lincoln ; in 
18 — , Moody Lawrence; in 18 — , John A. Cutter; in 18 — , 

• Baldwin. The first sexton of the West burying 

yard was Phineas Spaulding. 

A hearse was not used by the town till 1802. Hearse- 
house built, 1804. In 1809, ^ tomb was built by Joseph 
Cutter and Benj. Prescott, in the Centre burying-yard. 



1/6 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Names of persons who died previous to 1800, per head- 
stones in Centre yard. 

1777. Jean Harper. 1793- Ezra T. Mower. 

1778. Son of John Gilmore. I794- Sarah, w. of Jos. Thorndike. 

1779. Ann, wife of Roger Gihiiore. 1795. John Dutton. 

1781. Son of John Gihnore. 1795' Mary, w. of Mathew Wright. 

1784. A dau. of Abel Parker. I79S- Son of John Gihnore. 

1785. A son of Abel Parker. I795- Samuel Parker. / 

1787. Sarah, wife of Alex. Ames. 1796. Eliza, dau. of Sam' Jaquith. 

1788. Thomas Mower. I797- Paul Powers. 
1788. Isaac SpofFord. I797- Amos Parker. 

1790. James Cutter. 1798. Polly, dau. Nathan Cutter. 

1790. A son of Abel Parker. 1798. Ruth, dau. of Job Dodge. 

1790. Two sons of Jos. Stewart. 1798. Elizabeth, w. of Jas. Stevens. 

1790. Dau. or Isaac Bailey. 1798. Sally, dau. of Jas. Stevens. 

1791. A son of Abel Parker. I799- Priscilla, w. of Abel Shedd. 

1792. Samuel Stanley. I799- William Turner. 
1792. Moses Spofford. 

DEATHS BY ACCIDENTS. 

The number of accidental deaths, so far as we have been 
informed, is 34. The first is recorded in Morse's History 
of Sherburne, — Arthur Clark, burnt in a dwelling-house 
which was destroyed by fire in 1785. 

Date of death. Age. 

Feb. 13, 1788. Isaac A. Spofford, son of Dea. Eleazer Spofford, 
burnt in the house of the Rev. Laban Ainsworth, 
which was destroyed by fire at that time, 8 

Mar. 25, 1792. Samuel Stanley, killed by a falling limb, 50 

Jan. 7, 1794. John, aged 10; Cena, aged 6; Polly, aged 4; and 
Maria, aged 2, — children of John and Elizabeth 
Butters, were burnt in his dwelling-house, while 
the parents were absent on an evening visit. 
July 10, 1794. Sarah, wife of Joseph Thorndike, fell dead while 

milking in the barnyard, 45 

June 17, 1795. John Dutton, killed by a falling tree or limb, 22 

Jan. 2, 1801. Oliver Bacon, son of Oliver and Rebecca Bacon, 

killed by lightning, 8 

June 6, 1805. James Gowing, fell dead on the road near his house. 69 
July 29, 1807. Oliver Spaulding, drowned in the Connecticut river, 

while a member of Dartmouth college, 22 



SUICIDES. 177 

Sept. 15, 1819. Oliver Carter, killed by falling from a road wharf- 

ing, 76 

Oct. 2, 1822. George, son of Jerome Underwood, Jr., killed by an 

overturning cart, 9 

July ID, 1825. Isaac Nutting, drowned while bathing in the Frost 

pond, 44 

Aug. 21, 1826. Lucretia, wife of Joseph Joslin, killed by being 
thrown from a carriage while on a visit at Charl- 
ton, Mass. 
July 19, 1827. George Gilmore, son of John Gilmore, killed by be- 
ing thrown from a carriage, 4 
Feb. 25, 1829. Jesse Butters died in a snowstorm, 45 

1829. A child or David H. Gilmore, drowned in a well. 
June 29, 1838. Hannah Chapman hung herself accidentally, by the 

falling of a school-house window in District No. 2, 12 
Jan. 2, 1839. Samuel Abbot, burnt in his starch factory, at Squan- 

tum village. 
Nov. 12, 1845. Richard Warren, killed in Bascomb's factory, 21 

Jan. 2, 1853. James Butler, drowned. 11 

Nov. 12, 1859. William Moore, killed by being thrown from a car- 
riage. 54 
Apr. 27, i860. John Henry, killed in the Cheshire factory, 10 
July 4,1864. A daughter of Charles Verder, drowned, 12 
Sept. 14, 1864. Josiah Sawyer, killed by a runaway horse, 64 
July II, 1864. George H. Marshall, killed by lightning, 19 
July 4, 1865. Ellen Heald, drowned, 12 
June 15, 1868. A child of Levi Brigham, killed by falling into a tub 

of hot soap, I 

Feb. 22, 1872. Abraham Whitney, killed by falling into the cellar, 68 
Dec. 13, 1873. Mrs. J. W. Fassett, killed by a runaway horse, 52 

Aug. 13, 1876. Frederick Hart, drowned, 17 

July 28, 1879. Thomas A. Stearns, killed by being thrown from a 

carriage, 68 

SUICIDES. 

May 7,1821. Mary, widow of Capt. William Pope, by hanging, 78 

May 8, 1864. Ralph Emery, by hanging, 67 

Feb. 27, 1862. Luther Durant, by hanging, 44 

July I, 1878. Frank W. Mower, by drowning, 21 

Aug. 19, 1880. James P. Clay, by hanging, 63 



178 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

MORTUARY RECORD. 

In relation to longevity, the town of Jaffrey compares 
favorably with other towns in its vicinity. More persons 
have lived to an age exceeding one hundred years than any 
other town in the state of the same number of inhabitants. 
The town has always been remarkably free from epidemics, 
or any prevalence of malignant disease. The situation of 
the town, the character of the soil, its altitude, and its fresh 
mountain streams, furnish a salubrity of climate favorable 
to the health of its inhabitants. It has already become a 
favorite resort of the inhabitants of Boston during the 
summer season. 

No record of deaths has been found, except on the head- 
stones and in family Bibles, till 1841. From that time, one 
has been kept by Mr. J. D. Gibbs, which we have carefully 
examined. It is a valuable record, and should be recorded 
in the town book of the Record of Marriages and Births. 
From his record it appears that the average number of 
deaths, yearly, for a period of thirty years, is twenty-six : 
the largest number of annual deaths was forty-one, in the 
year 1865, and the smallest number, 14, in 185 1. From 
the above records, we have found one hundred and forty- 
three persons who lived from eighty to ninety years; twenty- 
seven, from ninety to one hundred years ; and three over 
one hundred years, making a sum total, of persons living 
eighty years and upwards, of one hundred and seventy-three. 
The number of aged persons living (1873) Centennial year 
was, — from eighty to ninety, twenty-two ; from ninety to one 
hundred, two ; and over one hundred, one ; sum total, twenty- 
five, — which sum, added to the above one hundred and 
seventy-three, would amount to one hundred and ninety- 
eight persons whose lives exceeded eighty years, in the 
town of Jaffrey, to 1873, inclusive. The number of males is 
eighty-nine ; females, one hundred and nine, — equalling one 
hundred and ninety-eight, — making the excess of females, 
twenty. 



LONGEVITY. 1 79 



LONGEVITY, 80 TO 9O YEARS. 

Date of death. Place of birth. Age. 

Mar, 17, 1794. Mary (Martin), wife of Kendal Briant, Pepperell, 

Mass., 84 

May 27,1795. Mary, widow of Matthew Wright, Londonderry, 86 

May 7, 1795. Samuel Parker, 80 

Kendal Briant, Pepperell, Mass., 88 

David Bailey, England, 86 

Oliver Proctor, 83 

John Davidson (first settler), Londonderry, 85 

Susannah, wife of Isaac Bailey, 80 

Isaac Bailey, Lunenburgh, Mass., 82 

John French, Billerica, Mass., 84 

Mary, widow of Thomas Mower, 86 

Samuel Patrick, Stoughton, Mass., 84 

Margaret, wife of Moses Burpee, Sterling, Mass., 84 

Dea. Daniel Emery, Townsend, Mass., 89 
Mary (StockwelI),wid. of Oliver Gould, Petersham, 

xMass., 84 

Capt. William Pope, 80 

Esther, wife of Ebenezer Jaquith, Billerica, Mass., 87 

Priscilla, wife of John French, Billerica, Mass., 81 

Ebenezer Hathorn, 84 
Lois (Moore), widow of Jona. Stanley, Andover, 

Mass., 8r 
Sarah Shipley, wife of Thomas Fisk, Pepperell, 

Mass., 82 
Hepsibath (Hardy), wife of Moses Worcester, 

Tewksbury, Mass., 84 
Jane (Wright), widow of William Turner, Peter- 
borough, 82 
Zacheus Witt, Lunenburgh, Mass., 84 
Moses Worcester, Tewksbury, Mass., 83 
James Stevens, Andover, Mass., 85 
Rachel (Hobart), wife of Joseph Cutter, Pepperell, 84 
Daniel Priest, 89 
Samuel Buss, Leominster, Mass., 87 
Asa Parker, 81 
Lucy Heselton, 82 
Mary, widow of Reuben Pierce, Leominster, Mass., 85 
Betsey, wife of David Priest, 88 
Benjamin Prescqtt, Groton, Mass., 85 



Nov. 


30. 


1797. 


Dec. 


23- 


1803. 
1809. 


Jan. 


18, 


1811. 


Apr. 


22 


1811. 


June 


7. 


1812. 


May 


20, 


1815. 


Feb. 


15. 


1816. 


Aug. 


6, 


1817. 


Oct. 


27, 


1818. 


Aug. 


22, 


1819. 


June 


8, 


1820. 


Nov. 


16, 


1820. 


May 


7, 


1823. 


July 


2, 


1823. 
1823. 


Dec. 


9> 


1828. 


Feb. 


18, 


1831. 


Jan. 


16, 


1832. 


Feb. 


15. 


1832. 


July 


-7 


1833- 


Oct. 


9. 


1833- 


Mar. 


3i> 


1834. 


Jan. 


20, 


1835- 


May 


6, 


1835- 


Nov. 


24, 


1836. 


Apr. 


13, 


1838. 


Nov. 


IS. 


1833- 


Aug. 


22, 


1839. 


Dec. 


27, 


1839. 


Apr. 


28, 


1839. 



l8o HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Mar. 31, 1840. Laban Ripley, Barre, Mass., 83 

June 25, 1840. Joseph Cutter, Lexington, Mass., 88 

June 28, 1840. Rachel (Kimball), widow of Benj. Frost, 86 

July 16, 1840. William Emery, Townsend, Mass., 82 

Aug. 31, 1840. Mercy, wife of Joseph Robbins, 86 

Oct. 17, 1841. Hannah, wife of Uriah Keyes, 87 

Nov. 13, 1841. Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Hodge, 84 

Jan. 11,1842. Mrs. Hallet, 80 

June 22, 1842. Joseph Robbins, 84 

June 24, 1842. Molly (Farnsworth), widow of Thomas Adams, 

New Ipswich, 88 

Jan. 23,1843. Mrs. Jaquith, 83 

Mar. 3, 1843. Rebecca (Whitcomb), widow of Jacob Pierce, 

Lunenburgh, Mass., 89 

June 25, 1843. Rebecca (Jewett), widow of Oliver Bacon, Hollis, 87 

Dec. 14, 1843. Alice (Shedd), widow of Daniel Twiss, 86 

Dec. 21, 1843. Mehitable, wife of Stephen Adams, 81 

Mar. 5,1844. Abel Winship, 87 

Mrs. Gould, 82 

John Turner, Peterborough, 81 

Ebenezer Jaquith, Billerica, Mass., 85 

Jacob Baldwin, Billerica, Mass., 84 

Lucy (Gould), wife of Abel Parker. 80 
Mary (Minot), wife of Rev. Laban Ainsworth, 

Concord, Mass., 84 

Sally (Wesson), widow of John Mathews, 84 

Mrs. Chadwick, 87 

Rufus Sawyer, 86 

Alpheas Crosby, Milford, 83 

Ebenezer Hathorn, 86 

Esther, wife of Benj. Nutting, Groton, 88 

Joseph Crombie, 82 

Thomas French, Billerica, 82 

Elijah Welman, 83 

Mrs. Gary, 83 
Rachel (Turner), widow of Moses Cutter, Jaffrey, 80 

Ithamer Wheelock, 89 

David Gilmore, Jaffrey, 82 

Elizabeth, widow of Roger Brigham, 83 

Daniel French, Jaffrey, 80 
Dec. 19, 1852. Elizabeth (French), widow of Joseph Blodgett, 82 
Apr. 30. 1852. Sally (Cutter), widow of William Marshall, New 

Ipswich, 86 



Apr. 9, 


1844. 


May 23, 


1844. 


June 18, 


1844. 


Oct. 13, 


1844. 


Nov. 8, 


1844- 


Feb. 3, 


1845. 


Feb. 4, 


1845. 


July 2, 


1845. 


Sept. 29, 


1845. 


Oct. 25, 


1845. 


Jan. I, 


1847. 


Jan. 22, 


1847- 


Oct. 31, 


1847. 


Feb. 21, 


1848. 


Mar. 21, 


1848. 


Nov. 29, 


1848. 


Aug. 21, 


1849. 


Feb. 12, 


1850. 


Aug. 19, 


1850. 


Sept. 3, 


1850. 


Aug. 29, 


1851. 



LONGEVITY. l8l 

May 5, 1852. Josiah Mower, Topsfield, Mass., 83 

June 7, 1852. Paul Hunt, 87 

Sept. II, 1852. Joseph Joslin, Leominster, Mass., 86 

Mar. 27, 1854. Moses Perkins, Jaffrey, 85 

May I, 1855. Hannah (Cummings), widow of Thomas French, 87 

Aug. 31, 1855. Mrs. Chapin, 89 

Dec. 8, 1855. Oliver Bailey, Andover, Mass., 88 

Jan. 5, 1856. Edward Perkins, Jaffrey, 82 

Oct. 23, 1856. Sarah (Nichols), wife of Levi Johnson, 83 

Dec. 12, 1856. Levi Johnson, Leominster, 8g 

Apr. 7, 1857. Sybil (Jackson), widow of Jona. Fox, Newton, 88 

Aug. 17, 1857. Levi Fisk, Jaffrey, 82 

Dec. 31, 1857. Ebenezer Poole, 83 

Jan. 12, 1858. Betsey (Litch), widow ot James Stevens, 86 

Apr. 8, 1858. Samuel Pierce, Leominster, 82 

Aug. II, 1859. Olive (Newell), wife of Jacob Hammond, 80 

Dec. 3, 1859. Abraham Priest, 81 

Jan. 4,1860. Polly (Pratt), widow of Moody Lawrence, 84 

Feb. 9, i860. Mercy (Adams), wife of James Stephens, Jr., 81 

Mar. 9, i860. Mrs. Lucy Jennings, 82 

May 30, i860. Ruth, widow of Edward Perkins, 83 

July 3, i860. Samuel Litch, Lunenburgh, Mass., 81 

Aug. 25, i860. Jacob Hammond, Waltham, Mass., ' 85 

Nov. 16, i860. Dea. Abel Spaulding, Townsend, Mass., 83 

Nov. 20, i860. Joseph Cutter, Jaffrey, 83 

July 22, 1861. Hannah (Mellin), widow of Levi Fisk, 86 

Aug. 27, 1861. Joshua Nutting, Jaffrey, 80 

Dec. 6, 1861. Nabby (Newton), widow of Edward Spaulding, 

Philipston, Mass., 81 

Jan. 9, 1863. Lucy (Emery), widow of Samuel Buss, Dublin, 84 

July ID, 1863. Mrs. Risby Wright. 83 

Sept. 7, 1863 Ruth (Perkins), widow of John Stone, Jaffrey, 82 

Oct. 4, 1863. Ruth, wife of William Comstock, 86 

Jan. 7, 1864. Mrs. Tabitha Livermore, 85 

Feb. 28, 1865. Mercy, wife of Moses Perkins, 85 

Aug. 5, 1865. Hannah, widow of Moses Burpee, Jr., 87 

Sept. 25, 1865. Abraham Garfield, 85 

Oct. 10, 1865. Ketura (Mayo), widow of Sewell Gould, 83 

Dec. 2, 1865. Elias Smiley, 82 

Dec. 5, 1865. Abraham Ross, Jaffrey, 85 

Dec. 14, 1865. Betsy, widow of Elias Smiley, 82 

Dec. 23, 1865. William Comstock, 85 

Dec. 27, 1865. James Leathers, Peterborough, 85 



1 82 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Mary Reed, 83 
Hitty (Brooks), widow of Samuel Pierce, Jaffrey, 88 

Jerome Underwood, Jaffrey, 82 

Samuel Foster, 82 

Daniel Cutter, Jaffrey, 84 

Mrs. Anna Pierce, Jaffrey, 88 

Mrs. N. W. Beman, 86 

Thomas French, Jaffrey,' 80 

Mrs. Jabez Stratton, 84 
Sally (Searle), widow of Benj. Prescott, Temple, 88 

Phebe K., widow of Zebediah Pierce, 84 
Abigail (Smith), widow of William Button, Fitz- 

william, 83 

Mrs. Abba C. Harris, 82 

Mrs. Darmaris Woodruff, 86 

Abijah Pierce, Jaffrey, 83 

Gabriel Beman, 87 

Mrs. Betsy Smith, 86 

Miss Mary Bacon, Jaffrey, 82 

Abel Marshall, Jaffrey, 80 

John Houghton, 80 

Sarah (Poor), widow of John Briant, Dublin, 82 

Mrs. Thankful Evans, 81 

Sarah (Adams), widow of Dea. John Frost, 85 

Hannah, widow of David Chadwick, 81 

Luther Hemmingway, 85 

Dolly Robbins, 80 

Eldad Prescott, Jaffrey, 86 

Keziah (Powers), widow of Jacob Newell, 84 



AGE 90 TO 100 YEARS. 

Nov. 17, 180). Amos Fortune (colored), Africa, 91" 
Jan. 4, 1826. Lydia (Welman), widow of James Gowing, Lynn- 
field, Mass., 91 
Nov. II, 1826. Moses Burpee, Rowley, Mass., 93 
Aug. 5,1827. Susanna (Hastings), widow of John Cutter, Water- 
town, Mass., 96 
Aug. 26, 1831. Joseph Hodge, Londonderry, 90 
Oct. 27, 1832. Sarah (Lamson), widow of James Gage, Amherst, 93 
Aug. 28, 1836. Mary (Flint), widow of Dea. Eleazer Spofford, 

Danvers, Mass., 92 



Feb. 


13- 


1866. 


Apr. 


7, 


1866. 


June 


I, 


1866. 


Oct. 


26, 


1866. 


Sept. 


23, 


1868. 


Jan. 


28, 


, 1869. 


Feb. 


21, 


1869. 


May 


I, 


1869. 


July 


13, 


1869. 


Sept. 


7, 


1869. 


Sept. 


7. 


1869. 


June 


4, 


1870. 


Aug. 


3. 


1870. 


Aug. 


16, 


1870. 


Oct. 


23. 


1870. 


Oct. 


3i> 


1870. 


Nov. 


8, 


1870. 


Jan. 


4, 


1871. 


Jan. 


20, 


1871. 


May 


8, 


1871. 


June 


I, 


1871. 


June 


I, 


1871." 


Aug. 


13. 


1871. 


Jan. 


20, 


1872. 


Feb. 


13. 


1872. 


Feb. 


15. 


1872. 


Apr. 


23' 


1872. 


Sept. 


23. 


1872. 



LONGEVITY. 1 83 

Dec. 31, 1838. Thomas Button, Westford, 91 

Oct. 25, 1840. Lydia, wife of Lieut. Samuel Buss, 92 

May 13, 1841. Joseph Horton, 91 

July 14, 1841. Abraham Russ, Bolton, Mass., 97 

July 27, 1844. Mrs. Patch, 90 
Sept. 5, 1846. Mary (Hastings), wife of Moses Stickney.Waltham, 

Mass., 90 

June 3, 1847. Lois Burdov (colored), Lexington, Mass., 92 
Sept. 23, 1848. Edith (Jewett), widow of Hon. Abel Parker, Pep- 

perell, Mass., 96 

Jan. 18, 1853. Nathan Hunt, 93 

Oct. 23,1853. Lucy (Robinson), widow of Joseph Kimball, 93 

Nov. 26, 1857. Polly (Spofford), widow of David Cutter, Jaffrey, 92 

Jan. 30,1858. Hannah (Frost), widow of William Worcester, 98 
Aug. 27, 1861. Polly (Perkins), widow of Oliver Bailey, Methuen, 

Mass., 90 

Mar. 23, 1863. John Wilder, 90 

Mar. 4, 1866, Abigail (Demery), widow of John Cutter, Boston, 97 

May I, 1867. William Smith, Peterborough, 94 
Sept. 22, 1867. Rebecca (Cutter), widow of Josiah Mower, New 

Ipswich, 93 
Dec. 30, 1867. Margaret Turner, Peterborough, 92 
Feb. 17, 1868. Lucy (Wellington), widow of Dea. Daniel Gil- 
more, Watertown, Mass., 90 
Dec. 6,1871. Phebe Gage, widow of Joseph Cutter, Jaffrey, 92 

AGE 100 YEARS AND UPWARDS. 

Mar. 2, 1852. Moses Stickney, Boxford, Mass., 100 y., 3 mo., 9 days. 

Mar. 7, 1858. Rev. Laban Ainsworth, Wood- 
stock, Ct., 100 y., 7 mo., 28 days. 

Nov. 27, 1866. Mrs. Sarah (Heywood), widow 

ofjohr. Byum, 102 y., 2 mo.,7days. 



1 84 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



PERSONS RESIDING IN JAFFREY OVER 80 YEARS OF AGE, 

1873- 



IN 



Sarah Averell, 


80 


Sally B. Patrick, 


82 


Rebecca Bacon, 


83 


Jacob Priest, 


82 


Nathaniel Biggelow, 


84 


Dorcas Rice, 


103 


Perkins Biggelow, 


82 


Fanny Royce, 


82 


Crombie Chad wick. 


80 


Thomas Ryan, 


84 


John Conant, 


83 


John Sanderson, 


81 


Benjamin Cutter, 


80 


Isaac Stratton, 


84 


Mehitable Cutter, 


82 


Betsy Stratton, 


85 


John Grant, 


90 


Nancy Smith, 


94 


Sally Hemmingway, 


86 


Abby C. Tucker, 


81 


Joseph Hodge, 


86 


Mary Twiss, 


84 


John Hodge, 


84 


Abigail Wheeler, 


80 


Betsey Mann, 


81 







Mrs. Rice, widow of David Rice, was born in Oxford, Mass. 
ID. 1769; died April 15, 1874. 



Dec. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN, 1873, WITH THE LOCATION OF 
THE INHABITANTS. 



T 



AKEN by the selectmen of Jaffrey, by a vote of the 
town, March, 1873. Alphabetically arranged. 



Name. 


Age. 


Place of 
Birth. 




Name. 


Age. 


Place of 
Birth. 


Adams, Addison J. 


43. 


N. H. 


Adams, Susan E. 


12, 


Mass. 


Mary R. 


41. 


" 




Alice P. 


6, 


N. H. 


Edgar A. 


16, 


Mich. 




George A. 


3, 


" 


Everett F. 


II, 


N. H. 


Willi 


am F. Newhall, 


17, 


Mass. 


Elmer J. 


9. 


4l 




Lot 5, range 


6. 




Charles H. Plummer, 


19, 


" 


Aldr 


ich, Hosea B. 


50, 


N. H. 


Resides on lot 5, 1 


range 


■7- 




Emily M. 


45. 


i< 


Adams, Arad 


61, 


N. H. 




Randall H. 


23. 


Vt. 


Ruby H. 


57, 


" 




Freddie L. 


16. 


N. H. 


Maria R. 


28, 


" 




Fanny M. 


14, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7. 






Emily E. 


8, 


(1 


Adams, Austin 0. 


35, 


N. H. 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Sarah A. 


31. 


(1 


Allen, Warren F. 


35, 


N. H. 


Grace M. 


2, 


'• 




Ellen J. 


35, 


(1 


Willie M. 


\h 


<; 




John F. 


12, 


" 


Lot 15, range 


8. 






Warren C. 


7, 


Mass. 


Adams, Daniel P. 


46, 


N. H. 




Lot 17, range 


8. 




Emily L. 


40, 


" 


Annett, Thomas 


41, 


N. B. 


Olive Burpee, 


71, 


" 




Mary H. 


32, 


N. H. 


Joseph Flood, 


60, 


" 




Maria J. 


13- 


" 


Lot 2, range 


7- 






Albert I. 


II, 


«' 


Adams, Marshal C. 


46, 


N. H. 




Anna S. 


10. 


«< 


Susan B. 


45, 


Mass. 




Asahel S. 


8, 


'« 


Sarah L. 


14. 


" 




Arthur S. 


6, 


<( 


13 















1 86 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 



Maria S. Raymond, 


72, 


N. H. 


Baker, 


Alvena i, 


N. H 


Lizzie 


S. Prescott, 


22 


" 




Lot 17, range 7. 




Henry 


A. Bancroft, 


24, 


" 


Baker, 


Ezra 74, 


N. H 


Frank 


J. Boynton, 


24, 


(( 




Caroline 68, 


Mass 




Lot 21, range 


10. 






Milton 42, 


N. H 


Armstrong, Milton W. 


41, 


N. H. 




Lot 7, range 8. 






Martha 


47, 


" 


Baldwin, Benj. L. 61, 


N. H 




Charles M. 


II, 


" 




Rosaline 58, 


" 




Mary A. 


5, 


" 




Lot 18, range 5. 






Lot 17, range 


8, 




Baldwin, James A. 62, 


Mass 


Austin 


, George W. 


34, 


Mass. 




Catherine W. 55, 


Va. 




Caroline A. 


41, 


N. H. 




Charles A. 25, 


N. H 




Ella A. 


12, 


Mass. 




James A. 17, 


" 




Mary K. 


9, 


u 




Lot 12, range 6. 






George F. 


7, 


" 


Baldwin, Elbridge 61, 


Mass 




Alice F. 


4, 


" 




Mary F. 71, 


N. H 




Hattie M. 


2, 


" 




John E. 30, 


'^ 


Edward J. Bryant, 


24, 


" 




Hattie E. 30, 


" 




Lot 9, range 


9- 






Charles E. 8, 


" 


Bacon 


Rebecca 
Lot 17, range 


83, 
7- 


N. H. 




Edwin P. 4, 
Almon A. 2, 


>. 


Bacon 


Oliver 
Stephen S. 


61, 

27, 


N. H. 




Carl F. 3^, 
Lot 12, range 6. 


" 




Adelia A. 


19, 


" 


Ballou, 


Seth D. 50, 


N. H 




Willie C. 


17, 


li 




Rebecca B. 48, 


" 




Lot 22, range 4. 




Hattie F. Boyse, 28, 


" 


Bacon 


Charles 


58, 


N. H. 




Lot 9, range 7. 






Frances M. 


36, 


" 


Balagaron, Charles 48, 


Can. 




Burt 


22, 


" 




Sophia 42, 


" 




Hattie J. 


17, 


it 




Charles 21, 


" 




Fred E. 


14, 


" 




Sophia 17, 


" 


Carrie M. Bruce, 


3, 


" 




George 16, 


" 




Lot 20, range 


5- 






Lovell 13, 


" 


Bailey 


Clarence S. 


42, 


N. H. 




Lena 12, 


" 




Sarah E. 


34, 


Mass. 




Chan ID, 


" 




Carrie E. 


6, 


N. H. 




Fred 2, 


'' 




Fannie E. 


I, 


" 




Lot 17, range 7. 






Abner 


75, 


" 


Barker 


MarkT. 41, 


Me. 




Lot 7, range 


5- 






Cynthia 35, 


" 


Baker, 


Frank 


38, 


Can. 


Mary Estes, 75, 


*' 




Mary 


34, 


" 




Lot 17, range 7. 






Hannah 


10, 


" 


Bartlet 


, Byron E. 48, 


Mass 




Julia 


7. 


" 




Mary J. 44, 


" 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



187 



Laura B. 


IS. 


Wis. 


Biggelow, Perkins 


82, 


Mass 


George H. 


13' 


" 


Elizabeth C 


. 56, 


N. H 


Mary B. 





N. H. 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




Sophia M. Waters, 


55- 


Vt. 


Blodgett, Timothy 


50, 


N. H. 


Lot 17. range 


7- 




Fanny Salsbury, 


68, 


" 


Bartenback, Christina 


42. 


Ger. 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




William 


20, 


" 


Blood, Lafayette 


48, 


Mass 


Henry 


II, 


N. H. 


Eliza T. 


46. 


" 


Lot 18, range 


3- 




Janett 


18. 


" 


Bascomb, Roswell 


67. 


N. H. 


Napoleon 


21, 


" 


Lucie E. 


39- 


" 


lola 


15. 


" 


William H. 


33^ 


" 


Bion 


13, 


(( 


Nellie M. 


6. 


" 


Alice 


II, 


<< 


Lot 17. range 


7- 




Edgar 


10, 


" 


Bascom, George W. 


30, 


N. H. 


Lizzie 


7. 


" 


Sophia W. 


30. 


Mass. 


Moses 


5. 


" 


Bascomb, Marcellas M 


28, 


N. H. 


Susan 


3i 


<( 


Jenny S. 


28, 


" 


Lot 5, range 


7- 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Bolster, Aaron 


77, 


Vt. 


Bascomb, Lucy 


33, 


N. H. 


Betsey 


67, 


(( 


Clara E. 


10, 


" 


Lot r, range 


4- 




Lot 17, range 


7. 




Bolster, James L. 


49. 


N. H. 


Bass, Albert 


47. 


N. H. 


Phebe K. 


48, 





Emily E. 


45. 


" 


Nettie S. 


19. 


(( 


Lot 21, range 


9- 




Minnie C. Emery, 


4. 


"■ 


Benjamin. George W. 


62. 


N. H. 


Lot 18, range 


7- 




Sarah F. 


21, 


" 


Bradley, Oscar H. 


47, 


Vt. 


George A. 


27. 


•' 


Julia A. 


42, 


N. H. 


Sarah J. 


20, 


(i 


D. E. 


II, 


•' 


Wallace 


9 


" 


Mark F. 


5, 


<< 


Lot 21, range 


ID. 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Bemis, Alvin J. 


51. 


N. H. 


Brigham, Levi E. 


48, 


Mass. 


Mary G. 


48, 


" 


Ann J. 


46, 


" 


Emily S. 


19. 


" 


Edwin L. 


21, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


6. 




Daniel W. 


18, 


" 


Biggelow, Nathaniel 


84, 


Mass. 


Ellen J. 


16, 


«( 


Lot 18, range 


8. 




Isadore 


14, 


" 


Biggelow, Joseph T. 


53. 


Mass. 


Dolly A. 


12, 


(1 


Mary C. 


47, 


N. H. 


Lizzie J. 


10, 


N. H. 


Carrie E. 


17. 


" 


Lot 4, range c 


• 




Georgia A. 


13, 


" 


Briant, Emeline C. 


56, 


N. H. 


Josie M. 


5, 


" 


Peter A. 


22 


'< 


Sarah Frost, 


45, 


" 


Kendall 


I4t 


" 


Lot 13, range 


6. 




Martha 


16, 


(t 



1 88 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Mary A. Porter, 
Briant, Edwin G. 
Clara C. 
Lester H. 
Lot 12, range 
Brown, Robert 
James T. 
Celina 
Edith J. 
George R. 
Lot ID, range 
Brown, Caroline M. 
Lizzie 
Nellie 
Lot 17, range 
Brown, Oliver H. 
Mary S. 
Frank H. 
Mary A. 
Lena L. 
Annie L. 
Lot 17, range 
Brodett, Ezra 
Lucy 
Charles 
Ellen 
Fred 

Lot 17, range 
Buckwold, Jacob 

Catherine 
Christina 
John 
Philip 
Emma 
Carrie 
Charles 
Edward H. Piper, 

Lot 17, range 
Burpee, Stilman 
Martha 
Ari T. 
Ella R. Lenhert, 
Burpee, Hugo 



23. 

25. 

'>2 



32, 
25. 

3. 

5 

18, 
16, 



8. 
45. 
41. 
16, 

14, 
II, 

5. 
8. 

42, 
31. 
1 1, 



38, 
15. 
13. 
1 1, 

6, 



22, 

64, 
60, 
24, 
29, 
5. 



N. H. Burpee, Mattie 

" Lot 19, range 7. 

" Burton, James L. 
Ellen A. 
Eva M. 
N. H. Lot 17, range 6 

Butler, Eliza J. 

Hattie G. 
" Flora T. 

Alfred 

Lot 17, range 7. 
N. H. Caldwell, Catherine 
Iowa. David P. 

Iowa. Alexander M. 

William D. 
Mass. Alonzo M. 

N. H. Lot 17, range 7, 

" Capen, Gardner W. 

Ellen M. 
" Carey, Edmond 
" Bridget 

John 
Can. Catherine 

" Thomas 

N. H. Bridget 

" Edmond 

" Mary Ann 

Margaret 2, " 

Ger. Lot 17, range 9. 

" Carter, William 56, " 

N. H. Catherine 56, " 

Lot 18, range 8. 
Carter, Luke 58, N. H. 

Lucy 54, Vt. 

" George A. 23, N. H. 

" Vina S. 20, " 

Mass. Emma 14, " 

Frank Hadley, 2, Mass. 

N. H. Lot 22, range 4. 

" Case, Rufus 62, Vt. 

" Melvina 60, Mass 

" Lot 12, range 6. 

Chadwick, Charles A. 47, N. H. 



3, N. H. 

H^ Mass. 
37, Me. 

7, Mass. 

54, N. H. 
18, " 
13. " 



46, Scot. 
21, N. Y. 
18, " 
15, N. H. 
13. " 

30, Mass. 
20, " 

47, Irel'd. 
42, " 
15, N. H. 

13, " 

12, " 

9. " 

7. " 
5. " 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



189 



Chadwick, Sarah A. 


4S> 




Conant, John 




83. 


Mass 


Abigail Stratton, 


72, 


Mass. 


Sally 




66 


N. H 


Grota Nutting, 


62, 


N. H. 


Lot 17, range 


8. 






Lot 17, range 


7- 




Condon, James 




26, 


Irel'd 


Chadwick, Crombie 


80, 


N. H. 


Joanna 




68, 


" 


Z. Maria 


61, 


" 


Lot 15, range 


10. 




Lot 19, range 


8. 




Cragin, Orlando 




70, 


N. H 


Chamberlin, Henry 


49. 


Mass. 


Emma 




48, 


" 


Melvina 


40, 


N. H. 


Helen 




II, 


"• 


Samuel L 


12, 


" 


Alvira Pierce, 




66, 


"■ 


Martha S. 


II. 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7 






Lot 12, range 


9- 




Crombie, Joseph 




68 


N. H 


Chrisholm, Mary A. 


43. 


N. H. 


Mary S. 




49, 


" 


George C. 


12, 


" 


Anna F. 




12, 


" 


Lot 12, range 


6. 




Lot 17, range 7. 






Clark, Austin F. 


36, 


N. H. 


Crowe, John H. 




55 


Irerd 


Amelia 


30. 


Can. 


Mary 




55 


" 


John H. A. 


9' 


N. Y. 


Nettie F. 




19, 


N. H 


James D. A. 


5. 


N. H. 


David F. Hickey, 




12 


Mass 


Nellie M. 


3. 


" 


Lot 14, range 


10. 




Emma J. M. 


I, 


" 


Crowe, Edward H. 




34, 


IrePd 


Ann Cook, 


^1^ 


Mass. 


Anna M. 




34 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




John F. 




ID 


N. H 


Clark, Jonathan 


64, 


Mass. 


Anna F. 




7, 


" 


Catherine 


28, 


" 


Mary L. 




5, 


" 


Adelbert E. 


7. 


N. H. 


John Haley, 




14, 


Mass 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




Lot 15, range 


9 






Clark, Nathaniel 


34, 


Mass. 


Cummings, Cynthia E 




68 


Mass 


Henrietta 


35. 


Me. 


Warren Brigham, 




66, 


" 


Lot 12, range 


6. 




Martha Adams, 




72 


N. H 


Coburn, David A. 


59, 


Mass. 


Lot 17, range 7. 






Emeline W. 


50. 


Me. 


Cutter, David A. 




59. 


Mass 


Emma F. 


20, 


Mass. 


Sarah E. 




47, 


N. H 


Edward A. 


16, 


N. H. 


Martha A. 




26, 


Mass 


Flora G. 


9, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


6 






Lot 17, range 


7- 




Cutter, Benjamin 




80 


N. H 


Coburn, Frank H. 


25. 


Mass. 


Julius 




48, 


" 


Juliett R. 


22, 


N. H. 


Caroline H. 




43 


Mass 


Lenora R, 


2, 


N. H. 


Emma M. 




19 


N. H 


Lot 17, range 


7. 




Alice E. 




15, 


" 


Comstock, Jona J. 


69, 


N. H. 


Ermina Campbell, 




6, 


" 


Rohona 


64, 


" 


Lot 13, range 


6 






Lot 5, range 7 






Cutter, Ethan 




78, 


N. H 



1 90 



HISTORY OF JAFFREV, 



Cutter, Jonas 


39. 


N. 


H. 


Ella Butler. 


14. 


N. H 


Valeria L. 


41. 






Deborah Bailey, 


67. 


" 


Mortimer E. 


16, 




' 




Lot 4, range 6. 






Lot 12, range 


6. 






Davis 


, Abraham B. 


57, 


Me. 


Cutter, Nathaniel 


7Z' 


N. 


H. 




Mary 


47. 


N. H 


Mary 


70. 








Jennie E. 


13. 


Mass 


Laura J. 


32>- 








Charles W. 


12, 


a 


Lucius A. 


2,7^ 








Ella C. 


21, 


'< 


Carrie E. 


26, 








Allar 


5, 


" 


Lucie B. 


I, 








Lot 8. range 6. 






Lot 14, range 


6. 






Davis 


, Joseph 


51, 


N. H 


Cutter, John A. 


63. 


N. 


H. 




Martha 


48. 


" 


Nancy W. 


62, 




' 




Frank F. 


II. 


" 


Lot 12, range 


6. 








Charles B. 


23. 


" 


Cutter, Charles 


55. 


N. 


H. 




Clara 


23. 


" 


Maria E. 


54, 




" 




Willie B. 


I, 


" 


Lot 17, range 7. 








Lot 20, range 5. 






Cutter, Nehemiah 


48, 


N. 


H. 


Davis 


Kendall 


41. 


N. H. 


Emily A. 


46. 




' 




Lucinda A. 


43- 


" 


Clara A. 


19. 








Freddie K. 


5- 


" 


Julia A. 


8. 






Leonard Burton. 


74. 


Vt. 


Lot II, range 


4- 








Lot 22, range 9 






Cutter, Franklin H. 


45. 


N. 


H. 


David 


son, Almira 


49, 


N. H 


Anna S. 


41. 








Myra M. 


28, 


" 


Florence E. 


19. 








Lot 17. range 7 






Henrietta S. 


17, 




' 


Donnelly, John 


40. 


Ire. 


Lot 12, range 


3- 








Bridget 


30. 


•' 


Cutter, Charles A. 


53- 


N. 


H. 




Joanna 


8. 


N. H 


Philena L. 


52, 


Vt 






Daniel 


4. 


a 


Gustavus A. 


26, 


N. 


H. 




Mary 


65. 


Ire. 


Lucy A. 


21, 








Lot 18. range 7 






Willie M. 


15, 




" 


Donnilly, Daniel 


48, 


Ire. 


Lucy R. Kimball, 


74. 








Margaret 


40, 


" 


Lot 12, range 


10. 








James, 


16, 


N. H. 


Cutter, Lydia 


66. 


M: 


iss. 




John 


15- 


" 


Edwin R. 


31- 








Michael 


'3- 


" 


Charles E. 


25. 




' 




Bridget 


12, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 








Daniel 


II, 


" 


Cutter, Mehitable 


82. 


Mass. 


Julia M. Farwell, 






Harriet E. 


55- 


N. 


H. 




Lot 15. range 7. 






Lot 13, range 


6. 






Donnilly, Michael 


35, 


Ire. 


Darling, Person 


65, 


N. 


H. 




Margaret 


32. 


" 


Theodore W. 


72,' 




' 




John 


7, 


N. H. 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



191 



Donnilly, Mary 


6, 


N. H. 


Fassett, Joseph W. 


50, 


N. H 




William 


5. 


" 


Sarah A. 


5i> 


" 




Annie 


2, 


u 


Charles W. 


24. 


«( 




Lot 14, range 


9- 




Abbie A. 


22, 


Mass 


Dupray, 


Peter 


3I' 


Can. 


Henry J. 


9. 


N. H 




Selina 


19. 


" 


Lot 2, range 4. 






Delia 


I, 


N. H. 


Fitzgerald, Michael 


60, 


Ire. 


Durant, 


Maria E. 


43- 


" 


Mary K. 


38. 


" 




Julius C. 


17, 


" 


Mary A. 


7- 


Mass 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Edward C. Boyce, 


14- 


Me. 


Button, 


John S. 


53- 


N. H. 


Lot 12, range 


4- 






Mary B. 


48, 


Vt. 


Fisk, Adams 


72, 


N. H 




Lot 10, range 


8. 




Mary L. 


68, 


" 


Emery, 


Amasa 


69, 


N. H. 


Lot 19, range 


2. 






Mary 


26, 


" 


Follansbee, Mary C. 


43. 


N. H 




Lot 16, range 


8. 




IdaM. 


15- 


Ohio 


Emery, 


Mary S. 


64, 


N. H. 


George W. 


20, 


" 




George S. 


n^ 


" 


Fred A. 


17, 


" 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Emery, 


Sarah M. 


28, 


N. H. 


Foster, Peter 


38, 


Can. 




Gertrude 


5. 


" 


Delied 


33- 


" 




Charles H. 


I, 


" 


Peter 


II, 


" 


Lucy Sawtell, 


70. 


It 


Mary 


10, 


" 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Annie 


9. 


" 


Erskine 


, John 


33- 


Scot. 


Fred 


2, 


N. H 




Sarah 


33. 


" 


Parmelia 


t\' 


" 




Sarah 


13. 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 






Ellen 


II, 




Fox, John 


69, 


N. H 




Gracie 


9. 


it 


Isabel 


53, 


" 




Jennie 


7. 


" 


Mary B . 


24, 


" 




Agnes 


5- 


Mass. 


John H. 


16, 


" 




John 


2, 


" 


HattieW. 


13. 


" 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




George W. 


42, 


" 


Fairban 


ks, George 


47- 


N. H. 


Lot 12, range 


6. 






Marietta 


45, 


" 


French, Luke 


65, 


N. H 




Charles H. 


21, 


" 


Lucy 


63, 


" 




Delos E. 


12, 


<i 


Emma S. 


31, 


" 




Sarah J. 


7, 


" 


Charles H. Newton, 


24, 


Mass 




Lot 17, range 


8. 




French, Henry C. 


48, 


N. H 


Farnum 


, Lyman K. 


58, 


N. H. 


Caroline P. 


41, 


•' 




Ann F. 


52, 


«t 


Edwin H. 


II, 


" 




Frank F. 


5. 


" 


Malcolm S. 


8, 


" 




Lot 12, range 


7- 




Lot 8, range 1 


0. 





192 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Frost, Joseph P. 
Sarah A. 
Edith C. 
J.Albert 



57, 
49- 
28, 
26, 



N. H. 



Lot 13, range 6. 

Frost, John 54, N. H. 

Amanda 52, Vt. 

William S. 18, N. H. 

Eva A. 16, " 

Lot 17, range 4. 

Gardner, Ira 29, N. H. 

HattieA. 28, 

Wallis L 5, 

Caroline O. 3, " 
Lot 17, range 8. 

'Garfield, John 61, N. H. 

Emily 65. " 

Lucius A. 24, " 

Sarah A. Gould, 54, " 

Ella M. Clark, 22, R. L 

Lot 21, range 10. 

Gibbs, Jonathan D. 76, Mass. 
Sarah H. 63, N. H. 

Elizabeth R. 49, " 

Lot 13, range 6. 

Gilmore, Harvey 78, N. H. 

Mary 75, 

George F. 33, 

AnnaR. 32, 
Bertha A. 4, 

Winnie 2, 

Lot 12, range 7. 



Me. 
Mass. 

N. H. 



Goodenow, Wm. E, 60, 
Abigail 54, 

Walter L. 22, 
WaylandH. 17, 
Winsor H. 9, " 
Rachel Capron, 61, 

Lot 17, range 7. 
Goodrich, Darius N. 39, N. J. 
Abby H. 29, N. Y. 
Hattie R. 3, Mich. 
Lot 17, range 7. 



Goff, Kendall B. 
Mary 

Thomas H. 
Charles E. 

Lot 10, range 7. 
Grant, John 90, 

Martha 79, 

Lot 16, range 8. 
Hahn, Philip 45, 

Elizabeth 47, 

Lot 19, range 3. 
Handerson, Charles 71, 
Theodore 42, 
Hannah P. 42, 
Eva 18, 

Fred H. 15, 
Lot 17, range 7. 
Harradon, John S. 58, 

Harriet N. 46, 
Alice H. 13, 

Lot 17, range 8. 



62, 


N. H 


64, 


Me. 


36, 


N. H 


6. 


" 



46, 
56, 

86, 

39- 

34, 

13. 

9' 



Harrington, James 
Eliza 
Sally Hemmingway, 
Hartwell, John S. 
Mary A. 
Mary L 
Carrie L. 
Lot 8, range 6. 
Hastings, Ira 72, 

Rebecca 64, 

Mary Twiss, 84, 

Lot 17, range 7. 
Harvvood, Joseph H. 30, 
Annie S. 25, 

Emma F. 4, 

William G. ^%. 
Lot 6, range 9. 
Heath, Josiah S. 38, 

Laura A. 

Willie W. 16, 

Rachel C. 14, 

Lot 12, range 7. 



N. H. 



Ger. 



N. H. 
Can. 
Mass. 
N. H. 



Mass. 



N. H. 
Eng. 
N. H. 

Mass. 

(( 

N. H. 



N. H. 



Mass. 
N. H. 
Mass. 



Can. 

Mass. 

Can. 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



193 



Heath, Eleazer W. 


47. 


Can. 


Hodge, Jonas F. 


47. 


N. H. 


Mary M. 


45. 


N. H. 


Lydia F. 


43, 


" 


Walter 


15. 


" 


Maria F. 


21, 


" 


Dora M. 


13. 


" 


Lillie 


12, 


" 


Eddie 


9. 


(( 


Lot 12, range 


7- 




Ellen J. 


9' 


" 


Hodge, Harland F. 


23, 


N. H. 


Lucia n W. 


6, 


" 


Mary C. 


21, 


" 


Elton J. 


5, 


" 


Gertie 


8 
1^' 


" 


Allen M. 


4, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




Lot II, range 7. 




Hogan, Peter 


55. 


Ire. 


Hecker, John 


46, 


Ger. 


Ellen 


47, 


" 


Alice 


50, 


Eng. 


Patrick 


25. 




William 


15. 


N. H. 


Mary A. 


19. 




Alice 


II, 


" 


Hattie E. 


16, 




Lot 8, range 9. 




Annie 


14, 




Hern, Joanna 


41, 


N. H. 


Lot 14, range 


2. 




Joanna 


16, 


" 


Howe, Asahel S. 


29, 


N. H. 


James 


14, 


" 


Sarah J. 


31. 


" 


John 


9. 


'« 


Rosco 


4. 


" 


Lot 17, range 


9- 




Daniel R. 


I, 


" 


Hickey, George W. 


11. 


Pa. 


An infant dau. 




" 


Ellen 


34. 




Lucy 


74. 


Mass. 


George A. 


12, 




Fannie W. 


46, 


N. H. 


Clara M. 


9. 




Lot 17, range 7. 




Mattie G. 


8, 




Hunt, Howard C. 


38, 


Mass. 


Sally C. 


4. 




Viola N. 


29, 


N. H. 


Willie C. 


t\. 


N. H. 


Ernest E. 


8, 


<( 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Freddie H. 


5. 


(( 


Hodge, Joseph 


86, 


N. H. 


Lot 17, range 7, 




Samuel 


49. 


" 


Hunt, Sarah A. 


42, 


Mass. 


Charles S. 


14. 


" 


Edgar 0. 


16, 


N. H. 


Mary A. 


12, 


" 


John P, 


9. 


Mass 


EvaC. 


8, 


" 


Lot 19, range 


10. 




Abbie F. 


6, 


" 


Ingraham, Wm. H. 


yi. 


N. H. 


Lot 19, range 


2. 




Minerva J. 


36, 


Mass. 


Hodge, John 


75, 


N. H. 


Charles W. 


10, 


N. H 


Polly 


70, 


" 


Selden A. 


8, 


" 


Calista C. 


30. 


" 


Sela S. 


3, 


" 


Lot 10, range 


9- 




Lot 17, range 


6. 




Hodge, Simpson 


74, 


N. H. 


Jaquith, Lewis S. 


39. 


Can. 


Sarah A. 


49. 


" 


Abbie R. 


39. 


N. H 


Albert W. 


n. 


" 


Lot 17, range 7. 




Lot 10, range 9. 




Jaquith, Addie G. 


ST. 


N. H 


14 













194 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 



Jaquith, Almira S. 


60, 


Vt. 


King, Emeline 


52, 


Mass 


Luena F. 


21 


" 


Emma S. 


21, 


" 


Lot 21, range 


10. 




Nettie M. 


21, 


" 


Jewell, Samuel D. 


42, 


N. H. 


Lot 6, range 5 






Mary F. 


41, 


" 


Knowlton, Dexter B. 


60, 


Mass 


Willis B. 


13, 


" 


Mary A. 


59, 


N. H 


Ernest H. 


9. 


" 


Charles L. 


27, 


" 


Lot 14, range 


4- 




William A. 


23, 


" 


Jewett, Anson W. 


39> 


N. H. 


Jane B. Newell, 


52, 


" 


Emily S. 


38, 


" 


Elizabeth C. Newell, 


58, 


" 


Lot 1 1 , range 


9- 




Lot 17, range 


8. 




Johnson, Charles A. 


28, 


N. H. 


Lacy, James S. 


43, 


N. H 


Ann 


30, 


" 


Dorcas C. 


37, 


" 


Horace H. Gilmore, 


53. 


" 


Mary F. Bailey, 


5, 


" 


Lot II, range 


8. 




Lot 17, range 7 






Joslin, Joseph 


75, 


N. H. 


Lacy, Betsey 


74, 


Mass 


Sarah D. 


70, 


Mass. 


Priscilla C. Foster, 


43, 


Vt. 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Joslin, Wilder 


72, 


N. H. 


Lacy, David W. 


43, 


N. H 


Henry M. 


32, 


" 


Emma S. 


37, 


Vt. 


Lot 15, range 


7- 




Harriet C. 


7, 


" 


Joslin, Emily 


67, 


N. H. 


NedM. 


4, 


" 


Vashti Parker, 


70, 


" 


Lot 1 6, range 


7- 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Lacy, J. M. M. 


41, 


Vt. 


Keyes, James E. 


40, 


Mass. 


Mary J. 


36, 


I( 


Delia 


31, 


" 


Mary J. 


16, 


" 


Elliot 


10, 


(< 


Susie G. A. D. 


6, 


a 


Walter A. 


8, 


" 


Lot 15, range 9. 




Lot 4, range 7 






Ladd, John A. 


46, 


Vt. 


Kidder, Harvey 


41. 


Vt. 


Martha A. 


44, 


" 


Myra J. 


39, 


N. H. 


IdaL 


14, 


" 


Elwood E. 


18, 


" 


Jennie E. 


6, 




Laura E. 


15, 


" 


Thomas Ryan, 


84, 


Mass, 


Jeremiah 


12, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


10. 




Orlena A. 


10, 


" 


Laport, George 


25, 


Can. 


Lizzie 


8, 


" 


Ann 


25, 


" 


Harry 


5, 


" 


Alfred Robinson, 


13, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Sophia Savage, 


t\. 


N. H. 


Kidder, Henry 


40, 


Vt. 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Mary 


25> 


N. H. 


Lawrence, John S. 


56, 


N. H. 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Sarah E. 


50, 


" 


King, Joseph 


55, 


N. Y. 


Fred J. 


21, 


" 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



195 



Lawrence, Rebecca 75, N. H. 

Fred W. Oaks, 12, " 

Charles W. Faulkner, 49, Mass. 
Lot 15, range 3. 

Lawrence, Benj. F. 35, N. H. 

Sarah E. 22, " 
Walter F. 2i, 

Elias S. Ball, 25, Mass. 
Lot 13, range 6. 

Lawrence, James G. 23, Mass. 

Abbie A. 24, " 

George H. 4, N. H. 

Ezra W. 2, " 

N. H. 



Law, Charles D. 


40, 


Emily A. 


40, 


George A. 


14. 


Sarah 


72, 


Lot 17, range 7. 


Leathers, Mary W. 


46, 


Betsy J. Fitch, 


44, 


Albert Fitch, 


18, 


Alice Fitch, 


14, 


Lot 17, range 


7- 


Lemire, Octave 


40, 


Julia 


25, 


John 


20, 


Mary 


16, 


Henry 


\l 


Jane Sawin, 


16, 


Lot 17, range 7. 


Libby, Edward B. 


21, 


Charles C. 


24, 


Adaline S. Whitney, 


66, 


Lot 5, range 5 




Lincoln, Betsey B. 


66, 


Sarah A. 


31, 


Sarah Jaquith, 


65, 


Lot 17, range 


7- 


Little, John 


53, 


Margaret K. 


38, 


Clara 


26, 


Alfred 


18, 



N. H. 



Can. 



Mass. 
Can. 

Mass. 



N. H. 

Vt. 

Can. 



Little, Jane 16, Can. 

Ellen 14, " 

Charles 12, " 

Alice 8, N. H. 

Henry 6, " 

Ella 5, " 

Josie 2, " 
Lot 17, range 7. 



Lovejoy, Selah 58, 

Adaline 49, 

Ann A. 13, 

Samuel C. 9, 

Flora M. 4, 

Catherine 51, 

Lot 20, range 10. 

Lowe, Francis 57, 

Sarah A. 51, 

Willie 16, 

Lot 15, range 5. 

Mann, John W. 42, 

Betsey 81, 

Lot 3, range 5. 

Martin, Caleb K. 57, 

Clara M. 55, 

Byron E. 19, 

Lot 15, range 6. 

Marble, Samuel 79, 

Tula, or Tyla 47, 

Deborah Newell, 52, 

Lot 17, range 7. 

Marule, Benj. F. 49, 
Lucy M. 50, 

Winifred 18, 

Florence 11, 

Lot 17, range 8. 
Merryfield, James A. 62, 
Sophronia 63, 

Lot 18, range 3. 

Miller, Charles 42, 
Jennie 39, 

Lizzie 16, 

Villia 12, 

Charles 8, 



N. H. 



Mass. 
N. H. 



N. H. 
Mass. 

N. H. 



Mass. 

N. H. 



N. H. 
Vt. 
N. H. 



Mass. 



Ger. 



196 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Miller, Bonney 


4, 


N. Y. 


Mower, Mary L. 


13, 


N. H. 


Emma 


2, 


N. H. 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Robert 


H. 


" 


Nutting, Alpheus 


75, 


Mass. 


Lot 17, range 7. 




Mary 


74, 


" 


Moors, Abner 


71, 


N. H. 


Lot 17, range 


4- 




William H. 


26, 


" 


Nutting, Charles 


55, 


N. H. 


Herbert F. 


23, 


" 


Nancy S. 


58, 


" 


Mary S. 


19' 


" 


Martha C. 


22, 


" 


Albert 


II. 


" 


Ella A. 


16, 


" 


Lot 21, range 


10. 




Fred H. 


14, 


" 


Morse, Harland F. 


29. 


N. H. 


Lot 16, range 


8. 




Theoda A. 


22, 


Vt. 


Nutting, Isaiac 


54, 


N. H. 


Mary M. 


4, 


N. H. 


Susan 


51, 


" 


Emma M. 


2, 


" 


Marcellus A. 


22, 


" 


Lot 21, range 


10. 




Charles Oun, 


35. 




Morse, Henry F. 


34, 


N. H. 


William Henebury, 


24, 




Elizabeth R. 


29, 


" 


Thomas Downey, 


21, 




Etta E. 


9, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




Frederick S. 


6, 


" 


Nutting, Asa 


50, 


N. H. 


Ervin C. 


3, 


" 


Ann M. 


37, 


Mass, 


Lillian A. 


2, 


" 


Maria A. 


19, 


" 


Oliver H. 


T%. 


•' 


Lot 13, range 


6. 




Elizabeth F. 


17, 


a 


Nutting, Lucy 


71, 


N. H. 


Lot 20, range 


10. 




Polly Stevens, 


76, 


" 


Mower, Josiah 


7Z, 


N. H. 


Lot 13, range 


6. 




Louisa 


67, 


" 


Nutting, Luke H. 


46, 


N. H 


Enos 


35, 


" 


Mary Ann 


44, 


" 


Lot 12, range 


10. 




Frank H. 


15, 


" 


Mower, Oilman 


71, 


N. H. 


Fred H. 


13, 


♦' 


Oilman J, 


40, 


<< 


Mary E. 


9, 


<( 


Lucy Carter, 


35. 


(< 


Willie E. 


8, 


" 


Sally B. Patrick, 


82, 


Mass. 


Alice P. 


3. 


" 


Lot 17, range 7. 




Lot 19, range 


5- 




Mower, Liberty 


70, 


N. H. 


Nutting, Alpheus 


75, 


Mass 


Mary A. 


55, 


" 


Mary 


74, 


(< 


Ellen C. 


25, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


4- 




Samuel H. 


24, 


" 


Page, Jonathan 


57, 


N. H 


Willie J. 


17, 


(( 


Lorinda 


52, 


" 


Lot 15, range 


7- 




Lydia 


23, 


<( 


Mower, Nahum W. 


44, 


N. H. 


Harvey 


20, 


" 


Lydia A. 


42, 


Mass. 


Harriet 


17, 


" 


Clara A. 


18, 


<< 


Adeline 


14, 


(( 


Frank W. 


16, 


N. H. 


Lizzie 


12, 


(i 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



197 



Page, John 


9. 


N. H. 


Phelps, 


William S. 


5, 


N. I 


Clara M. 


4, 


" 




Lot 12, range 


6. 




Lot 4, range 10. 




Pierce, 


Samuel W. 


64, 


N. I 


Parker, Lucy 


74, 


N. H. 




Martha P. 


55, 


" 


Eliza A. 


69, 


" 




J. Plummer 


22, 


" 


Abia C. 


64, 


" 


Frank W. Sturtevant, 


14, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7. 






Lot 16, range 


6. 




Parker, Alva 


SO, 


N. H. 


Pierce, 


Frederick S. 


50, 


N. I 


Amanda L. 


5i> 


" 




Mary A. 


52, 


" 


Merrill G. 


17, 


" 




Angeline 


9, 


" 


Flora J. 


13, 


" 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Harriet 


9, 


" 


Pierce, 


Reuben 


64, 


N. 1 


Lot 12, range 


6. 






Cordelia J. 


66, 


" 


Parks, Clarence A. 


25, 


Mass. 




Eloisa M. 


34, 


" 


Helen S. 


23. 


N. H. 




Delia J. 


23, 


" 


Grace M. 


h 






Lot 16, range 


7- 




Perkins, Aaron 


S5, 


N. H. 


Pierce, 


Addison 


56, 


N. 1 


Maria 


49> 


" 




Millie 


60, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 






Clark M. 


20, 


" 


Perkins, Moses S. 


76, 


N. H. 




Carrie E. 


18, 


" 


Cozby 


72, 


" 




Lot 20, range 


6. 




Cozby Tenney, 


34, 


" 


Pierce, 


Benjamin 


51, 


N. I 


Dora V. Tenney, 


12, 


" 




Lucinda 


49, 


" 


Lot 12, range 


6. 






George A. 


24, 


(( 


Peasley, John A. 


27, 


N. H. 




Ada L. 


15, 


" 


Alice M. 


19, 


" 




Lot 19, range 


7- 




Devans 


17, 


" 


Pierce, 


Dexter 


45, 


N. I 


Lot 17, range 


8. 






Mary E. 


42, 


" 


Perry, Thomas 


67, 


N. H. 




James M. 


21, 


" 


Cynthia 


63. 


Vt. 




Loren D. 


19, 


" 


Nancy 


29, 


N. H. 




Willie B. 


17, 


" 


Lot 12, range 


6. 






Jessie G. 


13, 


" 


Perry, John 


65, 


N. H. 




Austin 0. 


II, 


" 


Almira 


65, 


i( 




Myron E. 


8, 


" 


Hattie 


26, 


" 




Jane L. 


4, 


" 


Edward Dillon, 


i5> 


" 




Lot 21, range 


6. 




Alex'r Keller, 


37, 


Scot. 


Pierce, 


Lewis L. 


53, 


N. ] 


Lot 21, range 


I. 






Christina M. 


53, 


Mas 


Phelps, Gurley A. 


50, 


Vt. 




Xenophon 


27, 


N. 1 


Nancy B. 


49, 


N. H. 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Grace 


21, 


" 


Pierce 


Addison Jr. 


27, 


Ma 


Charles S. 


13, 


" 




Mary E. 


25, 


N. ] 


Mary E. 


10 


n 




Lot 17, range 


■7- 





198 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Pollard, Levi 


64, 


Mass. 


Prescott, Benj. F. 


36, 


Mass. 


Sarah 


66, 


N. H. 




Mary E. 


36, 


" 


Lot 18, range 


6. 






Hermon S. 


14. 


N. H 


Poole, John W. 


60, 


N. H. 




Mary A. 


12, 


" 


Nancy H. 


62, 


" 




Fred A. 


9, 


<( 


Louis K. Howe, 


22, 


" 




Henry M. 


7, 


" 


Lot 13, range 


6. 






Carrie 


4, 


" 


Poole, Joel H. 


3i> 


N. H. 




Helen 


T^^' 


" 


Lizzie 


29. 


Mass. 




Lot 14, range 


2. 




Arthur E. 


4, 


N. J. 


Priest 


, Jacob 


82, 


N. H. 


Lot 10, range 


4- 






Eunice 


72, 


" 


Potter, George S. 


35. 


N. H. 




Lot 6, range 7 






Mary L. 


32, 


" 


Quin, 


John 


35, 


Irerd 


George W. 


5, 


" 




Ann D. 


26, 


" 


Electa E. 


3, 


" 




Patrick J. 


6, 


N. H. 


Louisa M. 


f. 


" 




Henry 


3, 


" 


Lot 13, range 


6. 






John F. 


tV- 


" 


Powers, Charles H. 


44, 


N. H. 


Mary Donnelly, 


28, 


Irel'd. 


Eliza 


40, 


N. Y. 




Lot 15, range 


4- 




Fred S. 


14. 


N. H. 


Rand 


Emeline E. 


53, 


N. H. 


Amanda Bailey, 


63, 


N. Y. 




Charles A. 


24, 


" 


Mary Miller, 


20, 


Mass. 




Albert H. 


IS, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 






George H. 


12, 


" 


Prescott, Oren 


50, 


N. H. 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Louisa 


47, 


" 


Raymond, Orlando 


43, 


N. H. 


Eliot 0. 


18, 


" 




Hattie E. 


32, 


" 


Julius E. 


17, 


" 




Ernest 0. 


6, 


" 


Carrie M. 


14, 


" 




Lot 22, range 


5- 




Willie E. 


4, 


" 


Raymond, Asahel S. 


40, 


N. H. 


Lot 17, range 


6. 






Marietta A. 


27, 


" 


Prescott, Addison 


36, 


N. H. 




Lot 22, range 


5- 




Mary A. 


30, 


" 


Reard 


on, Michael 


45, 


Irel'd. 


John A. 


6, 


" 




Ellen 


44, 


" 


Bessie 


4, 


" 




Jane 


15, 


N. H. 


Alice 


I, 


" 




Patrick 


14, 


" 


Lot 21, range 


9- 






Michael 


12, 


" 


Prescott, Oren D. 


30, 


N. H. 




Mary Ellen 


9, 


" 


Ella M. 


21, 


" 




Lot 8, range 5 






Lot 17, range 


7- 




Rice, 


Laban 


72, 


N. H. 


Prescott, Charles F. 


31, 


N. H. 




Esther C. 


71, 


(( 


Mabel 


6, 


" 




Jonas C. 


40, 


" 


James E. Bemis, 


48, 


" 




Nancy A. 


40, 


(( 


Lot 17, range 


6. 






Sophia 


19. 


n 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



199 



Rice, Fred 0. 


15, 


N. 


H. 


Roberts, George 


24, 


Mass 


Emily A. 


13. 




" 


Sarah E. 


20, 


N. H, 


Herman C. 


6, 




" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Grace E. 


I, 




«' 


Robertson, Samuel B. 


55, 


Me. 


Dorcas 


103, 


Mass. 


Mary A. 


27, 


" 


Rice, George L. 


32, 


N, 


. H. 


Lester S. 


7, 


" 


Lucy H. 


21, 




" 


Herbert A 


• 1%. 


" 


George L. 


4, 




" 


Willis W. Fairbanks, 


5, 


N. H. 


Lot 13, range 


•6. 






Lot 17, range 


7- 




Rice, Ira 


69, 


Mass. 


Rolf, William H. 


31, 


N. H. 


Phylena 


61, 




" 


Elizabeth A. 


25, 


Mass. 


Otis G. 


39' 




" 


Edward F. 


5, 


" 


Lot 3, range 


7- 






Walter F. 


I, 


N. H. 


Richardson, Geo. O. 


36, 


M; 


ass. 


Lot 20, range 


10. 




Frances 


35. 




" 


Ryan, Samuel 


62, 


N. H. 


Fred E. 


9. 




" 


Hannah 


61, 


" 


Mabel V. 


5. 




" 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




Phebe Lamb, 


69, 




" 


Russel, Isaac S. 


55, 


N. H. 


Rowena Bailey, 


64, 




" 


Olive G. 


52, 


" 


Lot 2, range 9. 






Sarah E. 


ID, 


" 


Ritchie, Robert 


74, 


N. 


H. 


Nancy Smith, 


94, 


" 


Mary 


71, 




" 


Arthur H. Felt, 


17, 


N. Y. 


John 


46, 




" 


Lot 17, range 


3- 




George C. 


41. 






Rust, Leopold 


36, 


Can. 


Adelbert 


27. 




" 


Rosalie 


32, 


" 


Sarah M. 


30. 












Mary J. Pratt, 


40, 




■■' 


Sanderson, John 


81, 


Mass. 


Willie H. Pratt, 


12, 




" 


Lydia F. 


54, 


N. H. 


Melinda H. Hutchinson, 74, 






Lot 17, range 7. 




Lot 18, range 


7- 






Sawyer, Cunimings 


48, 


N. H. 


Ripley, Eliza 


78, 


N. 


H. 


Elizabeth 


34, 


Mass. 


Lot 12, range 


6. 






Albert C. 


13, 


N. H. 


Robbins, Leonard E. 


42, 


N. 


H. 


Emily J. 


10, 


" 


Ellen M. 


30, 




■' 


Fred L. 


7, 


" 


Ellsworth A. 


II, 




■' 


Lot 22, range 


8. 




Elvira Stiles, 


63, 




' 


Sawyer, Alfred 


41, 


N. H. 


Lot 21, range 


ID. 






Lucy M. 


43, 


" 


Robbins, Wm. B. 


30. 


N. 


H. 


Mary A. 


17, 


" 


Anna M. 


25, 




' 


Clifton A. 


II, 


" 


Jane W. 


70, 




' 


Margaret, 


78, 


" 


Sarah E. 


39, 




' 


Marshal D. Jaquith, 


45, 


" 


Charles B. 


27, 




•' 


Lot 21, range 


ID. 




Lot 17, range 


7- 






Sawyer, Leonard F. 


33, 


N. H. 


Robbins, Nancy A. 


66, 


N. 


H. 


Mary B. 


26, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 













200 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Sawyer, Etta M. 


6, 


N. H. 


Sheehy, Edward 


28, 


Ire. 


Ella M. 


6, 


" 


Nancy 


30. 


" 


Lot 1 8, range 


9- 




Frank 


II, 


N. H 


Scholland, Patrick 


45. 


Ire. 


John T. 


6, 


" 


Maggie 


42, 


" 


Jennie 


4, 


" 


Patrick 


16. 


u 


Edward J. 


2, 


" 


Catherine 


10, 


" 


Thomas 


19, 


" 


Thomas 


8, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Lot 17, range 


7- 




Smith, Elijah 


61, 


N. H 


Simeonough, Godfrey 


33. 


Can. 


Rebecca 


63, 


" 


Mary 


25, 


" 


Almeda M. 


33, 


" 


Napoleor 


6, 


" 


Lot 19, range 4. 




Joseph 


3. 


" 


Smith, J. M. H. 


46, 


N. H 


Alice Savage, 


13. 


" 


Elizabeth 


39, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Mattie M. 


12, 


Ga. 


Sharon, John 


30' 


Can. 


Alonzo S. 


9, 


S. C. 


Mary 


24, 


" 


Anna T. 


7, 


Ohio. 


Mary 


6, 


" 


James H. 


5, 


Me. 


Frederick 


4, 


" 


George C. 


2, 


Wis. 


Isaac 


I, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


6. 




Gideon Bailey, 


21, 


' ' 


Smith, Joseph 
Eliza A. 


45, 
43, 


N. H 


Shattuck, Vrying D. 


64, 


Mass. 


Frank L. 


21, 


" 


Sal'ly M. 


62, 


N. H. 


Lot 13, range 


6. 




Lot 1 1 , range 


5- 




Smith, Eliza 


45, 


Mass 


Shattuck, Edmund P. 


62, 


Mass. 


Ampudia 


24, 


" 


Rachel R. 


58. 


N. H. 


Wales 


23, 


•' 


Lucy M. 


24. 


Mass. 


Carrie 


15, 


" 


Edmund C. 


21, 


" 


Lot 17. range 


7. 




Daniel C. 


18, 


" 


Spaulding, Richard 


68, 


Mass 


Lot II, range 5. 




Alvira 


54, 


N. H 


Shedd, Nathan C. 


49. 


N. H. 


Lot 13, range 


6. 




Sally M. 


41, 


" 


Spaulding, Frederick 


36, 


N. H 


Xenophon B. 


24, 


" 


Mary Ann 


30, 


" 


Mark D. 


4. 


" 


Emma L. 


8, 


" 


Isaac Ryan, 


37, 


" 


Edith B. 


h 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Mary A. 


60, 


" 


Shedd, John B. 


47, 


N. H. 


Ann F. 


33^ 


" 


Sarah J. 


46, 


" 


Ermina M. 


38, 


" 


Frank E. 


16, 


>< 


Lot 7, range 7 












Spaulding, Leonard E. 


32. 


N. H 


Sheehy, John 


73. 


Ire. 


Mary A. 


32, 


Mass 


Ellen 


70. 


i( 


Spaulding, Ambrose 


53, 


N. H 



CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



20 1 



Spaulding, Lizzie M. 


51. 


Vt. 


Stoen, Alice 


5, 


Can. 


Carrie L. 


20, 


N. H. 


Lot 12, range 


10. 




Minnie 


9. 


" 


Stone, James F. 


40, 


Mass. 


Clarence Crosby, 


22, 




Rachel A. 


35, 


" 


Lot 3, range S 






Lizzie M. 


18, 


( i 


Spaulding, Austin A. 


29, 


N. H. 


Fred J. 


13, 


" 


Vryland S. 


29, 


Mass. 


Lot 3, range 7, 






. Lot II, range 5. 




Stratton, Isaac 


84, 


N. H. 


Stanley, Alva 


64, 


N. H. 


Betsey 


85, 


" 


Lucy B. 


61, 


" 


Lot 13, range 


10. 




Henry A. 


13, 


" 


Stratton, Jona. W. 


59, 


N. H, 


Lot I, range 5 


;. 




Edna J. 


40, 


" 


Stearns, Thomas A. 


61, 


Vt. 


Lot 13, range 


10. 




Almeda S. 


59. 


N. H. 


Stratton, Fred G. 


30, 


N. H. 


Henry M. 


25, 


" 


Martha A. 


29, 


" 


Mary C. 


22, 


" 


Lot 21, range 


10. 




Sarah A. 


13. 


" 


Taggart, Esther 


64, 


N. H. 


Sarah Averill, 


80, 


" 


Charles W. 


22, 


a 


Fred C. Emery, 


10, 


" 


Lot 17, range 7. 




Lot 16, range 


5- 




Tarbox, Edward B. 


28, 


N. H. 


Stebbins, Josiah 


49. 


N. H. 


Etta 


22, 


Mass. 


Submit 


46, 


Me. 


Susan B. 


58, 


N. H. 


Etta E. 


14, 


N. H. 


Lot 16, range 


9- 




Mary L. 


12, 


" 


Thayer, Joseph A. 


53- 


N. H. 


Nettie S. 


9' 


" 


Abbie 


42, 


" 


Josiah C. 


5. 


" 


George B. Hagget, 


16, 


Mass. 


Lot 18, range 


6. 




Lot 19, range 


5- 




Stearns. Clarissa 


67. 


N. H. 


Thomas, Eliza L. 


26, 


Vt. 


Adaliza A. 


36, 


" 


Lula B. 


5, 


N. H, 


Lot 17, range 


7. 




Lot 17, range 


7. 




Stevens, William P. 


66, 


N. H. 


Towne, Liberty 


45, 


N. H. 


Mary E. 


56, 


" 


Lizzie 


37, 


" 


Sally 


67, 


a 


Albert 


18, 


" 


Charles 


57, 


" 


Jennie 


16, 


Mass, 


Lot 12, range 


9- 




Willie K. 


II, 


N. H. 


Stevens, Albert 


36, 


N. H. 


Sylvester 


8, 


" 


Jennie L. 


30. 


N. Y. 


Freelove 


5, 


" 


Ida M. 


6, 


N. H. 


Lot 16, range 


7- 




Lot 17, range 


7. 




Towne, Levi P. 


47, 


Vt. 


Stoen, John 


50, 


Can. 


Emily A. 


45, 


N. H. 


Julian 


47, 


" 


Carrie S. 


16, 


" 


Joseph 


19, 




Julia E. 


6, 


" 


Hurd 


16, 




Lot 10, range 


ID. 




Jane 


14: 


1 


Towns, Sylvester A. 


40, 


N. H. 



202 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Towns, Sarah J. 


n^ 


N. 


H. 


Verder, Priscilla M. 


41, 


N. H 


Lot 1 6, range 


7- 






Lefy A. 


15. 


" 


Towns, Polly 


76, 


N. 


H. 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




George A. 


36, 




" 


Verder, Charles W. 


35. 


N. H 


Mary L. 


29, 




" 


Sarah E. 


42, 


ti 


George M. 


4, 


' 


■' 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Nola L. 


i, 


' 


•' 


Wales, John M. 


53. 


Vt. 


Lot 1 6, range 


7- 






Cynthia A. 


47. 


N. H 


Turner, Jona. D. 


(^1. 


N. 


H. 


Lot 17, range 


8. 




Cynthia E., 


59. 




" 


Warren, Richard 


76, 


Vt. 


Lot 17, range 


8. 






Maria 


72, 


N. H 


Turner, Henry A. 


32, 


N. 


H. 


Cornelius W. 


41. 


" 


Lucy A. 


30. 




" 


Edna W. 


41. 


i( 


Lucy L. 


6, 


' 


" 


Lot 14, range 


8. 




Eunice B. 


4, 


' 


" 


Waters, Sophia M. 


55. 


Vt. 


Lot 17, range 


8. 






Lot 17, range 


■1- 




Underwood, Geo. A. 


49. 


N. 


H. 


Webster, William T. 


40, 


Mass, 


Mahala B 


• 39. 




" 


D. C. 


37, 


" 


Geo. B. 


18, 






C. Fred 


12, 


t( 


Deborah 


IS. 




:( 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Abby A. 


2, 




" 


Webster, Wilbur 


34. 


Mass 


Lot 9, range 8 








Lizzie E. 


22, 


" 


Upton, Peter 


56, 


N. 


H. 


Thomas Fitzgerald, 


27. 


'• 


Sarah M. 


39. 


' 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 




Mary A. 


16, 


' 


■' 


Wellman, Elijah 


78, 


N. H. 


Hiram D. 


13. 




" 


Samuel 


65. 


i( 


Alice W. 


9. 


' 


'■'■ 


Fanny Royce, 


82, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


7- 






Mary Wallace, 


56, 


" 


Upton, Thomas 


54. 


N. 


H. 


Lot 22, range 


5- 




Sophia 


42, 


' 


■•' 


Wheeler, Henry B. 


39. 


N. H, 


Adelia 


22, 


' 


'' 


Mrs. B. 


42, 


" 


Lot 17, range 


8. 






F. H. 


14. 


" 


Upton, William 


52, 


N. 


H. 


E. W. 


8, 


" 


Sally 


48, 




" 


Abigail 


80, 


" 


James M. 


14. 


' 


■' 


Wilson S. 


59, 


a 


Lot 22, range 


5- 






Hattie C. 


17, 


" 


Upton, Eliza 


46, 


Mass. 


John T. Stone, 


39, 


Mass, 


Frank 


r4, 


N. 


H. 


T. H. Curtis, 




N. H, 


Verder, John F. . 


73. 


Mass. 


Elizabeth Houghton, 


45. 


Mass, 


Sarah J. 


66, 


N. 


H. 


Emily M. Towns, 


23. 


N. H. 


Lot 17, range 


7. 






Vesta Metcalf, 


26, 


" 


Verder, Albert S. 


41. 


N. 


H. 


Lot 17, range 


7- 





CENSUS OF THE TOWN. 



203 



Wheeler, James A. 

Madeline P. 
Mary J. 
Rosira 
John F. 
Lot 16, range 
Whitney, Henry H. 
Caroline F. 
Lot 22, range 
Whitney, Thomas P. 
Harriet A. 
Whitney, John 

Alvira S. 
Elizabeth A. 
Lot 17, range 
Wilber, Le Prelett 
Hannah 
Lot 17, range 
Wilber, Lowell 

Amarantha 
Lot 17, range 



24, 

22 
12, 
59, 
27. 
7- 
67, 
62, 

4- 
56, 
53. 
50. 
58, 
24, 

7- 
69, 
66, 



29, 
32, 
7- 



N. Y. 
N. H. 
N. Y. 
N. H. 
Conn. 

Mass. 



Mass. 

N. H. 



Mass. 
Mass. 

a 

Mass. 



Willoughby, Nelson L. 40, N. H. 

Harriet 46, " 

Dora 25, " 

Eva 10, " 

Lillian 4, " 

Frank Sweetland, Mass. 

Winch, Caleb, 46, N. Y. 

Mary D. 48, N. H. 

Myra L 14, " 
Lot 17, range 8. 

Woodburn, Emma F. 27, N. H. 
Faith C. 2, 

Woodruff, John W. 57, N. J. 

Susan A. 52, " 

Anna M. 22, " 

Fred S. 15, " 

Abby C. Tucker, 81, " 
Lot 12, range 2. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

CONCLUSION— 1880. 

THE end of the period covered by this history has now 
arrived, — a period of 130 years. Tv\ro generations 
have passed and gone, and only a few are left of the third 
to tell the history of the first. The descendants of the early 
settlers are in the minority among the present inhabitants 
of the town. Very few are in possession of the original 
homesteads, and that number is fast diminishing. In the 
male line we find only the names of Clarence S. Bailey, 
Fred. J. Lawrence, John and Simpson Hodge, William and 
Charles Stevens, and Geo. A. Underwood. In the female 
line, Joel W. Poole, Jona. J. Comstock, and Jonas C. Rice. 

The early settlers now represented by their descendants 
are Oliver Bacon, David Bailey, Jacob Baldwin, Jona. Blod- 
gett, Moses Burpee, Kendall Briant, Joseph Cutter, John 
Cutter, Moses Cutter, James Cutter, David Chadwick, Jo- 
seph Chamberlin, Thomas Dutton, Daniel Emery, William 
Emery, Jona. Fox, Thomas French, Thomas Fisk, Benjamin 
Frost, Roger Gilmore, Thomas Goff, Joseph Hodge, Eben- 
ezer Jaquith, Jacob Jewell, Levi Johnson, Joseph Joslin, 
David Lacy, Benj. Lawrence, Thomas Mower, Benj. Nut- 
ting, Isaac Nutting, Jacob Newell, Joseph Perkins, Samuel 
Pierce, Ebenezer Poole, Benj. Prescott, David Sawtell, David 
Stratton, Jona. Stanley, James Stevens, Jereme Underwood, 
Elijah Wellman, and even these have probably more repre- 
sentatives in other places than in the town of Jaffrey. 
Wherever they are, I think, like the Romans of old, they 
will feel honored in being sons of Jaffrey. 



TOWN OFFICERS, ETC. 205 

The census recently taken shows the number of inhabi- 
tants to be 1,267. The largest number in Jaffrey was in 
1850, which was 1,497. Number of tax-payers in 1880, 
468 ; valuation, including polls, $730,798. 

MONEY ASSESSED. 

For state tax, ;^ 1,868.00 

county tax, 1,523.31 

school tax, 1,634.50 

town charges, 1,674.19 

interest on town debt, 1,000.00 

highway and bridges, 700.00 

breaking roads, 300.00 

deficiencies for 1879, 700.00 

watering-troughs. 100.00 

redeeming town bonds, 1,000.00=^10,500.10 

Drawn from state, 1^2,400.00 

Outstanding taxes, 300.00 

Money in savings-bank, 1.300.00=^4,000.00 



Five per cent, added, 



), 500.00 
325.00 



^ , 1^6,825.00 

lax on dogs, 

^ ' 49.00 

SCHOOLS. 

Money assessed, ^^^^ 

Literary fund and interest, 272.98 

;^ 1,907.48 

TOWN OFFICERS, ETC., 1880. 

Moderator— Charles H. Powers. 
Town-clerk— Joseph P. Frost 



206 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Town treasurer — Charles H. Powers. 

Superintending School Committee — Wm. W. Livingston, 

Deputy sheriff — Fred. S. Pierce. 

Justices — State : Frank H. Cutter, Fred. S. Pierce, F. B. 
Spalter ; — County : G. A. Phelps, J. W. Fassett, Alfred Saw- 
yer, H. B. Aldrich, L. N. Willoughby, J. P. Frost. 

Postmasters — Centre, G. A. Phelps ; East Jaffrey, Peter 
Upton. 

Physicians — Centre, G. A. Phelps ; East Jaffrey, Oscar 
H. Bradley. 

Lawyer — East Jaffrey, John H. Fox. 

Ministers — Centre, Rev. Wm. W. Livingston ; East Jaf- 
frey, 2d Congregational, Rev. John C. Staples ; Baptist, 
Rev. Theodore C. Gleason ; Universalist, Rev. Fred. W. 
Bailey. 

Express agent — Aaron Perkins. 

Insurance agents — Pierce & White, F. S. Cutter. 

Hotels — Centre, Jonas Cutter, Jonas C. Rice ; East Jaf- 
frey, Granite State, Rodney Brown ; Mountain House, 
Batchelder & Newton. 

Merchants — Centre, J. T. Biggelow ; East Jaffrey, J. S. 
Lacy, C. H. Powers, Walter Goodnow & Co. ; meat, Kit- 
tredge & Robbins, Reuben Pierce. 

Millinery — Mrs. Prescott. 

Dress-makers — Centre, Miss E. R. Gibbs, Mrs. G. L. 
Rice ; East Jaffrey, Mrs. T. Hanscom. 

Hair-dresser — A. Caldwell. 

Banks — Monadnock National Bank, Benjamin Cutter, 
president, Peter Upton, cashier ; Monadnock Savings Bank, 
Oscar H. Bradley, president, Peter Upton, treasurer. 

Livery stables — Centre, Jonas Cutter ; East Jaffrey, 
Aaron Perkins. 

Manufacturers — Centre : leather, Julius Cutter ; chair 
stuff. Heath & Gilmore ; furniture, F. L. King ; shoes, 
Luke French ; — East Jaffrey : wooden ware, A. J. & J. E. 
Bemis ; blue drilling. White Bros. ; dry pulp, G. A. Shep- 



TO' N OFFICERS, ETC, 20/ 

ard & Co., Elijah Sturtevant, agent ; lumber, J. E. Bemis ; 
nest-boxes, Annett & Murdock ; shoes, G. Fairbanks ; shoe- 
knives, Wilbur Webster. 

Mechanics — Centre : blacksmiths, Joseph Smith & Son ; 
carpenters, J. P. Frost, Alvah Parker ; cooper, Elbridge 
Baldwin; printers, Livingston Bros.; wheelwright, John 
Dunbar ; — East Jaffrey : blacksmiths, D. A. Colburn, Ira 
Gardner ; carpenters, L. L. Pierce, Liberty Towne, G. A. 
Towne, Sylvester Towne, B. E. Bartlett, P. B. Robinson ; 
cooper, N. C. Shedd ; gunsmith, J. S. Button; brick-masons, 
I. C. Ryan, W. H. Ingraham ; watches and jewelry, J. S. 
Freeman. 



Genealogical Register, 



15 



GENEALOGY. 



Abbreviations: — a., aged; b., born; m., married; unm., unmarried; 
d., died; s., son; dau., daughter; ch., child — children; r., residence; 
re., removed. 



AINSWORTH FAMILY. 



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12 



Daniel Ainsworth and his wife Alice, natives of 
England, settled in Roxbiny, Mass., where she d. in 
16S5, childless. He sent to England for his nephew, 
Edward, and made him his heir. 

Edward Ainsworth appears to have been a sea-fering 
man. He m. Joanna Hemmingway, Jan. 11, 16S7-8. 

Children by Joanna (Hemmingway) Ainsworth: 

I. Joshua, b. Jan. 22, 16SS-9 ; lived only three 

days. 
II. Hannah, b. Jan. 21, 1689-90; m. John Green, 
of Brookfield, Mass. 

III. Edward, b. Aug. iS, 1693 ; m. Joanna Davis, 

of Roxbury, Mass. -|- 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Nov. iS, 1695 ; m. John Johnson, 

of Brookfield, Mass. 
V. Daniel, b. Oct. 7, 1697. 

VI. Joanna, b. 1699. 

VII. Joanna, b. Oct. 5, 1700; (.'') is this a second 
Joanna, or by error per the date of the first. 
VIII. Judith, b. Jan. 25, 1702-3 ; m. James Marcy. 
IX. Smith, b. March. 25, 171 2 ; a bachelor. 

Edward Ainsworth, Jr., m. Joanna Davis. 
I. Abigail, b. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 



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16 



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18 

19 

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31 

22 

(17) 



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24 

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25 
26 

27 



II. Daniel, b. 

III. Alice, b, 

IV. Edward, b. 

V. William, b. 



Nov. 14, 1805.4- 



-, 1728 ; m. Sybil Cbild. 

-. 1729; m. Mary Marcy ; d. 



William Ainsworth, of Woodstock, Conn. Chil- 
dren by Mary (Marcy) Ainsworth : 

I. Lahan, b. July 19, 1757; m. Mary Minot ; d. 

March 17, 1858. -f 
II. Marsylvia, b. Aug., 1759 ; m. Daniel Needham ; 
d. May 20, 1853. 

III. Louisa, b. ; m. Paul, of Newport, 

N. H. 

IV. Andrew, b. March 17, 1766, unm. ; d. July, 1796. 
V. Oliver b. 

VI. Luke, b. ; d. young. 



— Laban Ainsworth. The town records, which have 
been badly kept and badly transcribed, state his birth 
as of July 9, 17541 while authority says July 19, i757* 
He studied under Nathaniel Tisdale, of Lebanon, Conn., 
and entered Dartmouth college as sophomore in i775 ' 
graduated, 1778; studied theology with Rev. Stephen 
West, of Stockbridge. Preached for two years at Spen- 
certown, on the Hudson ; was for some months chaplain 
in Major McKinstry's corps. Ordained pastor of the 
churcli in Jaffrey, Dec. 11, 1782; m. Dec. 4, 1787, 
Mary Minot, dau. of Jonas Minot, of Concord, Mass. 
She d. Feb. 3, 1845. Their children were, — 

I. Sarah, b. March 23, 1789; m. Isaac Parker; 
d. May 29, 1857. 
II. William, b. Aug. 24, 1792; m. Mary Morse 
Stearns; d. June 14, 1842. -|- [See Coll. 
Graduates.] 



William Ainsworth. Children by Mary Morse 
(Stearns) Ainsworth : 

I. Frederick Smith, b. April 11, 1820; m. Mary 
Harris. [See Coll. Graduates.] 

II. Mary Minot, b. Feb. 26, 1822 ; m. Theodore P. 
Green, U. S. Navy. 

III. William Parker, b. Dec. 22, 1825. Killed in 
Battle at Port Royal, Va., 1862. 



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28 I IV. Josiah, b. Aug. 14, 1832 ; d. Oct. 23, 1833. 
After these, the names in this branch are all extinct. 



ADAMS FAMILY. 

Many of the descendants of this fomily have been residents of 
Jaftrey; — Thomas and Stephen, previous to 1774; Ephraim, 
previous to 177S ; Samuel, 1778 ; Jonas, 17S5 ; and Silas, pre- 
vious to 1792. 



Thomas was a son of Dea. Ephraim and Lydia 
(Kinsman) Adams, of New Ipswich, a descendant of 
William Adams, who settled in Cambridge in 1635, 
and removed to Ipswich, Mass., previous to 1642. He 
m. Molly Farnsworth, and settled on lot 17, range 4; 
d. Oct. II, 1820, a. 69. His widow d. June 24, 1842, a. 
SS. They had no children. 

Mr. Adams was one of the prominent men in town, 
and held many offices of trust ; — was moderator, select- 
man, town treasurer, a militia officer, and a soldier in 
the Revolution. 



Ephraim Adams was probably a brother. He set- 
tled on lot 7, range 3, at the base of Grand Monadnock, 
afterwards the residence of Joseph Meeds, now un- 
inhabited. His name appears on the records for the 
last time, as highway surveyor, in 1789. He was a 
soldier in the Revolution. 



Stephen Adams settled in the west part of the 
town. His name appears in 1774 on a remonstrance, 
signed by the inhabitants of Jaflrey, against the annex- 
ation of a portion of the east part of the town to 
Feterboro' Slip, now Sharon. In 1775 he enlisted into 
Capt. Philip Thomas's company, of Rindge. This com- 
pany was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and lost three 
men, killed in that battle. 

In 1777 Stephen Adams enlisted for three years, or 
during the war, and was in service at Ticonderoga. It 
seems quite probable that he was the same man who 
enlisted for three months in Capt. Thomas's company 
in 1775. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



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Jonas Adams came from New Ipswich and settled 
on lot 11, range 4, previous to 17S5, and left town 

about 1798. He married Phebe , and left a birth 

record of six children. 

I. Lucy^ b. March 22, 1784, at New Ipswich. 

II. e/ere, b. Aug. 15, 1785. 

III. Jonas^ b. Aug. 25, 1787; d. Feb. 26, 1790. 

IV. Phineas^ b. Oct. 20, 17S9. 

V. Milley^ b. Sept, 2, 1791. 
\i. Nancy ^ b. Jan. 25, 1794. 



-, and left on record the 



Silas Adams m. Lois — 
birth of five children. 

I. Thirza^ b. July 7, 1792. 

II. Silas^ b. Feb. 6, 1796. 

III. Lois^ b. Oct. 29, 1799. 

IV. Gregory^ b. June 16, 1804. 

V. Asa, b. Oct. 3, 1805. 

Mr. Adams settled on lot 16, range 2, about i793» 
and left town about 1807. It was afterwards owned by- 
John Pierce. 



Thomas Adams, 2*^, son of Daniel and Sarah (Clark) 
Adams, and grandson of Dea. Ephraim Adams, of New 
Ipswich, was born at Fitzwilliam, May 9, 1785 ; 
became a resident of JaflVey in i8o6. He settled on 
lot 17, range 4, and m. Sarah Sawtell, of Jaflrey. 
Capt. Adams was highly esteemed as a citizen, and held 
many offices of trust ; was town-clerk, selectman, 
superintending school committee, and for many years 
a distinguished teacher in the jDublic schools. When 
the rifle company was organized, he was chosen one 
of its officers, and afterwards its commander. They 
had a family of ten children, none of whom are now 
residents of the town. He d. Sept. 11, 1841, a. 56. 
His wife d. Oct. 25, 1828, a. 40. 

I. Cynthia, b. Oct. 20, 1808; m. Orford Capron, 
q. V. 

II. Thomas, b. Jan. 27, 1810; d. Dec. 7, 1834. 

HI. Ephraim, b. Nov. 15, 181 1 ; m. Catherine Cal- 
lahan ; r. in Nashua. 

IV. David Saiotell, b. Dec. 11, 1813 ; d. at Canton, 
Oct. 15, 1834; unm. 



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24 



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26 

27 

28 



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31 

32 

33 

34 



35 



V. James, b. Feb. 8, 1816; m. and re. to Eliza- 

bethtown, 111. 
VI. George, b. March 3, 1818 ; re. to Dorien, Ga. 

VII. Moses, b. Feb. i, 1820; m. Fanny Howe; and 
d. at Nashua, Feb. 8, 1850, leaving a son, 
John Qiiincy, b. Aug. 21, 1847 ' afterwards 
adopted by Orford Capron ; d. Oct. 23, 
1864, in the marine hospital at Portsmouth, 
N. H. 

VIII. Amos S., b. Jan. 30, 1823; studied medicine 
at Woodstock, Vt., and settled in Lynn, 
Mass. 

IX. Charles A., b. Aug. 17, 1824; r. in Lynn; is a 

teacher of music. 

X. Sarah 31., b. Sept. 18, 1826; r. in Nashville, 

N. H., 1S52. 



Capt. Samuel Adams was born in Boxford, Mass., 
Aug. 22, 1750. He was a son of Isaac and Mary 
(Wood) Adams. Removed with his father to Rindge, 
about 1772, and to Jafirey in 1778. The emigrant of 
this family was Robert, who resided in Ipswich, Mass., 
in 1635, afterwards in Salem and Newbury, and d. in 
1682. In 17731 Ji'ly I? Capt. Adams m. Lucy, dau. of 
Col. Eliphalet and Lucy (Peabody) Spoflbrd, of 
Boxford. He built the first meeting-house in Jaffrey ; 
was a Capt. of the militia and a soldier in the Revolu- 
tion. He d. of typhus fever, Feb. 21, 1813 ; his widow 
d. Feb. 23, of the same disease, and both were buried in 
the same grave. They had ten children. The two 
oldest were born in Rindge. 

I. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 10, 1775. Emigrated to 

Upper Canada. 
II. Isaac, b. Nov. 18, 1776.-}- 

III. Sally, b. Jan 28, 1779. Emigrated to Upper 

Canada, and d., 1854. 

IV. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 17S2.-I- 

V. Lucy, b. Jan. 23, 1785 ; m. Artemas Lawrence, 

q. V. 
VI. Polly, b. Jan. 5, 17S7 ; m. i'', Perley P. 
Burnam ; m., 2^, Joseph G. Swan, of 
Gilead, Me. 
VII. Israel, b. Jan. 27, 1790 ; m. Harriet Putnam ; r. 
in Danvers, Mass. ; d. Feb. 8, 1857. 



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38 

(30) 



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40 



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42 

43 
44 
45 
46 

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48 

49 



(32) 



VIII. 



IX. 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1 792 ; re. to Sacket's Harbor ; 
from thence to Upper Canada ; and d. Jan. 
21, 1S67. 

Betsy, b. March 24, 1794; m. Eliphas Chap- 
man, of Bethel, Me. ; d. Oct. 15, 1S47. 

Daniel, b. Aug. 19, 1796; re. to Watertown, 
N. Y., and was drowned. 



Isaac Adams m., i^', Deborah Twitchell, of Dublin, 
N. H. ; re. to Gilead, Me. Mrs. Adams, with her in- 
fant, was drowned in the Androscoggin river. M., 2^, 
Olive Wright, of Dublin. He d. Nov., 1848 ; his wid., 
Olive, d. April 22, 1856, a. 79. 

Children by first wife : 



I. EKphalet, b. Feb. — , 1801 ; d. 1803. 
II. Infant^ drowned 1803. 



Children by second wife : 

III. Eliphalet, b. Feb. 23, 1804. 

IV. Darius, b. April i, 1805. 
V. Samuel, b. Dec. 19, 1806. 

VI. Deborah, b. March 23, 1808. 
VII. Lucy, b. Jan. 9, 1810. 
viii. Aphia, b. Oct. 3, 1811. 

IX. Isaac, b. July 23, 1813. 
X. Israel, b. May 26, 1815. 

XI. Olive, b. 1 818. 



Samuel Adams m., 1°', Sally, dau. of Francis 
Wright, of Jaftrey ; m., 2*^, Eliza Learnard, of Dublin ; 
r. Watertown, N. Y. He d. Dec. 18, 1S54, a. 72; his 
wife, Sally, d. Aug. 19, 1837, a. 47. 

Children by first wife : 



1 




Albertype— Forbes Co., Boston. 



^y^fr^^^Uy/ ^yVo/^^ 



50 
51 

52 

53 
54 



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56 

57 
58 

59 

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6i 

62 

63 
64 

65 

(59) 

66 
67 
68 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 21/ 

I. Jbhti Wright^ b. Nov. 5, 18 16; m., 1846, Ber- 

intha Gowdy. 
II. Israel^ b. Nov. 12, 1818; m. Harriet Boynton. 

III. Artemas Z., b. Jan., 1821 ; m., i'*, Delilah 

Hill ; 2"*, Mary J. Adams. 

IV. Zucy, b. Sept. 3, 1822 ; m. Pierson H. Thurs- 

ton. 
V. Caroline Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1S26 ; m. Henry 
Andrews. 

Child by second wife : 

VI. Sarah E., b. Aug. 31, 1843 ; d. Sept. 7, 1845. 



Stephen Adams came from Ipswich, Mass., about 
1807 ; settled in school-district No. 5 ; m. Mehitable 
, and had children : 



I. Stephen^ b. at Ipswich ; m., Aug., 1813, Re- 
becca Chadwick, of Rindge. 

II. Isaac^h. 1794; m. Adelia, dau. of Capt. Ed- 
ward and Ruth Perkins, of Jaffrey ; d. May 
18, 1852. She d. July 28, 1864, a. 63.+ 

III. Jesse, b. 1796; d. Dec. 15, 1S63.-I- 



IsAAC Adams and wife, Adelia, had, — 

I. Edward Francis, b. May 25, 1825. 
II. Daniel PerJcins, b. March 8, 1827 ; m. Emily 
L., dau. of Edmund and Olive Burpee. 

III. Lysander Alonzo, b. July 5, 1829. 

IV. Stephen A. 
V. Andreio J. 

VI. Adelia M., b. 1838; m. George G. Bailey, Oct. 
21, 1859. 



Jesse Adams m. Ruth Perkins ; six children 

I. Joseph ^., b. 1830.-]- 
II. Sarah 31., b. 1832. 
HI. Alphofizo A., b. 1855. 



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74 
75 
76 

77 

78 
79 

So 



(75) 



IV. Austin 0., h. 1838; m. 
V. Roderick Ji., b. 1840. 
VI. Elizabeth A., b. 1846. 



Joseph A. Adams m., i^', Martha ; m., 2*^, 

Mrs. Roancy Pliimmer. 

(i) Edgar, b. 1857. (2) Everett F., b. 1862. (3) 
Elmer J., b. 1863. 



Austin O. Adams m. Sarah A. 



-. Two children 



(i) (^mce Ji:, b. 1871. (2) Willie 31., h. iS"] 2. 



Daniel Adams, b. at Cambridge, Mass., March 14, 
1768, was a son of Dea. Joseph Adams, a descendant 
of Henry, who emigrated from Devonshire, Enghind, 
in 1630. He m. Phebe Britton, b. Jan. 25, 1778 ; came 
to Jatirey about 1813, and purchased the farm of Dea. 
Eleazer Spotlbrd, wliich now comprises a hxrge part of 
East Jartrey. He afterwards sokl the same, and bought 
a farm of Amos MiUiken, near the Monadnock Mineral 
Spring. In 1840, he re. to Springtield, Vt., and d. 
April 3, 1S57. ^^'*^ ^'^'^ <^'- ^'^'^y 20, 1847. 

I. Phehe, b. March 18, 1794. 

II. Cynthia, b. April 14, 1796. 

HI. Daniel, b. May 22, 1798.-]- 

IV. Hannah, b. May 30, 1801 ; d. 



V. Hannah, b. Feb. 18, 1804; m. Jonathan 

Adams ; r. Chester, Vt. 
VI. Eranklin, b. April 7, 1805. 
VII. Louisa, b. Dec. 14, 1806; m. Enos Holmes; d. 

at Bertrand, Mich., Jan. 25, 1776, 
viii. Harriet, b. Dec. 14, 1817; m. Amos E. Buss, 
r. Oneida, Ohio. He d. at Springfield, Vt., 
April 3, 1857. S'^^ *^'-' -^^'^y 2°' ^^47- 



Daniel Adams m., i^*, Elmira, adopted dau. of Will- 
iam and Sally (Searle) Hodge ; m., 2'', Betsey Holmes ; 
re. to Springfield, Vt., and d. there. 



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86 



I. ^arah, h. ; m. Rev. Eleazer S. Foster, 

q. V. 
II. Caroline, b. at JaftVey ; m. Daniel Brown, of 

Springfield, Vt. 
III. Cynthia, b. at Jaftrey ; m. John M. Wales ; d. 

1874, a. 48. 



Nehemiah Adams came from Ipswich, Mass., about 
1S20; settled in school district No. 5 ; m. Lydia Benja- 
min ; had eight children. He d. Aug. 10, 1853 a i-i 
Mr. Adams was a member of the state convention for 
the revision of the constitution in 1850. 

(i) Augustus A., b. at Hartford, Vt. in 1829 

(2) George A b. Nov. 24, 1831 ; m. Josephine, 

dau. of Luther and Caroline Cutter, r Trov 

(3) Oscar JV., b. 1833. 

(4) Isaac M., b. 1835. 

(5) Helen Z., h. 1838. 

(6) Oren S., h. 1840. 

(7) Charles W., h. 1843. 

(8) Abbi/ F., b. 1845. 



Arad Adams, son of Israel Adams, who came from 
Andover, Mass., to Rindge in 1772, came to East Taf- 
fi-ey, and engaged for a time in trade. He m Ruby 
Hale, daughter of Emerson and Jemima (Foster) Hale 
and has two children. Mr. Adams d. at East Jaffrey! 

(i) Maria, b., June 35, 1840. 

(2) Lizzie, b. May 8, 1843 ; d. Jan., 1857. • 



Marshal C. Adams, son of Marshal Adams a de 
scendant of Oliver Adams, of Chelmsford, Mass' was 
b. at Rindge, May 23 1827 ; m., April 19, 1S53, Susan 
B. Patterson ; re. to Jaftrey, and settled on lot 1 range 
6, the old Gilmore place. Four children ; 

(i) Sarah Z., b. 181^9. 

(2) Susa7i E., b. 1 86 1. 

(3) Alice P., b. 1867. 

(4) George A., b. 1870. 



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BACON FAMILY. 



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Thomas Bacon emigrated from England to Ply- 
mouth, Mass. He d. April 11, 1749, a. 81 ; his widow 
d. April 17, 1759. 

His son, the Rev. Jacob Bacon, graduated at Har- 
vard college in 1731, studied divinity, and settled in 
Keene, N. H., Aug. 5, 1738. He was the first minister 
settled in that town. In i747 he was dismissed at his 
own request, without the usual formalities. A few days 
afterwards the town was abandoned by the inhabitants, 
through fear of the Indians, who soon burnt it. Mr. 
Bacon returned to Plymouth, and m., April 32, 1749, 
Mary , by whom he had five children : 



I. Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1750. 
II. Jacob, b. Aug. 25, 1751. 

III. Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1753 ; d. Aug. 6, 1753. 

IV. David, b. Aug. 24, 1754. 
V. Oliver, b. Oct. 28, 1755. -f- 

VI. Hannah, dau. of Thomas, m. Nathaniel 
Wight; d. Oct., 1754, a. 58. He d. April 

3' 1755- 



Oliver Bacon re. from Plymouth to Jaftrey, about 

. He first settled on lot 14, range 5, afterwards 

owned by Robert Harkness. He m. Mrs. Rebecca 

(Cummings), dau. of the Rev. Jewett, of Hollis ; 

d. March 25, 1835 ; his wid. d. June 35, 1843, a. 87. 
He was a lieutenant in the Revolution. They had five 
children : 



I. Jacob, b. Dec. 11, 17S6. -f- 
II. Mary, b. May 2, 17S8; d. Jan. 2, 1871 ; unm. 

III. Rebecca, b. May 20, 1790; d. March 23, 1876; 

unm. 

IV. Oliver, b. Dec. 2, 1792; killed by lightning, 

July 2, 1801. 
V. Jonathan Jewett, b. May 26, i795- 



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Jacob Bacon m. Betsey Sawyer, of Boothbay, Me. 
They had 4 children : 

I. Olioer, b. March 15, iSii.-}- 
II. 3Iartha,h. Jan. 2, 1S13 ; m. Stihnan Burpee, 
q. V. 

III. Charles, b. Oct. 16, 1814.-]- 

IV. Eebecca, b. Oct. 9, 1816; m., i^ June 16, 1846, 

Faxon Rice ; 2**, Zervia M. Smith. 
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JoNA. Jewett Bacon m. Sally, dau. of Samuel 
Patrick, Jr. : re. to Canada. Children : 

(i) Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 18x8. 

(2) Oliver Jewett, b. Jan. 16, 1821 ; m. (3) Eliza 
A. (4) Samuel. (5) Caroline. (6) Abi- 
gail. (7) Relief. 



Oliver Bacon m., June 11, 1840, Mary Ann, dau. 
of Jared Pratt. Had eight children. His wife d. Jan. 
18, 1867, a. 48 yrs., 11 mos., 16 dys. 

I. Henry, b. March 24, 1841. 

II. Frances A., b. Dec. 20, 1S43 ; d. June 23, 1865, 
a. 22 yrs., 6 mos., 5 dys. 

III. Stephen S., h. Dec. 31, 1844. 

IV. Sydney C, b. Oct. 10, 1846 ; d. March 12, 1848, 

a. 16 mos., 5 dys. 
V. C. Oliver, b. Sept. 13, 1848 ; d. Aug. 28, 1867, 

a. 18 yrs., 11 mos., 15 dys. 
VI. Clara A., b. Oct. 15, 1850; d. Feb. 3, 1871, a. 

20 yrs., 3 mos., 18 dys. 
VII. Adelia J., b. Aug. 23, 1852. 
VIII. Willie, b. Sept. 4, 1855. 



Charles Bacon m. Eliza J., dau. of James Leath- 
ers, of Peterboro' ; she d. Feb. 9, 1871, a. 50; m., 2"^, 
Mrs. Frances Bruce, dau. of Goodyear Bassett ; b. at 
Hancock, May 6, 1836; had by first husband, French 
Bruce, i child, Cora Bruce, b. May 9, 1869.* 

Children by first wife : 

I. Frank, b. May 13, 1846; d. Sept. i, 1848. 
II. Ahhy E., b. March 16, 1849; m- Oct. 6, 1872, 
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III. Burt^ b. Feb. 13, 1851. 

IV. Omar, b. Nov. 25, 1858; tl. Nov. 26, 1861. 
V. Hattie Jane, b. Nov. 7, 1855. 

VI. Fred. E., b. Sept. 2, 1858. 



BAILEY FAMILY. 

Jethro Bailey was the first man of the name who 
settled in town. His residence was south-west of Abra- 
ham Bailey's, near the road from Marlboro' to Rindge. 
At the annual meeting, 1774, he was chosen auditor of 
accounts ; in 1775, a member of the committee of inspec- 
tion. In 1777 ^^'^ name appears, for the last time, in 
the record of a transcript of a road running by his 
house. From whence he came or whither he went we 
have no knowledge. 



David Bailey, born in England, 17 16, came to this 
country with his brother Nathan and settled in Andover, 
Mass. ; married and had a family of nine children, four 
sons and five daughters. His sons were Oliver, who 
died in service during the French War, Abraham, 
David, and Oliver. Abraham was the first one of the 
family who came to Jaftrey, settled on lot 7? range 5, 
on the east part of which he built a saw-mill, and sold 
the west half to his father, who, after the death of his 
wife at Andover in 1775? came to JaftVey with his 
youngest son, Oliver, and an unmarried daughter, and 
settled on the premises. He d. Dec. 23, 1803, a. Zd. 

Abraham remained in town till 1780, when he sold 
his premises to John M. Coughran and removed to 
Keene, from thence to Vt. and Brookline, N. H., and 
died there. He was auditor of accounts and highway 
surveyor in 1778? ^^d in i779 ^^^ ^"^ ^^' ^ committee 
to average service in the war of the Revolution. The 
birth of one child, Ephraim, b. Nov. 23, 1777, appears 
on the town record of births. 

David Bailey, Jr., settled in town, and was highway 
surveyor in 17S4-5-6. He re. to Windsor, Vt., from 
thence to St. Louis, and d. there. 

Oliver, on reaching his majority, m. Polly, dau. of 
Capt. Joseph Perkins. She was born at Methuen, 
Mass., in 1771 ; d. Aug 27, 1861, a. 90. He d. Dec. 8, 
1S55, a. 88. 

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Oliver Bailey m. Polly Perkins, and settled on the 
homestead. Mr. Bailey was a successful farmer. He 
built a large mansion house on his farm, now in the 
possession of his son Abner, and grandson Clarence 
S. Bailey. They had eight children : 

I. Edward, b. Sept. 33, 1792.-I- 
II. Mary, b. May 8, 1794; m. Samuel Emery, Jr., 
q. V. 

III. Oliver, b. April 16, 1796.-}- 

IV. Abner, b. June 5, 1798. 

V. Almo?i, b. Jan. 31, 1801 ; m. Maria Stone, of 
Marlborough, and d. there Aug. 12, 1837; 

she m., 2^, . 

VI. Marinda, b. Oct. 30, 1804; m. David H. Gil- 
more, q. V. 

VII. Louisa, b. 1S09; <J- July 12, 1827. 

VIII. Elizabeth, b. 1816; m. Abner Gage; r. in Fitz- 

william ; has three children. 



Capt. Edward Bailey was a woollen manufacturer. 
His mill was located on the lot formerly owned by his 

uncle Abraham. His mill was burnt in , and he 

built another on the same stream lower down, and car- 
ried on the business of making carriages. He was a 
very worthy man, and was an early commander of the 
famous Rifle company. He m., i^', Nabby, dau. of Al- 
exander Milliken, Esq., Sept. 20, 1820; m.,•2^ Mrs. 
Sarah (Hayden) Perkins, of Fitzwilliam. His first 
wife d. Oct. 6, 1826, a. 24; he d. Jan. 6, 1871, a. "]%. 
His widow d. Nov. 29, 1877. 

Children by first wife : 

I. Alfred, b. May 11, 1823 ; d. Feb. 11, 1S27. 
II. Randall, b. Feb. 11, 1824; d. Jan. 27, 1825. 

Children by second wife : 

III. FrederickW., b. Aug. 15, 1833 ; m. Mary, dau. 

of Moses and Cozby (Cooledge) Perkins. 
She d. Dec. 8, 1867, leaving an infant 
daughter, Mary F., b. Dec. 8, 1867. He d. 
at Keene, April 27, 1870. [See College 
Graduates.] 

IV. Edward IL, b. ; m. Abbie A., dau. of 

Nathaniel and Mary Woodbury Cutter, 
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1. Henry Ilayden, b, July 15, 1870. 

2. Annie Laura, b. Oct. 1, 1871. 

Coi.. Oi.iVKR Bailey m. Deborah Perry, of Marl- 
borough, lie was a prominent man and a good citi- 
zen ; held many important offices ; was selectman, cap- 
tain of the Rifle company, and colonel of the Twelfth 
Regiment. He d. Dec. 7, 1862. They had eight 
children : 

I. Emily A., b. April i, 1822 ; m. Nehemiah Cut- 
ter, April 2, 1850, q. V. 
II. Infant, b. Sept. 28, 182S; d. Oct. 7, 1828. 

III. Lydia 0., b. Nov. 8, 1830; d.June 26, 1837. 

IV. Caleb P., b. March 16, 1835 ; d. June 8, 1839. 
V. Alonzo IC., b. March 26, 1835 ' •"'^- Alice Stone- 
hart, of Somerville, Mass., May 15, 1865. 

VI. Benjamin F., b. Nov. 8, 1841 ; d. Dec. 18, 

1 861. 
VII. tTosephW., b. Nov. 26, 1844; d.June 6, 1845. 
VIII. Mary P., b. Nov. 26, 1844. 



Col. Abner Bailey, now a resident of the home- 
stead of his father, like his brother has been a good 
farmer, and has had the distinguished honor of com- 
manding the famous Rifle company, and of being a 
lieutenant-colonel of the Twelfth Regiment. He m., 
i"*, Caroline, dau. of James and Nancy (Buss) Gilmore, 
by whom he had four children. She d. Sept. 18, 1835. 
M., 2'', Lydia Whitney, who d. March 7, 1872, a. 73. 

Children by first wife : 

I. Nancy, h. March 9, 1827; m., Sept. 15, 1847, 

Alonzo Farrah ; one child, — Frederick. 
II. Clarence S., b. Oct. 26, 1830; m., July 21, 
i860, Sarah E. Whitcomb ; two children, — 
Carrie E., b. Aug. 8, 1S66 ; Fannie E., b. 
Dec. II, 1871. 

III. Louisa, b. July 13, 1S33 ; m. Edwin Farrah ; 

one child. 

IV. George G., b. Sept. 10, 1835; m., Oct. 21, 

1859, Adelia M. Adams ; one child. 

Children by second wife : 

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VI. Almon Whitney, b. Aug. 6, 1843 ; d. in mili- 
tary service at New Orleans, June 22, 1863 ; 
Sixteenth Regiment, N. H. V. 

Isaac Bailey came from Lunenburgh, Mass., to 
JaftVey about 1778, and settled on lot 13, range 10. He 

m., i"', Mary , wlio d. Oct. 2, 1802, a. 72 ; m., 2^, 

Susanna , who d. April 22, 181 1, a. 80. He d. 

June 7, 181 2, a. 82. He was a soldier in the Revolution. 



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; m. Jona. Holt, Dec. 12, 17S2; 



re. to Maine ; five children. 

II. Betsey, b. ; m. Abel Hodgman : re. to 

Rabi. 

III. Hannah, b. ; m. Calvin Russell; re. to 

Maine. 

IV. Isaac, b. , 1757.-I- 

V. John, b. ; m., Nov. 8, 1797, Rebecca 

Wheelock. 



Isaac Bailey, Jr., settled on the farm with his 
father ; m., i^', Betsey Wheelock, 1789. who d. June 30, 
1801, a. 32; m., 2'', Hannah Stacey, who d. Sept. 3, 
1838, a. 74. He d. Sept. 20, 1826, a. 69. 

I. Betsey, m. Isaac Stratton. She d. April 9, 

1873, a. 85. 
II. Infant dau., d. March 9, 1790, a. 6 days. 

III. Jonathan, d. Oct. 4, 1S08, a. 17. 

IV. Folly, d. Nov. 19, 1810, a. 15. 



Benjamin Bailey came from Dublin to JaftVey 
about 1806 ; was a resident of the Thorndike farm 
1807, 1808, and 1809. I" 1801 he re. to school-district 
No. 10, and in 1816 re. to Bolton, Mass., and there d. 
He m. and had a numerous family. 

(i). Adam. (2) Dexter, re. to Bolton, Mass; a 
manufacturer of combs. (3) ^W6'^m, re. to 
Bolton, a comb manufacturer. (4) Sally, 
m. Gershom Twitchell ; r. Oxford, Mass. 
(5) Andrew. (6) Abigail, m. Samuel 
Twitchell, Jr., of Dublin. Two children, — 
Caroline and Maria; m., 2'', Samuel Pat- 
rick. (7) Betsey, m. Joel Joslin, of Leom- 
inster, Mass. (8) Lucinda, m. Jonas 
Pierce. (9) Roxana, m. Joseph Pierce, of 
Leominster, Mass. (10) Lucretia. 

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Epiiraim K. Bailey (Rev,), was installed pastor of 
the Baptist church, East Jaffrey, June, 1846 ; dismissed 
at his own request in i86i ; and d. Jan. 4, 1868, a. 60. 
The society and church were greatly prospered under 
his pastoral charge, increasing both in means and num- 
bers. He m. Amanda L., dau. of Phineas and Elsie 
(Munroe) Spencer, of Spencertown, N. Y. Two chil- 
dren : 

I. Spencer X., b. Oct., 1829; m. Martha (Ryan) 
Prescott ; r. Fredonia, N. Y. One child, — 
Annie, b. July 20, 1857. 

II. Eliza Ann, b. March 10, 1833 ; m. Charles H. 
»» Powers. 



BAKER FAMILY. 

Richard Baker was b. in Concord, Mass., April 8, 
1729; m. and d. at Westminster, Mass., Dec, 1807. 

Bezaleel, his son, was b. Jan. 4, 1768, at Westmin- 
ster ; m. Abigail Wood ; re. to Marlborough ; d. Oct. 
I, 1849, a. 81 yrs., 9 mos. 

Ezra, his son, b. Feb. 27, i799' '^* Caroline, dau. of 
Levi Adams, of Townsend, Mass., b. Nov. 11, 1S04; 
re. to JaftVey in 1826; settled on lot 7, range 8; had 
two children. 

I. Milton, b. July 23, 1830. 

II. Mahala, b. Aug. 15, 1833 ; m. George A. Un- 
derwood. 



Asa Baker, a brother of Ezra, was b. in Marl- 
borough, Feb. 24, 1803 ' '^- Hannah Moore, by whom 
he had three children. She d., and he m., 2*^, Adaline 
Plummer. He settled first in Marlborough, and in 
1837 re. to Jaftrey, and settled on lots 2 and 3, range 
9, known as the Perkins farm. He d. Oct. 12, 1869. 

I, Sumner A., b. , 1834 ; r. Keene. 

II. Edwin C, b. , 1843 ' ^'- Fitzwilliam. 

III. Elliot Webster, b. , 1S47 ' ''• Antrim. 



BALLOU FAMILY. 

I Seth D. Ballou came from Richmond to JafiVey in 
1847, and settled on lot 9, range 7 ; m. Cynthia, who d. 
Jan. 7, 1852, a. 33 ; he m., 2^, Mrs. Rebecca B., widow 
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I. Harmy E., d. Sept. lo, iS66, a. 13. 
II. Clara 6\, b. 1850; m. Edwin G. Briant, 1S68. 

BALDWIN FAMILY. 

Henry Baldwin is said to have emigrated from 
Devonshne. England, about 1640. He settled in Wo- 
burn, Mass. ; became a distinguished citizen and free- 
man of the colony in 1652. He m., Nov. i, 1649, 
Phebe Richardson, who d. Sept. 13, 1716, a. 84. He 
d. Feb. 14, 1697. They had eleven children, -five 
sons and six daughters. 

Isaac Baldwin, 4th gen., settled ii-^Jaftiey, on lot iq, 
range 4, afterwards the residence of John Butters, whose 
house was burnt in 1794, with four 3f his children— now 
uninhabited. His name is among the list of higliway 
surveyors in 1777 and 1778 ; was on a committee dioseri 
to divide the town into school-districts in 1779 When 
the church was incorporated in 1780, Isaac Baldwin and 
wite were members. 



Jacob Baldwin, son of Jacob and Betsey (Lewis) 
Baldwni^ came from Billerica, Mass., to JaflVey^ about 
1779. He settled on lot 18, range 5. He ni Sallv 
dau. of Lieut. William and Jane (Wright) Turner, who 
d. Aug^25 1818, a. 52. He d. Oct. 13, 1844, a. 84. 

Mr. Baldwin was an upright, industrious man, high- 
ly respected by his fellow-citizens. Eleven childreni 

3 I L Sallxj, b. May 31, 1784; m. Nathan Button, 

I T-. "l- ""• 

4 I II. Etizaheth, b. Mar. 7, 1786 ; m. Peletiah Brooks ; 
I r. Acton. 



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' same year. ' 

IV. Polly b. Sept. 22, 1791; m., Dec. 14, 1813, 
Nath. Watts, of Peterborough, who was ac- 
cidentally killed while blasting rocks in a 
well of Joab Eveleth's, of Dublin. 

V. William Turner, b. Dec. S, 1793 -f 
VI. Cyyithia, b. Feb. 6, 1796; m. Gershom Fay ; 

c' •:; T..^?^^' ""^ Hudson; 3^ Hugh 

Smith, of Hudson. 
VII. Joanna h.]n\y 24, 1798; d. 1S69, at Ogdens- 

burgh, N.Y. ; unm. 
VIII. Jacob b. June 14, 1800; m. Martha P. Bruce 
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Jacob Rohbins, q. v. 

X. Rachel, b. May iS, 1804; m. Simeon vS. David- 

son, q. V. 
XI. Benjamin Leyns, b. Nov. 25, 1811 ; m. Rosa- 
line French, clau. of Daniel French. 

WiLMAM Turner Baldwin m., Nov., 1825, Char- 
lotte Felch, of Francestown ; r. Hudson ; d. Jan 26, 
1869. Children : 

I. William I^excis, b. in Watertown, Mass. ; m. 

; r. Peterborougli. 

II. John Fay, b. in Watertown ; m. Eliza Lund ; 
r. Nashua. 

III. Charlotte Aiigufita, b. in Newton, Mass. ; m. 

N. II. Wood ; r. Nasliua ; two children. 

IV. Austris liroicn, b. in JaMVey ; m. E. O. Wood ; 

r. Nashua ; four children. 
V. Sarah Loring, b. in JaHVcy ; m. L. W. Conant ; 

r. Medford ; three childien. 
VI. Jacob FranJdin, b. in Hudson : d. young. 



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Daniel and Rebecca (Fletcher) French. 



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William Lewis Baldwin m. Elizabeth Johnson, of 
Greenfield ; b. , 1S29 ; r. Peterborough ; one child. 

I. Florence A., b. in Boston ; m., Feb. 13, 1879, 
George W. Longley, of Peterborough. 



James Adams Baldwin, son of Abial, and grandson 
of David, b. in Pepperell, Mass., March 10, iSii ; m. 
Catherine Woodworth Mead, b. in Richmond, Va., 
Dec. 27, 1816; r. Hinsdale, Dublin, and JatlVey. 

I. Sarah J^nena., b. March 22, 1S39; ^' Charles 
A. Willard ; r. Ashburnham, Mass. ; one 
child. 

II. Ellen Symira, d. May, 1816, in Hinsdale. 

III. Eliza Clark, b. Jan. 16, 1843, in Llinsdale. 

IV. Emily Fiske, b. Dublin, June 8, 1845 ; m. Geo. 

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V. Charles Alpha, b. in Dublin, Jan. 30, 1848; 

m. Maria L. Hodge, Feb. 23, 1874; one 

child. 
VI. Lucy Harriet, b. in Dublin, Dec. 6, 1865 ; m. 

George L. Rice, son of Laban and Esther 

(Cutter) Rice, of JatiVey, q. v. 
VII. James Appleton.h. in Dublin, Sept. 11, 1855; 

r. JartVey. 



Elbridge Baldwin, brother of James A,, b. in Pep- 
perell, Mass., Oct. 16, 1812; m. Mary, dau. of Levi 
and Hannah (Mullen) Fisk ; r. in Dublin, Claremont, 
and Jaftrey ; a cooper by trade. 

His son, John Elbridge Fisk, b. July, 1S42, m. Hat- 
tie, dau. of Col. Charles W. and Abigail Gowing 
Pierce, of Dublin. 

I. Charles E., b. April 28, 1865. 
II. Mary A., b. March 9, 1867 ; d. same month. 

III. Edwin P., b. Jan. 4, 1S69. 

IV. Almon A., b. Oct. 15, 1870. 
V. Carl F., b. July 30, 1872. 

VI. Mark E., b. March 22, 1874, 
VII. Clarabel, b. Nov. 19, 1875, 



THE BALDWIN APPLE. 

The discovery of the fomous Baldwin apple was 
made by Col. Laomi Baldwin, a distinguished citizen 
of Woburn, great grandson of Henry, the emigrant. 
While engaged in surveying land in Wilmington, he 
observed a tree, on the laud of James Butters, much fre- 
quented by woodpeckers. Curiosity led him to exam- 
ine tlie tree, and he found thereon apples of excellent 
flavor. The next spring he took from it scions to engraft 
into stocks of his own. Others in his neighborhood 
did the same, till the apple was extensively cultivated. 
Some named the apple, from the locality of the tree, 
Butters's apple ; others, from the birds who caused the 
discovery, Woodpecker apples ; till one day, at an en- 
tertainment of friends at the house of Col. Baldwin, 
it was suggested that the name " Baldwin apple," in 
honor of the discoverer, was the most appropriate, and 
it has since been known by his name. The original 
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BASCOM FAMILY. 

Alonzo Bascom, son of Shubael Bascom, was born 
in Hinsdale, N. H., Sept. 13, 181 3 ; m., Sept. 5, 1837, 
Clarissa Keith, and settled in Palmer, Mass. ; re. to JaflVey 
in the spring of 1S44. His wife d. Feb. 29, 1856. M., 
2^, Ann J., dau. of Joseph and Sarah D. (Parker) 
Joslin, who d. Jan. 4, 1861, a. 31. Mr. Bascom pm- 
chased the old cotton factory, made additions, and 
afterwards bonght the Cheshire fiictory, and for many 
years mannfactnred bine cotton drilling When the 
war broke out, he became a large dealer in cotton, 
which enabled him, by the increase of his wealth, to 
build the large cotton mill now owned by the White 
brothers. As a man of enterprise, Mr. Bascom had no 
superior in town. When he settled there, business was 
at a stand-still. By his industry and enterprise he 
gave it new life, and it has since grown up into a large 
and flourishing village, dignfied by the name of East 
JaflVey. In the midst of his progress, by a sudden 
stroke of paralysis, he d., Sept. 24, 1873. Children by 
his first wife : 

I. Alonzo Fernando, b. at Palmer, July 20, 1838 ; 
m., Dec. 5, 1861, Lucy L. Searle ; d. March 
2, 1865 ; I dau., Clara E., b. Oct. 16, 1S63. 

3 II. Clarissa Eudora, b. Sept. 18, 1840; m. Samuel 
G. Smith. Kate A., b. Sept. 6, 1S64; 
Dexter M., b. May 9, 1868. 

4 III. Marcellvs Miguel^ b. at JaflVey, June 24, 1844; 
m., Feb. 10, 1866, Sarah J. Houston; i ch., 
Alonzo Fernando, b. Jnly 30, 1S68; d. 
March 13, 1870. 



BATCHELDER FAMILY. 

Samuel Batchelder, from Beverly, Mass., came to JaflVey 
at the close of the Revolution, and removed to New Ipswich in 
1785, engaged in the business of a baker, and was also employed 
in trade. After the turnpike was built, in iSoo, he erected and 
kept a public house, long and extensively known as l^atch- 
elder's Inn. His children were Samuel, b. at JaflVey, 17^4 ' 
Peter, b. at New Ipswich, 1786; Betsey, b. 1789, m. Moody 
Adams: William, b. 1791, d. 1811 ; Nancy, b. 1793, ni. Rev. 
Phineas Pratt ; Mary, b. 1797, m. Silas Wheeler; Serena, b. 
1800, m. Joel Parker; Fanny, b. 1804, m. Rev. J. Brown. 
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Samuel Batcheldev, his son, was b. in Jaffrey, June 8, 1784? 
received his education at the New Ipswich academy, and was 
early employed in the store of his father. In 1804, at the age of 
twenty, lie opened a store on his own account in Peterborough, 
remained there two years, and then returned to New Ipswich, 
and was there engaged in the same business. In 1812 his store 
and goods were destroyed by fire ; he, however, built another, 
and continued in trade till about 1826, when he removed to 
East Chelmsford, now Lowell, Mass. While in New Ipswich, 
in iSoS, he purchased an interest in the second cotton factory, 
and became the most active manager. In Lowell, under his 
directions, the foundations were laid and the structures erected 
that constituted the Hamilton Manufacturing Corporation. In 
1831, he, with others, purchased the site of a cotton mill at 
Saco, which had been destroyed by fire. He took charge of 
the mills which were there erected, and was instrumental in 
building up that city. Later he was connected with the mills 
at Lawrence, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H. In 1855, he again 
took charge of the York mills, and continued treasurer and man- 
ager of them and of the Everett mills at Lav/rence, until after his 
eightieth year. In 1846, having secured an ample competence, 
he removed to Cambridge with the intention there to spend 
the remainder of his useful life in quietude and retirement. 
But the manufacturing enterprise at Lawrence was projected ; 
he became one of the proprietors, and was soon after engaged 
in that enterprise. He held the office of director in many 
corporations, and was treasurer of the Portsmouth mills until 
1855, when he again took charge of the York mills, and he has 
since been treasurer and manager of them, as well as the 
Everett mills at Lawrence. 



BATES FAMILY 

Joseph Bates (Lieutanant), re. from Westford, 
Mass., to New Ipswich in 1751? ''c- from thence to 
Jafirey about 1778 ! was a member of the committee of 
inspection that year. He was also a member of the 
same committee in 1775, at New Ipswich. He was a 
lieutenant in the Revolution, and was at Saratoga when 
Burgoyne surrendered. He was a prominent business 
man, and held most of the important offices in the 
gift of the town. He settled on lot 17, range 3, since 
owned by Jacob Jewell, Dea. Isaac S. Russell^and Sol- 
omon Garfield, the present occupant. He re. to N. Y. 
state in 1801. He m., 2*^ wife, Mary Davis, Dec. 12, 
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I. Sarahs b. June, 1768; m. Alexander Ernes, of 
Dublin. She d. Dec. 18, 1787, and was 
buried in the old burying-yard in Jaflrey, 
leaving a dau., Sally, who m. Farnum Fisk, 
r., Potsdam, N. Y. She d. Sept. 12, 1838. 

II. Hannah, b. ; m. Lieut. Daniel Emery, 2^ 

wife. 

III. Joseph, b. ; m. April 7, 1795. Lucy, dau. 

of Job Dodge; had ch., (i) John. m. Su- 
san Kidder, r. Potsdam, N. Y. 

IV. Samuel, m. June 21, 1810, Jenny, dau. of Capt. 

Moses Cutter, r. Bradford ; d. June, 1854. 
She d. Oct. 14, 1838. 

V. Peter, b. ; m. Elizabeth Milliken, of 

Sharon. -f- 

VI. Nancy, b. ; m., April 21, 1803, Alexander 

Milliken, of Sharon. 
VII. Isaac, b. . 



Peter Bates m., Nov. 24, 1793, Elizabeth, dau. of 
Samuel Milliken, Esq., of Sharon ; re. to Potsdam, N. 
Y., in 1808. Children: (i) Elizabeth, b. Dec. 22, 
1794. (2) Peter, b. June 5, 1796. (3) Oliver, b. 
Aug. 31, 1797. (4) Martha, b. Sept. 30, 1799. (5) 
Sarah Ernes, b. April 17, 1801. (6) James Milliken, 
b. March 2, 1803. (7) Harriet, b. July 17, 1805. 
(8) Phebe Powers, b. April 7, 1807. 

Benjamin Bates was sealer of weights and measures, 
1783 ; Last tax, 1801. 

John Bates was a resident of Jaflrey, 1814 to 1826, 
inclusive ; had a large family, but left no record of 
births. 



BELKNAP FAMILY. 

JosiAH Belknap came to JaftVey previous to 1791 ; 
was a clothier by trade ; settled on lot — , range — . 
He m., June 14, 1791, Sarah, dau. of Dea. William and 
Sarah (Robinson) Smiley; r. in Jaflrey till 1S18, when 
he re. to Springfield, Vt., and d. there, April 27, 1845, 
a. 85. His wid. d. Feb. 20, 1846, a. 82. 

Rev. Appleton Belknap was pastor of the Baptist 
church from 1835 **^ ^^45, when he re. to Lyme, N. H. 
I child : 

Fenelon, who m., Oct. 6, 1847, Mary, dau. of Or ford 
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BIGGELOW FAMILY. 
Nathaniel, of Framingham, m. and had children : 

I. e/oAn, b. ; m. ; r., Marlborough, N. H. 

II. Isaac, b. ; m. Nancy, sister of Capt. John 

Joslin, of JaftVey. 

III. David, b. ; m. Candace Hale, of Leomin- 

ster, Mass ; settled in Framingham, Mass. 

IV. Nathaniel, b. May 26, 1789.-1- 

V. Perkins, b. Feb. 35, 1791.-I- 

VI. Susan, b. ; m. John Barker; d. in Boyl- 

ston, Mass. 
VII. Dexter, h. ; m. Lydia Brigham, of Marl- 
boro', Mass. 
VIII. Josiah, b. Sept., 1798; m. Exion Patterson.-j- 



Nathaniel Biggelow m., Feb. 8, 1814, Catherine, 
dau. of Phineas and Tabitha (Hartwell) Tyler, of 
Leominster, wlio for a number of years resided in Jaf- 
frey, in the service of Dea. Eleazer Spoftbrd. He d. in 
Leominster, Mass., in 1847, a. Si ; his wid. in 1S50, a. 
81. In 1814 Mr. Biggelow re. to Marlborough, N. H., 
in 1818 to Leominster, and in 1S23 to Jaftrey. He d. 
July 28, 1876, a. 87 yrs., 2 mos., 8 dys. His wife d. 
Dec. 18, 1867, a. 74. Children: 

I. Perkins, b. Nov. ii, 1814; settled first in 
Keene, afterwards in Marshfield, Ohio; was 
mayor of that place when it was made a 
city. He is now engaged in the drug busi- 
ness. He m. and has two children. 
II. Catherine, b. March 29, 1817 ; m. June 2, 1841, 
William, son of William and Mary (Sweet- 
zer) Carter, q. v. 
III. Joseph Tyler, b. Sept. 1=;, 1819, at Leominster; 
m. Mary C. Barker,^of Hancock, N. Y.+ 



Perkins Biggelow m. Relief, dau. of Samuel and 
Sarah (Davidson) Patrick ; she d. May 14, 1845, a. 42 ; 
m., 2^, May 18, 1846, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and 
Mary (Wright) Crombie, of Rindge. He d. Jan. 16, 
1877, a. 85 yi's., 10 mos., 21 dys. 

I. Laura, d. Sept. 6, 1843, a. 16. 
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JosiAH l^KKjiu.ow m. Exion Patterson, and settled in 
JailVey, on lot 14, ranoe 8, the John French farm. He 

afterwards re. to Framingham, and in returned to 

Jartrey, In he re. to Foxboro, Mass., and d. Nov. 

22, 1870, a. 72. His wid. is now (1S78) living in that 
place. Ciiildrcn : 



1. Adelia, b. 
II. Jerome, b. 



Oliver P. Prescott, q. v. 



Joseph T. Biggei.ow m. Mary C, dau. of Sherman 

Barkei, of Hancock ; r. first, East Jattrey ; in he 

re, to Jaflrey, and is now (1878) engaged in trade in 
that place; a man highly respected. Children: 

A teacher in the 
A teacher in 



I. Carrie E., b. Aug. 21, 1S55 

public schools. 
11. Georgie A., b. Aug. 26, 1859. 

the public schools. 
III. Jane 31., b. July 28, 1867. 



BILLINGS FAMILY. 

Paul II. Billings came from Lincoln and settled in 

East Jafirey about 1824 ;• m. Rachel , who d. Nov. 

28, 1870, a. So. He d. June 30, 1S71, a. 79. 

I. Christina, b. 1S21 ; m., 1841, Lewis L. Pierce, 

q. V. 
II. Elizabeth, b. 1825. 
III. George T., b. 1835. 



BLODGETT FAMILY. 

Jonathan Bi.odgett was a descendant of Thomas 
Blodgett, who emigrated from London, England, and 
settled in Cambridge in 1635; was a glover; m. 

Susanna , and had four children: (i) Daniel. (2) 

Samuel. (3) Susanna. (4) 27i07nas, who d. young. 

Samuel settled in Woburn, and became a distin- 
guished citizen of that place. 

Jonathan m. Molly Fitch, of Bedford, Mass., came to 
Jaffiey previous to 1777, and settled on lot 15, range 8. 

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in. Thaddeus, b. Dec. 24, 1762; d. Nov., 1807, 

iiiim. 
IV. Charlotte, b. April 14, 1769; m. David Lacy. 
V. Joseph, b. Oct. 14, 1770. 



Jonathan Blodgett m. Susannah ; r. Rock- 
ingham, Vt., Jaftrey, and Bethel, Me. 

I. Joseph, b. ; re. to Me.-[- 

II. Ltike, b. ; settled in Marlborough, N. H. 

III. Sally, b. . 

IV. Nathan, b. Nov., 1792.-I- 



JosEPH Blodgett m. Betsey, dau. of John and 
Priscilla French; d. May 28, "1842, a. 71. She d. 
Dec. 19, 1852, a. 82. 

I. Lucinda, b. Aug. 26, 1798; m. Hial Stebbins, 

of Winchester. 
II. Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1800; d. Sept. 11, 1805. 

III. Martin, d. Oct. 17, 1843, a. 38. 

IV. Elizabeth, d. July 21, 1S24, a. 16. 



Nathan Blodgett m. Roancy, dau. of Daniel and 
Rebecca (Fletcher) French, Oct. 9, 1815. She d. 
March 4, 1826, a. 29. He m., 2'*, Electa, dau. of 
Eliphalet and Hepsibah (Norton) Johnson, of Jaftrey, 
Oct. 18, 1827. He d. Oct. 24, 1S43, a. 51. 

I. Fletcher, b. April 5, 1816; m. ; r. Gardner, 

Mass. 
II. Sumner, b. Dec. 9, 181 7 ; m. ; r. Glover, Vt. 

III. Timothy, h. Dec. 28, 1823; r. Jaftrey ; unm. 

IV. Lorenzo, b. July 6, 1825 ; r. Fitchburg, Mass. 

Children by second wife : 

V. Sarah, b. Oct. 24, 1828 ; d. May 24, 1863 ; 

u n m . 
VI. Marii Ann Harper, b. March 5, 183 1 ; m. G. 
W. Todd, Jr., of Rindge; d. Dec. 28, 1864. 
One ciiild, — Frank F., d. Sept. 30, 1864, a. 
3 mos, 4 days. Mr. Todd has distinguished 
himself as a teacher in some of the leading 
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gett. Children : 

(i) Fred Johnson, b. June 5, 1856. (3) 
Alice Louisa, b. Sept. 13, 1S59. (S) 
Henry Lincoln, b. April 28, 1861. (4) 
Mabel, b. June 17, 1S63. 
M., 2*^, S. Villa'Hudson, of Templeton, Mass. 
VIII. Emily M., b. Aug. 34, 1834; d. April 7, 1862, 
unm. 
IX. Edwiti, b. Oct. 10, 1837 ' ^^' Nov. 23, same 
year. 



BRADLEY FAMILY. 

Oscar H. Bradley, m. d., was b. in Vermont in 
1S26; came to Jaftrey about 1851 ; settled at East Jaf- 
frey, as a physician, that year. In 1853 he m. Julia 
A. Spaulding, dau. of Daniel and Lucinda (Perkins) 
Spaulding, of Fitzwilliam, and has two children: 

I. D. Edward^ b. 1863 : now a member of Dart- 
mouth college. 
II. Mark F., b. 1868. See p. 104. 



BRIANT FAMILY. 

Kendall Briant came from Pepperell, Mass., to 
Jaffrey, and settled on lot 14, range 4, at an early date. 
The farm remained in possession of his descendants till 
the death of Col. George Briant, in 1865. It is now 
(1873) the farm of Samuel D. Jewell. 

VVhen the first church was incorporated, Mr. Briant, 
wife, and son John, were members. He m. Mary Mar- 
tin, who d. March 17, 1794, a. 84 yrs., 2 mos., 19 dys. 
He d. Nov. 30, 1797, a. 88 yrs., 8 mos., 13 dys. His 
two sons, Jolm and Thomas, settled in Jaftrey. 

John settled on the homestead with his father, and m. 
Lucy, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Martin) Lawrence, 
of Groton and Pepperell, Mass. He d. March 14, 1800, 
a. 49 yrs., 8 mos. His widow d. Nov. 11, 1S17, a. 70. 
Had children : 

I. Anna, b. Feb. 2, 1777 ; m. David, son of James 
Houghton, March 3, 1798; re. to Albany, 
N. Y. ; r. in Jaftrey, lot 9, range 6. 
II. Lucy, b. Jan. 17, 17S1 ; m. William S. Kim- 
ball, Aug. 39, 1797 ; re. to Chester, Vt. 



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III. Dorcas, b. Sept. 11, 17S2 ; m. Moody Law- 

rence, Sept., 1805, 'i' ^* 

IV. Johfi, b. May 11, 17S5.-I- 

V. Polli/, b. March 9, 1787; m. Samuel B. W. 

Wessell, June, 1S08. 
VI. Sally, b. Jan. 11, 1790; m. Robert Goff, q. v. 



John Briant m. Sally Poor, Feb. 24, 1807 ' ^'- ^" 
the homestead, and d. July 18, 1843. His widow d. 
June I, 1S71, a. 82. Had children: 

I. Sarah, m. Jonas Pierce ; r. Marlborough and 

state of IS'Iaine. 
II. Edmund, b. 1808; m. Eliza; last tax, 1S50.-I- 

III. Luke, d. Sept. 24, 1861, a. 44; m. Mrs. Eme- 

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V. John Jay, b. 1817; paid taxes, 1838. 



Edmund Briant m. Eliza ; r. on the home- 
stead ; had four children b. in JatlVey. Mr. Briant re. 
from town about 1850. 

I. Caroline A.,h. , 1832. 

II. Benjamin F., b. , 1835. 

III. John T., b. , 1842. 

IV. Edward G., b. 1849. 



Luke Briant m. Mrs. Emeline Alger. Seven chil- 
dren, — two d. young. 

I. Mary Ann, b. 1850; m. Porter. 

II. Peter, b. 1851. 

III. Ermina. 

IV. Child, d. Oct. 17, 1753, a. 3 days. 
V. Child, d. Sept. 10, 1S55. 

VI. Martha, b. 1857 5 ^- 1S74. 
VII. Kendall, b. 1859. 

George Briant (Col.) m. Elvira E., dau. of John 
and Polly (Page) Hodge. 

I. George Edioin, b. April i, 1848; m., 1868, 
Clara C, dau. of Seth D. Ballon. One 
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Thomas Briant, son of Kendall, was fence-viewer 
in 17S6. Daniel Chandler, his son, a blacksmith by 

trade, m. Elizabeth , who d. Nov. 24, 17S6. Two 

children : 

1. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1784. 
II. Sa7-ah, h. Nov. 19, 17S6. 

Thomas Briant paid taxes i793-'94. 



Samuel Briant m. Eunice 



One child, 



Polly, b. at Rutland, Nov. 21, 17S7. He paid taxes, 
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Reuben Briant received two orders for keeping 
school, March, 1790, in the north-east district; had 
his taxes abated in 1794. 



BRIG HAM FAMILY. 

Thomas, the ancestor of the Brigham family, was b. in 
England in 1603 ; emigrated to this country in 1635 ; settled in 
Watertown, and was admitted freeman in 1639; '^^- J^^i^iy 
Hurd, b. in England, and d. in 1653, leaving five children, — 
three sons and two dauiiliters. 



Alphhus Brigham came to JaftVey previous to 
1775 ; was chosen deer-reeve that year ; settled on lot 4, 
range 10, the farm now owned by Jonathan Page. He 
was a prominent man in town atVairs, lield the various 
town oltices, and was a member of many important 
committees. He m. Lvtlia , and had six children. 



I. Asaph, b. June 3, 1765. 
II. Wn'</ht, b. June 23, 176S. 

III. ^i/lra/ius, b. Feb. 10, 1771. 

IV. Abel, b. July 31, 1773. 

V. Joseph, b. May 2, 1777 ; m. Polly Dutton, May 

30, 1796. 
VI. Lydia,h. April i3, 17S2; m. Jedediah Foster^ 
June 7, 1S07. 



Roger Brigha'm, b. atWestborough, Feb. 28, 1762; 
came to J'^rt'ev previous to i793 ! p^iid tax that year; 
settled on lot 18, range 3 ; m. Elizabeth Rich, of Truro. 
He d. Nov. 18, 1837, a. 75. She d. Sept. 3, 1S50, 
a. S3. 



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I. Sally, h. at Philipston, Sept. 9, 1790; m. Joel 
6. Patrick, q. v. 

10 II. jEli,h. Oct. 19, 1792; m. Abigail Russell, of 
Dublin ; r. Macdonough, N. Y. 

11 III. Xora, b. June 27, 1795; m. ; r. Dunbarton. 

12 IV. Uexter, b. April 30, 179S; d. July 6, 1800. 

13 V. Betsey, h. July 6, 1806; m. Charles Lincoln, 
Sept. 17, 1S35. He d. Oct. 7, 1859, a. 60. 
Two children : 

14 I. Rohanna, d. Feb. 13, 1865, a. 28. 

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Asa Brigham came to JaftVey about 1815 ; his name 
was on the tax-list that year. He purchased the tavern 
stand previously owned by Jacob Danforth. The tav- 
ern was burnt Dec. 16, 1S16, and rebuilt the following 
year. Mr. Brigham was an inn-keeper, merchant, and 
tailor. In consequence of his loss by fire he failed in 
business, and left town in 1818. He m. Elizabeth 
Swift. One child, b. in JaftVey : 

I. Benjamin Bice, b. April 21, 1815. 



Levi E. Brigham came to JaftVey about 1863 ; set- 
tled on the farm previously owned by John Felt; and 
left town 1873 ; m. Ann J. . Children : 

I. Edwin L., b. , 1852. 

II. Daind W., b. , 1S55. 

III. Ellen J., b. , 1857.' 

IV. Isadore, b. , 1859. 

V. Dolly A., b. , 1861. 

VI. Lizzie J., b. 1863. 
25 I VII. Child, d. June 15. 1S68, a. i yr. 

BROOKS FAMILY. 

Joseph Brooks came from to JaftVey about 

1776. He settled on lot 8, range 4, near the mountain ; 

m. Abigail , and had seven children. In 1S16 

he re. to Dublin, and d. Dec, 1S16. 

2 I. Jonas, b. Jan. 27, 1772.4- 

3 II. Abigail, b. ; m. Joseph Tilton, Nov. 23, 

1S02. 

4 III. Mehitable, b. , 1779 ; m. Samuel Pierce, Jr., 

March 25, 1806. 

5 IV, Esther, b. March 20, 1780; m. Simeon Holt, 
of Wilton, March 12, 1801. 



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Rhoda, b. March 3, 1782 ; m. William Yeardly, 

Dublin : d. April 5, 1837. Nine children. 
JBetKy^h. ; m. Abraham Spoftbrd ; re. to 



Jefferson county, N. Y. ; d. Oct. 28, 1843 
vii. e/bse^;iA/ baptized. No date given. 



Jonas Brooks settled near the homestead of his 
father; m. Mary Tilton ; b. in East Sudburv. Jan. 23, 
1777. He re. to Dublin in 1816; to Marlborough in 
1840; d. Dec. 32, 1842. 

I. Mary TF!, b. Nov. 7, 1800; m. Rolan Farnum, 
of Dublin, Nov. 13, 1828. Five children ; 
two sons, three daughters. 
11. John, b. Nov. 21, 1803; m. Adeline Twitchell, 
of Dublin, June 12, 1827. Three children; 
one son, two daughters. 

III. Rebecca T., b. Dec. i, 1S05 ; m., i", Minot 

Haywood, of Dublin, Dec. 19, 1S25 ; 2*^, 
Wm. B. Powers. Re. to Royalton, Vt. 

IV. Ebenezer A., b. Dec. i, 1810; m. Henrietta 

Breed, of Petersham, Mass., 1833. 
V. Elizabeth D., b. March 14, 1814. 
VI. (Tofias H., b. July 10, 1S15 ; m. Julia Foster, of 

Fitzwilliam. 
VII. Joseph, b. Oct. 14, 1822 ; m. Eliza A. B. Hurl- 
burt ; r. Nashua. 



BROWN FAMILY. 

Caleb Brown came to Jaftrey, and settled in school- 
district No. 5, in 1803; left town in 1809; r. Chester- 
field, N. H. 

I. Caleb. II. Jeriisha. iii. Ilopstill. iv. Dolly, 
m. Simon Warren, r. Woodstock, Vt. v. 
George, vi. Amelia, vii. Sukey, b. March 
13, 1804. 



Nathaniel Brown, and wife, Lydia P., in town, 
1849. He was b. 1779; his wife, 1784. Left town 
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Robert Brown, in town, 1842-1856; d. Nov. 22, 
1873, a. 72. Mary Ann, his wife, d. July 9, 1866, a. 59. 
James T., b 1841 ; m. Celina , b. 1848. Children : 

I. Edith J., b. 1870. 
II. George B., b. 1872. 



BUCKLEY FAMILY. 

John Buckley was b. in Stuttgart, Germany, 1756 ; 
came to this country with the British army, and desert- 
ed ; settled in Jaffrey, on lot 9, range 6 ; was a cabinet- 
maker by trade; m., 1789, Peggy, dau. of Hugh Dun- 
lap. He d. June 13, 1817, a. 61. After his death she 
re. with her son to Cape Vincent, N. Y., and d. there. 
Children : 

I. e/o/m, re. to New York state about 1816. 
II. Frederick. 

III. James, m. Tryphena Felt, of Peterborough, Feb. 

17, 1S20; re. to Cape Vincent, N. Y. She 
d. Oct. 15, 1877, a. 8"]. 

IV. Samuel, re. to Waterloo, N. Y., 1818. 
V. William, re. to Buffalo, N. Y. 1820. 



BURPEE FAMILY. 

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Moses Burpee came from Rowley, Mass., and set- 
tled in Jaffrey, on lot 19, range 5, previous to 1793. 
He m. Margaret, surname unknown. He d. Nov. 11, 
1826, a. 93. She d. Oct. 27, 1818, a. 84. Four chil- 
dren, — Ebenezer, Moses, Betsey, and Polly. 

Betsey m. Samuel Sargent Oct. 20, 1801. 

Polly m. John Dodge March i, 1808. 



Ebenezer Burpee m. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac and 
Lucy Wesson. 

I. Betsey, b. Feb. 18, 1791. 

II. Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1792. 

III. Edmimd, b. Sept. 15, 1794.-}- 

IV. Stephen, b. Aug. 7, 1796; d. April i, 1855. 

V. IIepsihath,h.^i\.n. 27, 1799; ve. to New York 

state. 
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VIII. Margaret^ b. April 26, 1S05. 
IX. Almira, b. May 6, 1S09. 
X. Eunice H.^ b. Oct. 10, 1S12. 



Moses Burpee settled on the homestead ; m. Han- 
nah, dan. of Eli and Lucy (W^esson) Keyes ; d. Aug. 
17, 1847, a. 67, She d. Aug. 4, 1865, a. 87. One 
child : 

Stillman^ in. Martha, dau. of Jacob and Betsey 
(Sawyer) Bacon. He d. May 9, 1876, a. 67. Three 
children : 

(i) An7i jE'., b. , 1 841 ; m. James A. Cogswell, 

of Concord, Mass , July 4, 1861. 

(2) Ella jB., b. , 1844; m. Wilhelm C. Lenhert, 

b. in Germany. 

(3) Ari T., b. , 1849. 



Edmund Burpee m., i*', Polly, dau. of Thomas and 
Polly (Rolfe) Dutton, who d. June 6, 1824, a. 26; m., 
2^, Olive Towne. He d. Oct. 7, 1871. 

I. Mary, dau. by first wife, m. Nathaniel Horton ; 

r. Vermont. 
II. Olive E., d. June 28, 1833, a. 3 yrs., 9 mos., 
19 days. 

III. Emily X., b. , 1833 ; m. Daniel P. Adams. 

IV. Edmund Warren, b. , 1835 ; d. Aug. 22, 

1872. 



Ebenezer Burpee m. Dorcas Bowman ; r. Dublin. 

I. Lucy Jane, b. April 8, 1824; m. Andrew J. 

Snow. 
II. Julia Ann, b. Jan. i, 1826. 

III. Eunice Maria, b. Nov. 11, 1827. 

IV. Abbot Bowman, b. June 12, 1831 ; m. Eliza A. 

Lawrence. 
V. Asaph Ebenezer , b. Feb. 2, 1836. 
VI. Martha Elmir a, b. Sept. 2, 1838. 



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BUSS FAMILY. 

Three individuals by the name of Buss were early settlers in 
Jaffrey, — Ephraim, Samuel, and John, brothers. After a short 
residence in Jaffrey, Ephraim re. to Waterloo, N. Y., and 
John to Marlborough, N. H. Samuel became a permanent 
resident in town. Thev were the sons of Stephen and Pru- 
dence (Carter) Buss, and were b. in Leominster, Mass. 

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vious to 1639, settled in Concord, Mass., and was made 

freeman in 1639. ^^ "^•' ^^'' -'^i^" 1 who d. in 

1674; 2% widow Dorcas Jones, d. 1709. Hed. Jan. 31, 
1698, a. about 85. Four children : 

I. Richard, b. May 6, 1640. 

II. Ann, b. Dec. 18, 1641 ; m., Oct. 20, 1659, Wm. 
Wheeler. 

III. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 15, 1646 ; m., 1668, Mary 

Haven ; d. Dec. 17, 1717 One child : 
I.John, b. May 22, 1648; m. Hannah 
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IV. Joseph, b. March 4, 1649; m. Elizabeth Jones ; 

d. Dec. 16, 1680, Four children : 

(i) Dorcas; (2) Ann; (3) William; (4) 
Joseph. 



John Buss m., March 8, 171 1, Hannah Hosmer, and 
d. April 30, 1734- Six children : 

(i) Johx. (2) Abigail. (3) Hannah. (4) Stephen, 
b. Aug. 8, 1718; m. Prudence Carter.-}- 
(5) Jonathan. (6) Ebenezer. 



Stephen Buss, m. Dec. 2, 1743, Prudence Carter; 
d. Aug. 9, 1790. Thirteen children: 

I. Ephraim, b. in Leominster, Mass. 

II. Prudence. 10. iii. John. 

IV. Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1749; m. Lydia Lincoln. -|- 

V. Elizabeth. 13. vi. Elisha. 14. vii. Dorothy. 

viii. Elizabeth. 16. ix. John. 

X. Dorothy, m. Asa Evans, of Peterborough. 

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Samuel Buss m., 1772, Lydia Lincoln, b. in Leom- 
inster, Mass. ; settletl in Jafirey, on lot 10, range 5 ; 
was a prominent man ; held the offices of moderator, 
selectman, and town treasurer; was a lieutenant in 
the Revolution. He d. Nov. 24, 1836, a. 87. She d. 
Oct. 25, 1S40, a. 92. Eight children : 

1. /Samuel, b. Aug. 15, 1772, in Leominster.-f- 
II. William, b. Nov. 9, 1773; m. Naomi Smith 
and Elizabeth Bowman ; r. Vergennes, Vt. 

III. Loring, h. Oct. 17, 1775; m. Prudence Buss; 

d. Jan. 22, 1828; r. New Hartford, N. Y. 

IV. Mary, b. Aug. 5, 17S0; d. Aug. 23, 1815, unm ; 

a school-teacher. 

V. Nancy, b. Oct. 2, 1782; m. James Gilmore. 

VI. Stephen, b. Dec. 16, 1784; settled first in Pots- 

dam, N. Y. ; m. Minerva Bailey, of that 
place; re. to Brandon, Vt, where his wife 
d. ; re. to Ohio and d. 
VII. Lydia, b. Aug. 19, 1787; m. Feb. 8, 1825, An- 
son E. Glazier ;d at Vergennes, Vt., Aug. 
I, 1836. 
VIII. Franklin, b. Feb. 5, 1792; d. Jan. 22, 1812, 
a. 20. 

Samuel Buss m. Lucy, dau. of Amos Emery, of 
Dublin, Nov. 6, 1801 ; he d. July 29, 1837, a. 64. She 
d. Jan. 9, 1863, a. 84. 

I. Artemas,h. Aug. 24, 1802; d. Sept. 13, same 

year, 
n. Emily, b. Sept. 3, 1803 ; m. Dea. Liberty 
Mower, q. v. 

III. Clarissa, b. April 20, 1805 ; m. Jabez Stearns, 

of Fitzwilliam. He d. at Peterborough, 
Oct. 6, 1854, a. 57. 

IV. Lucy Emery, h. March 31, 1807; d. Dec. 19, 

1870; unm. 
V. William, b. Dec. 20, 1809; m. Ruth Frye 
Wolcot, of Boston, Oct. 28, 1837. ^^ ^• 
March 10, 1862. 

VI. Amos Emery, b. Nov. 27, 1812; m. LLirriet, 

dau. of Daniel and Phebe (Briton) Adams, 
Aug. 5, 1841 ; re. to Oneida, Carroll county, 
Ohio,'and d. April 25, 1872. 

VII. Maria, b. Jan. 14, 1815 ; m. Dwight Thompson, 

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Mower, q. v. 

37 IX. Satnuel Lincobi, b. Aug. 19, 1831 ; m. Mar- 
garet Baker, of Boston, March 10, 1846. 
He d. Aug. 10, 1S68. vShe d. March 28, 
1S71. 



BUTTERS FAMILY. 

Simeon Butters settled in town previous to 1790, 
was selectman that year. He resided in town till about 
1803, when he re. to the state of Maine. While in 
town he held many offices of trust ; was moderator, 
selectman, and an officer in the militia. He settled on 
lot 17, range 9; m. Betsy (surname imknown), and 
had ten children. We have no date of their births, but 
find the following names in the baptismal record : 
Charles, Alfred, Flavel, Betsey, Rachel, Simeon, Flavel, 
Daniel, and Pamelia. They also had a dau. Achsah, 
as we learn from other sources. Charles m. Polly 
Gragg, Feb. 17, 1800; r. Maine. Betsey m. Thomas 
Frost, q. v. 



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John Butters settled on lot 20, range 4, where his 
house was burnt, with four children, Jan. 7? ^794- 
The parents were absent on a visit at one of the 
neighbors. He did not rebuild, but left town that year. 

(i) John, b. Sept. 20, 1784. (2) Cena, b. Jan. 17, 
1788. (3) Folly, b. Aug. 20, 1790. (4) 
Maria Theresa, b. Sept. 30, 1792. 



Jesse Butters m. Phebe Carter, of Woburn, Mass., 
and came to Jaffiey in 1814. He lost his life in a snow- 
storm, Feb. 25, 1829, a. 45 yrs., 4 mos. 

I. Jesse, b. 1809 ; r. Montpelier, Vt. 

II. Wilder, b. 1810; r. Fitchburg, Mass. 

III. Silas, b. 181 1 ; r. Flint, Mich. 

IV. Phebe, b. 1813 ; m., and r. Chelsea, Mass. 
V. Reuben, b. 1814; d. 1843. 

VI. JBkra C, b. 1815 ; r. Lyndon, Wis. 

VII. Isaac, b. 1817 ; r. Boston. 

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IX. Rhoda, b. 1820; m. Francis Boynton ; r. Hyde 

Park, Mass. 

X. Almira S., b. 1823 ; r. South Boston. 

XI. Mary, b. 1S25 ; m. Edward Wilder, of Ashby, 
Mass. ; d."i876. 



Warren Butters came from Wilmington, Mass., 
to Jaffrey in 1815. He m. a dau. of Amos Stickney, 
and returned to Wilmington in 1823. 

Amos Butters paid taxes in 1823-4. 



BYAM FAMILY. 

John Byam was b. in Chelmsford, Mass., June 8, 
1761 ; m., 1784, Sarah, dau. of James Haywood, and 
sister of Benj. Haywood, early settlers of Jaftrey ; b. in 
Chelmsford, Sept. 20, 1764. He came to Jaftrey in 
1798, settled on lot 17, range 8, and d. Jan. 6, 1835, ^• 
73 yrs., 6 mos., 28 dys. His widow d. Nov. 29, 1866, 
a. 102 yrs., 6 mos., 9 dys. At the time of her death she 
had 6 daughters, 38 grandchildren, 90 great-grand- 
children, and 5 great-great-grandchildren. He followed 
the business of farming, and the manufacture of cordage. 
Children : 

I. Hannah, b. May 10, 1785, in Chelmsford, m. 
Jan. 1807, Josiah Barnard ; r. Peru, Vt. ; 
had 6 ch. She d., 1835, a. 50. He re. to 
Oberlin, O., in 1839. 
II. /S«%, b. Jan. 6, 1787; m., i'\ Dec. 31, 1846, 
Fordyce Carter. He d. July 16, 1862. She 
m., 2*^, May 20, 1867, Luther Hemingway. 
He d. Feb. 13, 1872, a. 85. 

III. Z>e?werance, b. Dec. 4, 1789; m., 1°', Dec. 30, 

1810, Tilly Reed. He d., 1836. M., 2^ 

Curtis, and d. in Utah Territory, 

1871, a. 82. 

IV. Anna, b. July 5, 1791 ; m. Feb. 26, 181 1, David 

Symonds, who d. in 1869, at Peru, Vt. 
They had 11 children. 

V. Mary, b. Aug. 25, 1799, in Jaff'rey ; m., 1824, 

Harvey Gilmore. 
VI. Sophia, b. Dec. 12, 1S05 ; m. 1827, Eleazer, 
son of Isaac and Betsey (Hathorn) Nutting, 
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CAREY FAMILY. 

Samuel Carey was a resident of JaftVey previous to 
1793; paid taxes that year; m. Polly Smith, Feb, 18, 
1791. He d. 1813, a. 45. His widow d. at Springfield, 
Mass., i860, a. 83. 

I. Sally, b. 1793. 

II. Edioard Smith, b. 1795 ; i*e. to Francestown. 

III. Polly, h. 1797; d. at Peterborough. 

IV. Samuel, h. 1799; r. in Peterborough. -j- 
V. Eliza, b. 1801 ; r. in Boston. 

VI. Finetty, b. 1803 ; m. Williams ; d. at Buf- 
falo. 
VII. Nobby, b. 1805 ; d. at Peterborough. 

VIII. Emily, b. 1S07 ; m. Peak. 

IX. Lucetta, b. 1S09; m. Murray, and d. at 

Peterborough. 
X. Luther, b. 1812; d. in New Jersey. 



Samuel Carey re. to Peterborough in 1814; m. 
Harriet Olcott, 1822. He has been an extensive farmer ; 
now (1S73) r. Centre Village. 

I. Jane, b. Oct. 20, 1822 ; m. Munro Johnson, of 
Hancock; d. Sept. 30, 1852, a. 29. 

II. Willard 0.,h. June 10, 1824; m., i'', Julia 
Ann Robbe ; m., 2*^, Emma T. Perry. One 
ch. first wife ; five ch. second wife. 

III. Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 22, 1826 ; m. Geo. Everett ; 

r. New Jersey. 

IV. Warren, b. June 11, 1828 ; d. June i, 1831. 

V. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 6, 1830; m. Elliot. 

VI. Samuel W., b. June 20, 1832 ; r. Iowa. 

VII. Harriet R., b. April 26, 1835. 
VIII. Almena, b. April 6, 1838. 

IX. John, b. Dec. 8, 1839; m. Annette; r. 

Nebraska. 
X. Charles A., b. July 6, 1842 ; d. Sept., 1852. 

Elijah Carey, taxed 1794 to 1798 inclusive: r. 
Sharon. 

JosiAH Carey, taxed 1795, '96, '97. 

Lewis Carey, brother of Samuel, Sen'r ; taxed 1802 
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CARTER FAMILY. 

Capt. Jonah Carter came from Leominster, where 
he was b. in 1773; m. Lucy Joslin, b. the same year 
and in the same town; settled in Jaffrey about 1792. 
In 1800 he re. to Rindge, where he d. Feb. 25, 1837. 
His widow d. Sept. 18, 1S46. 

I. Ijucy,h. March 20, 1794; m. Charles Smith; 

d. 1 866 in New York state. 
II. Susan, b. March 12, 1796 ; m. Nathan Stratton, 
1816; d. New York, 1S69. 

III. Fordice, b. March 4, 1799.-]- 

IV. Orinda, b. Dec. 15, 1800; d. Sept. 3, 1841. 
V. Jonah, b. April 2, 1803 ; d. Feb. 15, 1819. 

VI. Grata,h.T)ec. 26, 1S04; m. Samuel Marble, 

q. V. 

VII. Charles, b. Oct. 26, i8o6.-|- 

VIII. Stillma^i, b. Sept. 6, 1S08; d. in Rindge, Mar. 
25, 1814. 
IX. tTosiah,h. Dec. 2, 181 1; m. Jane Robbins, 

April 17, 1838; re. to Keene. 
X. Luke, b. Sept. 20, 1814; m. Lucy M. Roys, 
Nov. 3, 1839.+ 



FoRDicE Carter settled on lot 12, range 8 ; m. Jan. 
30, 1825, Lucy Palmer, of Boston. She d. Jan. 21, 
1846, a. 43. M., 2*^, Sally Byam. He d. July 16, 1862. 
Children by first wife : 



I. Emeline, m. - 
II. Lucy M., m. 



bymonds, of Peru, Vt. 
- Russell. 



Charles Carter m., Feb. 12, 1829, Eliza A. Rob- 
bins. She d. Jan., 1849, a. 37. He d. Sept. 24, i860. 

I. Charles Lyman, m. Anna, dau. of Ebenezer 
Bass ; is a tailor by trade ; r. in Winchendon. 
II. Frances E., m. Martin Day, of Winchendon, 
Mass. 

III. Oscar Eugene, d. in the Union army. 

IV. Adaline Victoria, m. Gilbert Stearns, of Win- 

chendon. 



Luke Carter, a manufacturer of wooden-ware, set- 
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Sept. 17, 1 86 1, a. 20. 

II. Charles Albert, b. 1841 ; d. in the Union army. 

III. Lavina. 

IV. George J.., b. 1850. 
V. Vina xS'., b. 1853. 

VI. Emma, b. 1859. 



William Carter, son of Oliver Carter, b. 1786, m., 
I'', Mary, dau. of Phib'p Sweetzer, of Marlborough, 
Aug. 23, 1812; m., 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and 
Mary (Waite) Edes, of Peterborough. She d. Aug. 11, 
1822, a. 23. His first wife d. Aug. 8, 1819, a. 27. He 
d. Nov. 17, 1821. He was a stage-driver from Jaftrey 
to Keene. 

I. Frances Maria, b. May 12, 18 14 ; d. at Charles- 
town, Mass., May, 1833. 
II. 'William, b. May i, i8i6.4- 
iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1818. 



William Carter, Jr., m. Catherine Bigelow, of 
Marlborough; r. in Jaftrey till 1873, and then re. to 
Fitchburg, Mass. 

I. William Clarence, b. Aug. 7, 1843. 
II. Zephijr Bigelow, b. April 11, 1850; d. Oct. 3, 
1 860. 



Abijah Carter, highway surveyor, 1786. 



CAPRON FAMILY. 

Orford Capron came to Jaffiey in 1831 ; was a 
blacksmith by trade ; r. East Jaftrey ; m., i^', April 5, 
1832, Cynthia, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Sarah (Saw- 
tell) Adams; she d. March 10, 1840, a. 30; m,, 2^ 
Rachel, dau. of John and Mary Davis Turner, Oct. 14, 
1840. He d. O'ct. 14, 1867, a. 57. She d. April 10, 
1879, a. 6^. 

I. Cynthia A., b. April 23, 1833. 
II. Sarah Adeline, b. July 26, 1834; d. March 4, 

1835- 

III. Mary Adeline, b. Nov. 23, 1835. 

IV. Susan Amelia, b. Jan. 26, 1837 5 ^' March 24, 

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V. Ellen Josephine^ b. March 23, 1835. 

VI. John Quincy Adams, b. Aug. 24, 1847 (an 
adopted son). His father, Moses Adams, 
d. Feb. 8, 1850, leaving a wife and one 
child, — J. Q. Adams. 



CHADWICK FAMILY. 

David Chadwick was b. in Andover, Mass. He 
was in Jaflrey previous to 1780; was chosen field-driver 
that year. He settled on lot 12, range 10, in the south 
part of the town. His brother Joshua settled in Rindge 
about the same time. He m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas 
and Molly (Kinney) Mower. He d. Dec. 30, 181 7, a. 
60. His widow d. July 11, 1830, a. 73. 



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Temple, 2^ wife ; d. at Peterborough, Aug. 

25, 1S75. 

1. Charles Albert, b. May 5, 1819 ; m., 1°', 

Lucy Davis ; m., 2'', . 

2. Almira, b. Jan. 3, 1821 ; m. Lovell 

Dodge ; re. to Maine. 

3. Lucinda, b. Sept. 17, 1822 ; m. Horace 

Bruce, re. to Peterborough. 

4. Hannah Marion, b. Aug. 27, 1824; m. 

Luke O. Forbush, r. Peterborough. 

5. Betsy Chrystina, b. July 15, 1S27 ; m. 

Charles Baker and Daniel White ; 
r. in Manchester. 

6. Abbie Adeline, d. . 

7. Abbie Adeline, b. Dec. 6, 1829; m. 

John Pickering ; r. in Lawrence. 

IV. Mary,h. 1788; m. Joshua Towne, of Rindge ; 
d. Jan. 10, 1865. 

1. Phebe, b. Jan. 21, 181 1 ; m. Solomon 

F. Towne. 

2. Mary L., b. Sept. 30, 1813 ; m. Levi 

Russell, of Rindge. 

3. Laura, b. Jan. 3, 1815 ; d. Oct. 30, 

1850. 

4. Sophrona, b. Nov. 10, 1818; m. Stephen 

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5. Sarah M., b. March 25, 1821 ; d. March 

7, 1853. 

6. Joshua C, b. July 29, 1823 ; m. Eveline 

J. Brooks. 

7. Josiah T., b. April 5, 1S26; m. Sibel 

Boardman. 

8. Caroline Rand, b. July 15, 1S30; d. 

July 18, 1S32. 

V. Abigail, b. , 1791 ; m. Daniel Chamberlin, 

q. V. 
VI. Thomas Mower, b. 1796; m. Sarah Chapin, 

dau. of Thomas Chapin. He d. Jan. 4, 

i860. His widow d. March 6, 1863, a. 64. 

I child : 

I. Eliza Ann, d. Sept. 9, 1821, a. 2 yrs., 
4 mos. 



David Chadwick, Jr., m.. May 23, 1S09, Hannah 
Stacy. He was a deacon of the Baptist church ; and, 
in 1820, captain of the Jatlrey Rifle Company. He d. 
Nov. 12, 1858, a. 76. His widow d. Tan. 20, 1872, a. 
81. J ^ i ^ 

I. William S., d. Sept. 8, 1839, a. 29; m, Hepse- 
bath, dau. of Moses and Jane (Harper) 
Fairbanks. 
11. Charles A., b. 1826 ; m. Sarah A., dau. of 
Samuel and Abigail (Fife) Stratton. 

III. Calvin G., b. , 1830. 

IV. Appleton B., b. , 1838. 

V. William, H., h. , 1839- 



CHAMBERLIN FAMILY. 

Joseph, with his brother Nathan, came from Hop- 
kinton, Mass., and settled, first in Sharon, afterwards 
injaftrey, about 1807. They settled on lot 23, range 
5, and carried on the business of sawing lumber. Jo- 
seph d. March 21, 1832, a. 80. 

Nathan m. Hannah . He d. Oct. 25, 1821, a. 

67. His widow d. Nov. 4, 1822, a. 68. 

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David Chamberlin m. Abigail, dau. of David and 
Hannah (Mower) Chadwick. He d. April 15, 1844, 
a. 60. His widow d. Jan. 30, 1S70, a. 79. 
I. Augustus A. 
II. David C, b. 1817.-]- 
III. John Ji.,h. 1829. 



David C. Chamberlin m., i^', May9, 1848, Ermina, 
dau. of Benj. and Grata (Hunt) Cutter. 

I. Mary Augusta, b. May 25, 1S49 ; m. Albert S. 

Pierce, 1872 ; r. in Fitchburg. 
II. Ada J^rmina, b. June 24, 185 1. 

M., 2'^, Helen Marr, dau. of Nath'l and Mary B. 
(Averill) Cutter. 

III. JLucien Beecher, b. July 14, 1857; ^- J""^ ^5' 

1S59. 

IV. Edxoard Woodbury, b. May 21, 1861. 
V. Allen Howard, b. April 3, 1868. 

Mr. Chamberlin graduated at Amherst college ; was 
a teacher in Melville academy, and in the high school 
in Winchendon, Mass. ; r. in JaflVey, 1780. 



Asa Chamberlin came from Mass. to Jaftrey in 
1850, paid tax 1850 to 1864, inclusive. He was born 
in Mass., 1792. His wife, Sophronia O., b. in Vt., 
1 801, settled on lot 10, range 6. 



Sumner Chamberlin, b. 1820, came from Holden, 

Mass., to Jaftrey in 1846; m. Cynthia ; had two 

children : 

I. Charles S., b. 1847. 
II. Mnogene, b. i8';o ; r. lot 21, range i. 



Jacob, a brother of Sumner, came to Jaftrey in 1848, 
settled on lot 17, range 6; left town about 1862; m. 
Ann ; had two children : 

I. Cyrus L., b. 184S. 
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Henry, brother of Sumner and Jacob, came to Jaf- 
frey in 1846, and settled on lot t3, range 9; m. Mel- 
vina, dau. of Samuel and Ma; ha (Stevens) Litch, 
Aug. 1 8, 1859. 

I. Samuel Litch ^ b. Aug. 8, 1861. 
II. Martha Stevens^ b. March 4, 1862. 



COFFEEN FAMILY. 

Henry was a son of Michael, who emigrated from Ireland to 
this country at the age of sixteen. He m. at the age of twenty, 
and settled in Topsfield ; re. from thence to Lunenburgh, and 
subsequent!}' to Winchendon, Mass. He is represented as be- 
ing of wealthy and respectable parentage. 

Henry was b. in Lunenburgh, April 6, 1738' He settled 
first in Rindge ; was selectman there in 1770; re. to JaftVey 
soon after, at which place he became a very prominent man. 
At the first annual meeting after the organization of the town 
he was chosen moderator ; first selectman and moderator at 
two subsequent meetings the same year. In 1775 he was cho- 
sen deput}' to attend the Provincial Congress at Exeter ; and in 
June of the same year he was chosen captain of the military 
company that year organized, — the first one formed in JaftVey. 
He also gave his security that year for a town's stock of salt, 
and furnished a barrel of rum used at the raising of the meet- 
ing-house, for which he was paid by the town in 1780, about 
which time he removed to Acworth, N. H. He purchased a 
mill in that place, on Cold river, in the south part of the town, 
and was drowned, in 1785, bv a freshet which carried away his 
mill. 

He m., previous to 1765, Lucy, dau. of Moses Hale, of 
Rindge ; m., z^ . Mehitable Smith, of Acworth. Children by 
first wife : 

Henry ; Nathan, re. to New York state ; Moses ; David ; 
Lydia ; and Lucy. 

Children by second wife : 

Daniel, m. Folly Currier ; r. in Acworth for a time, and then 
re. to Johnson, Vt. : had a family of ten children, — five now 
living, Mrs. Lucy M. Tyler, of Cambridge, Vt., is the eldest. 

COMBS FAMILY. 

John Combs and wife, Bathsheba, were members of the 
church when incorporated in 1780; he d. in 1789- His widow 
d. 1797. One child : 

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COMSTOCK FAMILY. 

William Comstock, b. in Lyme, N. H., settled in 
Sullivan; m., i"', March lo, iSoi, Martlia Jewett, dau. 
of Jonathan and Martlia (Belcher) Jewett. She d. at 

Sullivan. He in., 2**, Ruth ; d atjaffrey Oct. 4, 

1863, a. S6. He d. Dec. 22, 1865, a. 94. 

Jonathan Jewett Comstock, son of William by first 
wife, came to J a fir ey about 1828; paid tax that year; 
settled on the Jewett farm, lot 5, range 7, where he now 
resides. 

Mr. Comstock is an extensive farmer, and one of the 
prominent men in town ; was for a number of years a 
member of the board of selectmen. He was b. in Sul- 
livan, May 30, 1S03 ; m., Oct. 4, 1S30, Roancy, dau. of 
William and Nabby (Smith) Dutton. 

I. Mary Roancy^ b. Aug. 16, 1831 ; m. Johnson 
Plummer, of Goft'stown, who d. Feb. 11, 
1857 ' '^•' '^^1 Addison J. Adams, who now 
resides with his father-in-law on the same 
farm. 

1. Edgar A., b. in Mich, 1857. 

2. Everett F., b. 1862. 

3. Elmer J., b. 1864. 

II. Freeman J. ^ b. Feb. 11, 1834; m. Abbie, dau. 
of Benjamin Heywood ; r. St. Louis, Mo. ; 
a prominent citizen of that place. 

III. William Dutton, b. May 19, 1839 ; m. Susan F. 

Gregory ; r. Sacramento, Cal. 

IV. David I., b. May 16, 1841 ; d. Oct. 19, 1841. 
V. Charles /S., b. April 28, 1843 ; d. Sept. 10, 

1S49. 



CONANT FAMILY. 

John Conant, son of John and H^ulda Hobart Conant, was 
b. in Stow, Mass., Jan. 20, 1790. His grandfather, Samuel, 

m. Holman, and was also a resident of Stow. His 

mother was the dau. of Nehemiah and Rachel (Shattuck) Ho- 
bart, of Pepperell, Mass., a lineal descendant of Rev. Peter 
Hobart, the first minister of Hingham. His father was a de- 
scendant of the French Huguenots ; was twice married, and 
the parent of fifteen children. He was a large farmer, and a 
man of wealth ; at the age of 18 he gave his son John a mort- 
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possession of the farin. It was covered with wood and timber, 
and with the aid of his labor in cutting and drawing the wood 
to the Boston market he doubled his capital. He then sold his 
farm, re. to JaflVey, and purchased the Thorndike farm, lots 1 1 
and 12, range 3, then under a high state of cultivation. This was 
in 1S16, a year of very short crops. The price of hay was ex- 
tremely high, and the sale of the product of the farm that year 
was equal to a large portion of its valuation. With this income 
he was enabled to erect the large, elegant frame house now on 
the premises. At the time of his settlement in Acton, he m. 
Parmela Houghton, who d. in childbed in about eleven months 
after marriage. In 1S16, April i, he m. Mary Prescott Hos- 
mer, of Concord, Mass., an accomplished and educated lady, a 
few years older than himself. They had no chilchen. Situ- 
ated in affluent circumstances thus early in life, he had abun- 
dant means of procuring books, — publications of everything 
relating to scientific research and agriculture. Always on a 
farm from his youth up, early accustomed to its labors and 
management, induced him to apply science to practice, and 
thus perfect himself in its operations. In the management of 
his farm he did not expend his income in foolish and unprofit- 
able outlay, but in a way that greatly increased it. 

He was early associated with the Cheshire Agricultural Soci- 
ety, and for some time its president. He offered his farm to 
the society for the purpose of founding an agricultural school, 
which was accepted, but for some reason the school was never 
put in operation. In 1850 he sold his farm to Nehemiah Cut- 
ter, and soon after removed to East JaftVey, built a fine resi- 
dence, where he spent the remainder of his useful life, and died 
April 6, 1877, aged 87. His wife d. Aug. 9, 1858, a. 74. M., 
3*^, Nov. 12, 1859, Mrs. Sally (Livermore) Kittredge, of Nel- 
son, b. at Alstead, 1S07. She d. Jan. 5, 1878. 

Mr. Conant has been much in public service. In the town 
where he lived he was for many years moderator of its town- 
meetings ; several years selectman ; represented the town in the 
state legislature in 1834, '35, and '36; trustee of the Asylum 
for the Insane at Concord ; first president of the board ; super- 
intendent of the erection of the building; president of the 
Cheshire County Agricultural Society ; and president of the 
Monadnock Bank, established at JaftVey in 1850. 

PUBLIC GIFTS. 

First, in the town where he lived, $7,000 for the support of 
a public high-school ; $3,000 for the aid of indigent families ; 
$r,ooo to the Baptist church, of which he was a member; 



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$1,000 to the Congregational cliurch ; and $1,000 to keep the 
town-house, formerly the meeting-house, in permanent repair. 
To the State Lunatic Asylum, $6,000 ; to the Academy of 
New London, $12,000 ; to the State Agricultural College at 
Hanover, $70,000 ; to each town in the county of Cheshire 
a scholarship of $i,ooo=:$23,ooo ; whole amount exceeding 
$100,000. 



COREY FAMILY. 

David Corey, son of Stephen Corey, was born in 
Flintstown, Me., Feb. 28, 1790. He came with his 
father to Dublin in 1797? ^""^^ settled on lot 12, range 
2, in Jartrey, in 1S18 ; m., 1S17, Betsey, dau. of Abel 
Winship, of Hancock, Me. Corey was a good, practi- 
cal farmer, one of the best in his district. The farm he 
purchased was swampy and unproductive, and consid- 
ered of little value. By his labor and skill, the swamps 
were drained and made productive, and his other lands 
so improved that large products were the result; and 
he became a man of wealth and influence. He sold 
his farm, re. to the centre of the town, and in 1863 
went to the residence of his sons, Yates City, 111., where 
he d., May, 1871, a. 81. 

I. Jesse, b. Oct. 21, 181S ; d. Oct. 3, 1827. 
II. f/o/m (A, b. March 20, 1820; r. Kentucky. 

III. Stephen, b. Nov. 22, 1822; d. June 26, 1851. 

IV. David, b. Dec. 17, 1824; r. Yates City, 111. 

V. Charles 6r., b. Aug. 28, 1826 ; studied medicine, 
and received the degree of M. D. at Dart- 
mouth college. Settled in Greenville, N. H., 
and d. Oct. 19, 1878. He was a successful 
physician, and highlv esteemed as a citizen. 
He m. Susan Maria Marshall, of Fitchburg, 
who now survives him. 
VI. James Monroe, b. Aug. 22, 182S; r. Maryland. 



CRAGIN FAMILY. 

John Cragin, the emigrant, was b., 1634, in the 
south part of Scotland. In early life he was pressed 
into the army, and was taken prisoner at the battle of 
Dunbar, 1650. The prisoners taken in that battle were 
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lowing year. He settled in Woburn ; m. Sarah Dawes 
b. in England ; and d. Jan. 27, 1708. They had eic^ht 
children, some of whose descendants settled in Temple 

Orlando, son of Moses and Lucy (Felt) Cragin, was 
b in Temple, Aug. 34, 1802 ; m., i^', Malinda G. Christie, 
of New Boston, Dec. 20, 1825. She d. Feb. ic, 1860 • 
m., f, Emily (Ware) Cragin, widow of Stephen 
U-agin. He r. Mason Village (now Greenville), Rindge, 
New Ipswich, and came to Jaftrey in 1S48 ; his name 
IS on the tax-list of that year. He settled on lot 18, 
range 9. 9 children : 

I. Orlando Bradford, b. at Mason, June 24, 1827 • 
m. Amanda T. Jaquith, Sept. 9, 18=52; r.' 
Gardner, Mass. 
II. Zucy Malmda, b. Nov. 2, 1828; m. Au^^nstus 

W. Joslin ; r. Fitchburg, Mass. ^ 

m. BenJ. F., b. Oct. 27, 1830; m. Harriet M. Spen- 
cer, Dec. 6, 1865 ; b. in Kingsbury, N. Y 
July 27, 1838. 
IV. Olwe A?i7i, b. March 4, 1833 ; d. March 8, 18^^. 
V. Abbi/ Rosilla, b. at New Ipswich, March 2^ 
1834. ^' 

VI. George TF"., b. at Mason, Sept. 23, 1836. 
VII. John Christie, b. at Rindge, Feb. n, iS-^g 
VIII. Ifenrr/ If., h. -At New Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1840 • 
d. Dec. 27, 1863. 
IX. Robert Clark, h. at New Ipswich, June 6, 1844 



Stephen Cragin, son of Capt. Francis and Sarah 
(Cummings) Cragin, of Temple, b. Aug. 2c, 1821 • m 
Emily M.Ware, of Hancock ; settled in East Taffrev* 
1853 ; tl. Aug. 30, 1866, a. 45. One child : 

I. Emma Jane, b. May 9, 1853. 



CROSBY FAMILY. 

The Crosby family is one of the many distinguished English 
famdies who settled in New England. In their ranks are 
a arge number of literary men, graduates of colleges, and many 
who have distinguished themselves in the learned professions. 
The origin of the New England portion of the family has been 
traced to Simon de Crosby, of Laiicashire, England, 1220 
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biMON, the emigrant, at the age of 26, with his wife 
Ann and son Thomas, came to this country and settled 
in Cambridge in 1635. He d. in 1639, and his widows 
m. Rev. William Thompson, of Braintree, Mass. They 
had three sons, — Thomas, Simon, and Joseph. 

Thomas, b. 1635 ' gi'fiduated at Harvard college in 
1653, studied divinity, settled in Eastham, and d. in 
1702. He was the parent of twelve children. 

Simon, b. 1637 '■> settled in Billerica ; became freeman 
in 1668 ; reiDresentative in i692-'7-'S ; m., 1659, Rachel 
Brackett, and had a family of nine children. 

Joseph, b. 1639 ; m. Sarah Brackett, and had a num- 
ber of children. He represented the town of Braintree 
in 1689. 

Josiah, son of Simon Crosby, b. in Billerica in 1677 ; 
m. Mary Manning, and had eleven children. 

Josiah, his eldest son, b. 1730; m. Sarah Fitch, of 
Bedford ; settled in Milford, and had ten children. 
Two of his sons, Joseph and Alpheus, settled in Jaffrey. 

Joseph was b. Oct. 15, 1753, and 

Alpheus, b. Nov. 16, 1762, at Milford, N. H.-[- 

Joseph m. Esther Lane, and settled in Jaflrey about 
1778. While he remained in town he held the offices 
of assessor of taxes, surveyor of roads, and fence-viewer, 
the last office in 1789. He was also a soldier in the 
Revolution, was in the battle of Bunker's Hill, and for 
many years received a pension. He removed from 
Jaftrey to Harvard, Mass., about 1790, and afterwards 
to Amherst, N. H., and d. Oct., 1842. His wife, 
Esther, d. Nov. 2, 1794. M., 2'^, Sarah Richardson, 
who d. Feb. 22, 1850. Eight children: 

I. Grace Head, h. at Jaflrey, Aug. 7, 1779; m. 

Nathaniel French, of Sandwich, and d., 

Jul}' 12, 1855. 6 children: 

II. t/ohti JLane, b. . 

in. Joseph, b. July 29, 1798; d. Sept., 1798. 

IV. Otis, h. in Amherst, April 22, 1800 ; m. Salona 

Whipple, of Barre, Vt., and d. Jan., 1870. 

V. Lorenzo Lowe^ b. ; d. Aug., 1805. 

VI. Sarah Aim, b. Oct. 15, 181 2; m. Langdon 

Smith, r. Amherst. 

VII. Zucy Maria, h. June, 1S14; m. Benj. T. Co- 

nant, of Milford ; d. June 12, 1865. 
VIII. Joseph Fitch, b. Sept. 16, 1819 ; m. Helen M. 
Averill, of Mont Vernon. 



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Alpheus Crosby came to Jaftrey in 1786, and was 
warned from town that year. He m. Elizabeth, dau. 
of Roger, Esq., and Ann (Hunter) Gihnore, Nov. 18, 
1788. He settled on lot 15, range 4, was a prosperous 
farmer, and also, for a time, followed the business of 
teaming to Boston and other places. He held many 
town offices, and was captain of the Jaffrey and Rindge 
cavalry company. He was a man of industrious habits, 
a good citizen, and a member of the Baptist church. 
His wife d. Oct. 26, 1S39, a. 70. He d. Oct. 4, 1845, 
a. 83. He m., 2^, Mary Foster, of Amherst, wlio sur- 
vived him, and after his decease returned to her native 
town. 

Children by first wife : 

I. Betsy, b. Aug. 30, 1789; m. John Cutter, Jr., 

q. V. 10 children. 
II. Esther, b. April 5, 1791 ; m. vSamuel Burpee, ol 
New London, Oct. 5, 1820; r. Lima, N. Y. 
She d. Sept. 10, 1855. Had 4 children. 

III. Mary, h. Sept. 14, 1792 ; m. Loren Woodbury, 

q. V. 3 children. 

IV. Nancy Ann, b. July 6, 1794 ; m. Abner Boyden, 

Esq., of Marlborough, a man of wealth and 
distinction. She d. in Troy, in 1845. 2 ch., 
Charles and Maria, who re. to Rockford, 111. 
V. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1796; m., 1°', Moses Bush, 
April 3, 1832, r. Troy ; m,, 2"*, Abel Baker, 
a brother of Ezra Baker, of Jaflrey. 
VI. Alpheus, b. April 13, 1798. -|- 
VII. Asa, b. June 3, iSoo. + 

VIII. Franklin, b. April 2, 1802 ; 2 children, Alpheus 
and Darius. Darius d. in military service 
in the late civil war. 

IX. Porter, h.Yeh. 19, 1804; m. Sophia Fernald, 

re. to California, and d. in 1874. He was 
engaged in the roofing business. 

X. Josiah, b. May 28, iSii; d. at Somerville, 

Mass., Oct. 7, 1861. He was a merchant 
in Boston ; m. Lucy Lee, who, after the 
death of her husband, re. to Chicago. 



Alpheus Crosby m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan and 
Sibyl (Jackson) Fox ; settled in Troy, and was engaged 
in the business of blacksmithing ; re. to Rockford, 111., 
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I. Infant^ b. in Jaffrey ; d. . 

11. Mary Louisa^ b. in JaftVey ; d. young. 

III. Joseph Fox, b. in Troy, Dec. 25, 1S37 ; m. 

Priscilla Babcock, of Rockford, 1850. and 
d. there. 

IV. George Fox, b. Dec. 28, 1S29; m. May Wood, 

of New Milford, 111. ; was killed by a 
kick of a horse, Nov. 16, 1874. Children: 
(i)Charles Arthur. (2) Laura May. (3)Hattie. 
V. Mary F., b. Feb. 11.. 1832 ; m. John G. Pendle- 
ton, broker, Oct. 20, 1S56 ; r. in Rockford. 
Children: (i) Helen Maria. (2) Fannie 
Hunter. (3) Kate Crosby. 
VI. Fmma C. b. Jan. 7, 1842; m. Charles Cotton, 
jeweller, Aug. 14, 1862. He d. Sept., 
1872. Children : (i) Roger Gilmore. (2) 
Mary Elizabeth. (3) William Boyden. (4) 
Helen Louisa. 
VII. Frederick L.^h. June 28, 1846; m. Elizabeth 
Larime, Feb. 20, 1868. 3 children : (i) 
Mary Elizabeth. (2) Clara Maria. (3) Ann 
Hunter. 
VIII. Ahhie Crocker, h. May 28, 1848; m. Norman 
Robinson, of Rockford, hardware dealer. 
I ch., Robbie, d. 1872. 



Asa Crosby m. Mary Wood, dau. of Dr. Adonijah 
and Fersis (Wood) Howe, of JaftVey, April 28, 1829. 
He was an English goods merchant in Boston ; re. to 
Rockford, and d. 1864. 

I. Harriet F., b. in Rockford, May 3, 1840; m. 
Noyes E. Babcock, 1865. Children: (i) 
Herbert M. (3) Cora Alice. 
II. Mary F., h. Sept. 6, 1844. 
HI. Caroline H., b. Oct. 22, 1847. 

JosiAH Davis Crosby, b. in Ashburnham, Mass., 
March i, 1807, was a son of Fitch and Rebecca (Davis) 
Crosby, a brother of Joseph and Alpheus Crosby. He 
graduated from Union college ; studied divinity at the 
Andover Theological Seminary ; was settled pastor of 
the Congregational church in Jaffrey, a colleague with 
Rev. Laban Ainsworth, in 1837 ; dismissed in 1844, 
and now resides on the homested in Ashburnham. He 
m. Elvira Willard, of Athol, April 16, 1839, a relative 
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CUMMINGS FAMILY. 

John Cummixgs, son of Asahel and Polly (Ames) 
Cummings, was b. in Hancock, June 18, iSii ; settled 
in JaffVey in 1S47 ; ^'^' ^^ Peterborough in 1S56; was a 
carpenter and joiner by trade. He m. Mary, dau. of 
Josiah and Nancy (Gilchrist) Wait, Oct. 28, 1833. Four 
children : 

I. David Angela, b. Aug. 9, 1834; m. Elizabeth 
Chesebro ; 3 children: (i) Frank. (3) 
Henry. (3) Roy. R. Wisconsin. 
II. John Addison, b. Jan. 16, 183S ; m., i^', Katie, 
dau. of James and Sarah A. (Wilson) Scott. 
She was drowned in the Potomac river, 
occasioned by a collision of the steamers 
West Point and George Peabody, Aug. 13, 
1862; m., 2"^, Adeline J. Cummings, Nov. 
15, 1866. Mr. Cummings was a lieutenant 
in the 6th Regt. N. H. V., Co. E., promoted 
to captain, and afterwards to Maj. of the i*' 
N. H. Cavalry, and was in service during 
the war. 7 children, 6 living: (i) Guy 
Pierson. (2) Leslie Wait. (3) Susie Ella. 
(4) Madell. (5) Clitibrd. (6) Nina. (7) 
John. R. Somerville, Mass. 

III. Ellen Jane, b. Sept. 6, 1S41 ; m., May 26, 1863, 

Wm. G. Livingstone. 3 children : (i) 
Fred. G. (2) Frank W. (3) Alice; a 
merchant, Peterboro'. 

IV. George Wait, b. May 11, 1844; m. Fanny P. 

Dane, March, 1866. i ch., George Dane. 
R. Francestown. 



CUTTER FAMILY. 

Richard Cutter, the progenitor of the Cutter family, son 
of Samuel and Elizabeth Cutter, came from Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, England, with his mother, and settled in Cambridge 
about 1640. His father d. previous to their emigration. He 
was probably under twenty years of age at the tiirie of his arri- 
val, and unmarried. June 2, 1641, he was admitted a free- 
man. The requirements for admission were to be '' orthodox 
member of the church, twenty years old, and worth £200." 
In 1643 he became a member of the Artillery Company, now 
known as the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery," of Boston. 



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He was also a member of Cambridge church, in full commun- 
ion. He was a cooper by trade, and became a large land- 
owner. About 1644 ^^^ ^- ^^'^ wife Elizabeth, whose surname 
is unknown. Her tombstone is one of the oldest now standing 
in the ancient burying-ground at old Cambridge. 

Here lyes y* body of 

Elizabeth Cutter wife to 

Richard Cutter aged 

about 43 Years died 

March 5, 166 1-2. 

Feb. 14, 1662-3, ^^^ '"• Frances (Perriman)Amsden, widow 
of Isaac Amsden, or Emsden, of Cambridge. She survived his 
decease. He d. June 16, 1693, and was buried near the grave 
of his first wife, Elizabeth. 

Here lyes y*" body of 

Richard Cutter, 

Aged about 72 

Years dyed y* 16 of 

June 1693. 

]{.ichard Cutter was the parent of fourteen children, — seven by 
each wife. By his wife Elizabeth he had five sons and two 
daughters ; by wife Frances one son and six daughters. Of 
his two eldest sons, Samuel and Thomas, but little is known ; 
the others, — William, Ephraim, Gershom, and Nathaniel, — are 
the progenitors of the Cutter fiimily of New England. 

William, b. 1649, m. Rebecca, dau. of John Rolf; had ten 
children, — five sons and five daughters. His oldest son, Rich- 
ard, settled in Woodbridge, N. J. ; John, William, and Samuel, 
in Cambridge. Ammi Rahamah graduated from Harvard col- 
lege in 1725, studied divinity, and was settled in North Yar- 
mouth, Me. William Cutter, Sen'r, d. 1723, a. 74; buried 
in Cambridge. 

Ephraim, b. 1651 ; m. Bethia Wood ; r. Charlestown and 
Watertown ; had eight children, — four sons and four daughters, 
(i) Ephraim, settled in Brookfield, Mass. ; (2) Jonathan and 
(3) George, in Watertown ; and (4) John, in Woburn and 
Lexington. 

Gershom, b. 1653 ; m. Lydia Hall ; r. Cambridge ; had four 
childi-en, — one son and three daughters. Gershom, his son, 
settled in Cambridge. Gershom, Sen'r, d. 173S, a. 85. 

Nathaniel, son of Richard Cutter by his wife Frances, was 
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children, — five sons and two daughters ; r. Charlestown. His 
oldest son, Nathaniel, r. Cliarlestown ; Jacob, place of resi- 
dence unknown ; Ebenezer, r. Medford : Richard, d. young. 

Of the Cutter family in JaftVey, Joseph, Benjamin, Moses, 
David, and Nathan were descendants of Ephraim ; James, of 
Gershom ; and John, of Nathaniel. 

Fifth generation. Joseph Cutter, son of John, and grandson 
of John and Rachel Powers Cutter, the son of Ephraim, was b. 
May 13, 1752, at Lexington, Mass. ; re. with his father first to 
Waltham ; second, to Shrewsbury ; and from thence to New 
Ipswich, where his fother d. in 1771, in the forty-sixth year of 
his age. His father was the parent of eleven children. He 
left a widow, Susanna (Hastings), who m., 2"^, Simeon Gould, 
of New Ipswich, and d. at Jaftrey, Aug. 5, 1827, aged 96. 
She was a dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Brown) Hastings, of 
Waltham, son of Thomas, who settled in Watertown in 1634, 
and was admitted freeman in 1635. 

The name Hastings is of Danish origin. A portion of the 
county of Sussex was taken possession of by a Danish chief of 
that name, and the castle and seaport were held by his family 
when William the Conquerer landed in England ; and they 
held it from the crown for many generations. Several of the 
Hastingses were raised to a peerage. Sir Henry and George 
Hastings, grandsons of the Earl of Huntington, had sons who 
became Puritans and came to this country. 

Joseph Cutter and his brother John were appointed executors 
of their father's will ; and after the estate was settled, Joseph re. 
to Jaftrey, and settled on lot 17, range 3, afterwards the farm 
of Joseph Bates, now (1873) of Dea. Isaac S. Russell. After 
a short residence, he purchased a lot of land near the moun- 
tain, built thereon a log cabin, levelled the forest trees, and 
made from time to time additional purcliases of land till he be- 
came the largest landed proprietor in the town. On this tract 
he settled his sons, giving each one a farm, — his eldest son, Jo- 
seph, the homestead, who built the spacious mansion now the 
residence of Joel H. Poole, his great-grandson, — and purchased 
the tavern stand in the centre of the town of his brother Ben- 
jamin, and spent there the remainder of his days, living to the 
great age of 88 years. He was a farmer by vocation ; was born 
and resided on a farm till 1804, when he retired at the age of 
52, having acquired an ample competence by his own industry 
from very small means in the beginning. From his early edu- 
cation and continued occupation in the business of f;\rming, he 
acquired a thorough practical knowledge of its requirements : 
consequently success attended his labors, and he became 
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public office was secondary to his farming interest, and he de- 
clined serving. He, however, served a few times as selectman, 
and held occasionally other minor town offices ; was a military 
captain ; was appointed justice of the peace. He was a soldier 
in the Revolution, for which he was honored with a pension. 

In his domestic relations success marked his progress. He 
m. Rachel, dau. of Nehemiah and Rachel (Shattuck) Hobart, 
of Pepperell, a lineal descendant of the Rev, Peter Hobart of 
Hingham, Mass. She had all the requisite qualifications of a 
kind mother and a faithful wife. She was b. April 12, 1750: 
m. Dec. 5, 1776; d. Jan. 20, 1S35. They were the parents of 
ten children. In 1822 there was a family gathering at his resi- 
dence in the centre of the town. His children and grand- 
children, sons and daughters-in-law, were all present, and in 
addition, his aged mother. No death had occurred among 
them except a wife of Dr. N. Cutter, of Pepperell ; he, how- 
ever, had recently m. a second wife, who was present on the 
occasion. Of the invited guests present were the Rev. Laban 
Ainsworth and the Hon. Abel Parker, with their wives. 

Number of children present, ten, — six sons and four daugh- 
ters. Number of grandchildren, forty, — twenty of eacli sex. 
Sons-in-law, three; daughters-in-law, six. Whole number, 
including parents and grandparents, sixty-two. 

The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ains- 
worth, singing by the assembly, followed by remarks from the 
distinguished ones present. A collation was prepared, of 
which all partook. When that was over the first and second 
generations retired, giving the third a fine opportunity for 
amusement. 

Children : 



I. Joseph^ b. Aug. 23, 1777.+ 

II. Rachel^ h. y^n. 9, 1779; m. John Underwood, 
q. V. 

III. John^ b. Oct. 24, 17S0.-I- 

IV. /Swsaw, b. June 3, 17S2; m. Edmund Parker, 

q. V. 
V. Daniel^ b. Feb. 2, 17S4.-I- 

VI. Sabra^ b. Oct. 11, 17S5 ; d. unm., Feb. 4, 1S43. 
VII. Nehemiah^ b. March 30, 17S7 ; m. Lucy Ste- 
vens, of Middlebury, Mary Parker, of Pep- 
perell, and Eliza Jones, of Boston. No ch. 
[See Coll. Graduates.] 
VIII. Oldist^ b. May 14, 1790; m. Feb. 20, 1821, 
Oliver Barrett, of Mason ; d. March 30, 1838. 
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Joseph Cutter, Jr., settled on the homestead, and 
erected the spacious mansion house now standing on 
that place. He m., June iS, 1804, Phebe, dan. of Capt. 
James and Sarali (Lamson) Gage, b. Dec. 15, 1779. 
He d. Nov. 20, i860, a. 83. His widow d. Dec. 6, 
i87i,a. 92. Early accustomed to a farmer's life, edu- 
cated in the business by a successful teacher, his father, 
he too was successful in the business, and left a lasting 
memorial of his spirit of enterprise in the stately struct- 
ure on the premises already alluded to. He was a man 
of untiring industry, strict integrity, unassuming man- 
ners, quiet and strictly sober habits. His opportunities 
for even a common-school education were extremely 
limited. Schools were few in number, and at that 
time short in duration. Feeling the importance of an 
education, he furnished his children with the advan- 
tages of a good common-school, and spared no pains in 
giving them an opportunity to attend it. He had at 
heart their good, and they will ever hold him in affec- 
tionate remembrance. 

Children : 

I. JVehemiah Hobart, b. March 12, 1805 ; m., Feb. 
15, 1S38, Rebecca, dau. of Submit and 
Phebe (Rugg) Bailey, of East Hampton, 
Mass., b. April 15, 1S05 !— ''•' fiist, in New 
York state ; second, in Joliet, 111., where he 
has been a distinguished citizen, a man of 
note and influence. 
II. Phebe, b. Oct. 24, 1806; m., Dec. 29, 1S36, 
Joel Keyes, of Tyngsborough, Mass. ; r. 
Dunstable, Mass. He d. . 

1. Darwin P., b. Dec. 5, 1837; m- Liz- 
zie Cheney, of Hollis. 

2. J. Willard, b. Sept. 30, 1839; m. Ann 
M. Cooper, of Minneapolis, Minn. ; is 
a Universalist minister, and is now 
(1870) pastor of that church in Roches- 
ter, Minn. One child. Bertha A., b. 
April 18, 1S68. 

Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1808; m., Jan. 29, 1S23, 
Darwin C. Perry, m. d., b. in Orwell, Vt., 
1S07 ; r. Jaftrey ; in 1836 re. to Woodstock, 
Vt., and d. Nov. 28, 1S37. One child : 



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I. Sarah Electa, b. Feb. 24, 1837; m., 
Oct., 1853, Hon. Selucius Garfield, of 
California. He has held many impor- 
tant government offices, and r. in vari- 
ous places, and had several children. 
Mrs. Perry m., 2*^, Dec. 25, 1838, Moses 
Fairbanks, who d. in Fitchburg, July 24, 
1874; shed. June 15, 1874. 
IV. Joseph Hastings, b. May 28, 1812; m.; had 
six children ; r. Milton ; now (1873) in Cal- 
ifornia. 
V. James Lamson, b. June 4, 1814 ; m. Amelia R. 
Hutchinson, of Hebron, Ct., March 13, 
1S51 ; r. Utica, N. Y. Five children : 

1. Lucinda Amelia, b. Fulton, N. Y., 
Nov. 18, 1852. 

2. James Hutchinson, b. Sept., 1854. 

3. Franklin Jewett, b. Utica, Sept. 22, 
1858. 

4. Mary Lauretta, b. Feb. 3, i860. 

5. Harriet Fhebe, b. Dec. 4, 1S61. 

VI. Samuel Thomas, b. July 26, 181S; m., Dec. i, 
1849, Harriet M., dau. of Dea. Amos Wood, 
who d. Nov. II, 1850; m., 2**, Mrs. Alidia 
Maria (Willard) Talmadge, May 4, 1856. 
Three children by second wife : 

1. Harriet Majesta, b. May 14, 1857. 

2. Freddie, b. Aug. 7, 1S5S. 

3. Alida Arvilla, b. Oct. 7, 1859. 

VII. Eliza, b. Dec. 20, 1820; m., Aug. 18, 1846, 

Rev. Harry Brickett, son of John and Eliza- 
beth (Putnam) Brickett, b. at Newbury, Vt, 
Feb. I, 1815. Five children : 

1. Joseph Cutter, b. Francestown, June 
26, 1817 ; d. Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 
25, 1S51. 

2. Ellen Josephine, b. Sept. 2, 1S50. 

3. Harry Leroy, b. Newburyport, Sept. 
14, 1852 ; grad. Oberlin college. 

4. Julia Eliza, b. Hillsborough, N. H., 
July 28, 1859. 

5. Isabel, b. July 21, 1862. 

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John Cutter m. Mary, dau. of Daniel and Betsy 
Bachelder, of Wilton. He d. Jan. 15, 1S57. She d. 
June 3, 1S59, ^' 7^- He received the same education 
as his brothers, and was, like them, industrious in his 
habits, firm in purpose, decided in his opinions, and 
honest in his dealings. He was a successful farmer, 
and large wool-grower. He took deep interest in the 
education of his ciiildren, and many of them became 
distinguished scliolars. Two of his sons studied medi- 
cine, and distinguished themselves in the practise of the 
profession. 

Childi"en : 



Calvin, b. May i, 1S07; ^v i", Caroline Hall, 
of Milford ; she d. Aug. 24, 1842 ; m., 2^ 
Eunice W. Powers, Dec. 10, 1S43, of War- 
ren, Mass. He d. June 19, 1S73 ; had 2 ch. 
by each wife ;— Eliza, d. young. Carrie, b. 
in Milford, July 29, 1S42 ; d. atNewburn, N. 
C, March 24, 1S62. She was a lady highly 
educated, accomplished, refined, and patri- 
otic, and d. in the service of her country, a 
nurse in the army. John Clarence, b. July 
10, 1S51 ; graduated at the Mass. Agricul- 
tural college, at Amherst; now (1S73) a 
student of medicine ; re. to Japan, and is a 

40 professor in a medical institution. Walter 
Powers, b. at Warren, April 28, 1857 ; <^'- 
1871. [See Medical Graduates.] 

41 Luther Gutter, twin brother of Calvin, b. May 

1,1807.+ 

42 Rebecca, b. Aug. 5, 1S08; m. Ira Hastings, 

April 22, 1834, b. March 5, 1801, in Marl- 
boro'. Two children : 

43 I- Martha A. Melissa, b. July 16, 1837; 

d. Sept. 28, 1S65. 

44 2. Mary A. Malvina, b. Sept. 9, 1840; 

m. Josiah M. Darling, of Dublin, 
June, 1863. 

45 IV. John Abbot, b. Jan. 7, 1810, -f 

46 V. Caleb, b. Oct. 29, 1812; m., March 26, 1835, 

Susan A., dau. of Nealy and Anna (Belding) 
Norris; re. to Shirley, Mass., and d. Oct. 
17, 1S73. Two children: 



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1. Ann Bachelder, b. Aug. 19, 1838; m., 

Jan. 2, 1859, Jo'^" ^- Roberts ; r. 
Boston. 

2, Charles Lyman, b. Oct. 24, 1842; m., 

Nov. 26, 1864, Sarah Collins; is a 
flour dealer ; r. Boston. 

VI. Mary, b.' July 3, 1814; m., Oct. 14, 1836, 
Samuel McCoy, of Peterboro'. Three chil- 
dren : 

1. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 17, 1S37 ; m. 

Asa B. Clark, Jan. i, 1S61 ; r. 
Wilton. 

2. Charlotte, b. Nov. 19, 1S39 ; "''•' -^"g- 

II, 1864, Rev. Frank G. Clark, a 
graduate of Amherst college, 1862 ; 
Andover Theological Seminary, in 
1S69 ; and now (1876) pastor of the 
Evangelical church in Rindge ; in 
1877, re. to Gloucester, Mass. 

3. Caroline, b. Aug. 6. 1842 ; m.. May 2, 

1 86 1, John O. Nay, of Peterboro'. 
One ch. 

VII. JBenoni, b. Feb. 14, 1816 ; studied medicine, and 
graduated from the Medical college at Wood- 
stock, Vt., 1838; settled in practise at 
Webster, Me., in which he was very suc- 
cessful till his death, Sept. 4, 185 1. He m. 
Olive S. Drinkwater, who d. ; m., 2*^, her 
sister, Jane B. Drinkwater, who survived his 
decease. Three children by i^'wife: 

1. Winfield Benoni, b. Feb. 14, 1843; in 

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2. John Edward, b. May 16, 1844; in 

service in the same Regt. with his 
brother ; reenlisted in the 29''' Regt, 
and was in service till the close of 
the war. Since that time he has 
been principal of Harrington acad- 
emy, Palermo, Me. 

3. Charles Drinkwater, b. Sept. 7, 1845. 

In 1S69 he re. to Little Rock, Ark. ; 
was superintendent of the Arkansas 
Deaf Mute Institute ; m., and d. 
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VIII. Charles, h. Sept. 11, 1817; m., April i, 1841, 
Maria E., dau. of Eben'r and Mary (Thomp- 
son) Hathorn, r. East JaftVey. They have 
no children. 
IX. /Sybil Bachelder, b. Oct. 14, 1819 ; m., i", March 
7, 1S39, J°^^ ^- Cutter ; m., 2^^, John Ward 
Poole, Nov. 12, 1S40, q. v. 
X. George, b. May 23, 1821 ; d. Aug. 25, 1827 ; 
the first death among the descendants of 
Joseph Cutter. 



Daniel Cutter settled on lot 9, range 3, near the 
homestead of his father. To this from time to time he 
made large and valuable additions, till he became the 
proprietor of a large landed estate. He was a practical 
farmer, having learned the requisites of good farming by 
experience on the homestead in early life. He was a 
large wool-grower and dealer in stock. In 1S35, liaving 
disposed of his home farm, he purchased the home- 
stead of the late Dr. Adonijah Howe, near the centre of 
the town, where he spent the remainder of his days. 
In his early life he took a deep interest in the common 
district schools, and contributed much to their support. 
When the Melville academy was incorporated, he 
aided in the enterprise, and became one of its pro- 
prietors, and assisted in the erection of the house. He 
took a deep interest in the education of his children, 
graduated three of his sons at Dartmouth college, and 
gave his other children liberal academical advantages. 
He m., Nov. 18, 1S06, Sally, dau. of Col. Timothy and 
Rebecca (Bateman) Jones, of Bedford, Mass. She was 
a person well educated, and, for a time, a teacher in 
the public schools. She was b. at Bedford, Aug. 9, 
17S6 ; d. July 7, 1S64. He d. Sept. 23, 1868. 

I. Daniel JBateman, b. May 10, 1S08 ; m., Dec. 8, 
1835, Clementine P., dau. of Hon. Asa and 
Fanny (Jewett) Parker. She d. Aug. 28, 
1870; m., 2"*, Dec. 5, 1872, Mrs. Tryphen 
T. Richardson, b. at Hillsborough, Feb. 9, 
i8i'9. [See College Graduates.] 

I. Lucia Antoinette, b. at Ashby, Mass., 
Sept. 7, 1836; d. at Peterborough, 
July 25, 1854. 



2/0 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

62 2. Isabella Parker, b. at Peterborough, 

July 6, 1847; "''•'' ^^c- 3O' 1S6S, 
Albert W. Noone ; d. March 16, 
1S71. 

63 II. Sally Maria, b. April 16, 1810; m. Vryling 
D. Shattuck, q. v. 

64 III. Susan Eliza, b. Nov. 4, 181 2; m. Charles J. 
Fox, q. V. 

65 IV. Rachel Rebecca, b. April 8, 1815 ; m. Edmund 
P. Shattuck, q. v. 

dd V. Abigail Jones, b. Aug. 4, 1817; m., June 15, 

1847, Benj. F. Fletcher; r. at Rockton, 111. 
One child : 

67 1. Abbie Cutter, b. July 25, 1853 ; d. Dec. 
II, 1877- ^^^^ ^^^ ^ young lady of 
much promise, and d. as she was about 
being m., Dec. 11, 1877. 

68 VI. Lucy Sylvania, b. Nov. 17, 1819; m. Elisha B. 
Banett, of Mason. One child : 

Frank Herbert, b. March 30, 1851 ; m. 
and r. Boston; d. May 29, 1879. 

69 VII. EdiJoard Stear7is,h.Ma\. 27, 1822; m., i*'. May 
27, 1850, Janette, dau. of Samuel and Ja- 
nette (Steele) Swan, of Peterborough. She 
d. Sept. 14, 1873. He m., 2^, Dec. 21, 1874, 
Sarah A. Lord, of Maine. [See College 
Graduates.] 

70 I. Edward Jones, b. July 5, 1855 ; grad- 
uated at Harvard, 1877 ; studied medi- 
cine ; re. Boston. 

71 2. Henry Arthur, b. Oct. 27, 1857 ; attor- 
ney-at-law, Nashua. 

72 3. Annie Louisa, b. June 13, 1863 ; d. 
Aug. 31, 1877. She lived beloved and 
d. lamented. 

73 4. Leonard Taylor, b. Nov. 3, 1S71. 

74 VIII. Leonard Richardson, b. July i, 1S25 ; m. Mary 
Taylor, of Boston, April 15, 1852. He is 
an extensive real estate broker ; has accum- 
ulated by his own ability a large estate ; 
has been for several years a member of the 
Board of Aldermen ; was mayor of the city 
of Boston in 1874. 





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1. Agnes Elizabeth, b. 1853; graduated 
at Vassar college, N. Y., 1874. 

2. Emma Adelaide, b. Nov. 10, 1S57. 

IX. Isaac Jones^ b. May 31, 1830; m., Sept. 9, 
1858, Maigarette, dau. of James and Rispah 
(Farmer) Wood, of Concord, Mass. [See 
College Graduates.] 

1, Rose Margarette, b. May 20, i860. 

2. Frank Edward, b. Aug. 20, 1861. 



Abel Cutter, like his brothers, was a successful 
farmer. He settled, first, on the farm of Kendall Goff; 
second, on the farm of David Cutter, near the Mineral 
Spring; third, on the farm of John Qiiinn. He m. 
Mary, dau. of Reuben and Polly (Pratt) Spaulding. 
She d. July 25, 1854, a. 58. 

After the death of his wife he re. to Boston, and spent 
the remainder of his life with his son, Abel P. Cutter, 
and his widow. He d. at Cambridge Jan. 9, 1878. 
Children : 

I. Edith ParJcer, b. Feb. 17, 1S16; m. John W. 
Poole, q. V. 

II. Abel Parker, b. June 14, 1818; m.. May 19, 
1847, Louisa, dau. of Reuben and Joanna 
(Cox) Frost, of Boston; d. Nov., 1872. 
He was a provision dealer, and was success- 
ful in the business ; removed to Cambridge, 
and there d. Children : 

1. Fannie Louisa, b. Sept. 8, 1848. 

2. William Parker, b. Sept. 20, 1850; 
drowned July 28, 1S63. 

3. Frederick Spaulding, b. Feb. 6, 1853 ; 
grad. Harvard coll., 1874. 

4. Annie Frost, b. Oct. 5, 1855. 

5. Harry Edward, b. Cambridge, May 22, 
1861. 

III. Mariette,h. Jan. 26, 1820; m., Nov. 14, 1839, 
Thomas Upton, q. v. 

IV. Ruba Eveline, b. Dec. 20, 1821 ; m. Lyman 
R. Farnum, q. v. 

V. Sarah Eliza, b. Feb. 21, 1824; m. Joseph P. 
Frost, q. v. 



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VI. Reuben Spaulding^ b. Oct. 24, 1828; m. ; re. to 

California ; d. 1873. 
VII. Fidelia Stearns, b. July 9, 1830; m. William 

D. Mackay ; r. Oilman, 111. She d. July 

31, 1871. 
VIII. Emily Frances, b. Sept. 20, 1833 ; m. Amasa 

F. S. Hodge, q. v. 

IX. Charles Edmund, b. Aug. 11, 1835 ; d. in San 

Francisco, Cal., Dec. 31, 1863. 

X. Lucius Edwin, b. Aug. 12, 1837; ^- J^"* ^3' 

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Joel Cutter, twin brother of Abel, a farmer by vo- 
cation, was, like his brother, successful in tiie business. 
He m., Feb. 27, 1816, Mary Sylvania, dau. of Col. 
Timothy Jones, of Bedford, b. June 17, 1793; d. Oct. 
3, i8'^3. He d. Sept. 6, 1871. Ten children: 

I. Joel Hohart,h. Nov. 23, 181 6; m., March 7, 

1839, Sibyl B. Cutter, and d. Sept. 17, 1839. 

II. Timothy Jones, b. Aug. i, 1818; d. Nov. 28, 

1843, before the completion of his medical 

studies. 

III. Mary Sylvania, b. Sept. 27, 1820; m., Sept. 

16, 1841, Dea. Isaac Sylvester Russell ; d. in 
Mason, April 16, 1842. 

IV. Frederick Augustus, b. Dec. 28, 1822 ; m., i^', 

Dec. 28, 1848, Clara Tomlin, ofMullica Hill, 
N. J., and m., 2^, Rebecca Chattin, of Roch- 
ester, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1857. His first wife 
d. Dec. 28, 1851. He d. Jan. 3, 1869. He 
practised medicine about nineteen years, 
and established a wide reputation. Two 
children by second wife : 

1. Albert Henry, b. Feb. 7, 1859. 

2. Lillia Eda, b. June 4, 1864. 

V. Nehemiah, b. March 24, 1825 ; m., April 2, 
18^0, Emily Adeline, dau. of Col. Oliver 
and Deborah (Perry) Bailey ; r. on the 
homestead ; a farmer by vocation. 

1. Clara Augusta, b. June 14, 1852; m. 
Fred. J. Lawrence, q. v. 

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VI. Franklin Horatio, b. May 26, 1827 : m., Sept. 
12, 1S52, Rhoana S., dau. of Capt. James 
and Parna (White) Bennett, of Rindge. 
He settled on the Conant farm, and carried 
it on successfully for a number of years, and 
has now retired to East JaftVey to enjoy the 
fruit of his labors. He has held the office 
of selectman, county commissioner ; repre- 
sented the town in the state legislature, and 
is now justice of the peace and quorum 
throughout the state. Two children : 

1. Florence Pearl, b. June 30, 1853; m. 

Rev. Leonard J. Deane, pastor of 
the Baptist church, East JaftVey. 

2. Henrietta Sylvania, b. Sept. 3, 1855 ; 

d. May 28, 1875. 

VII. Richard Albert, b. May 15, 1830; d. at Mullica 
Hill, N. J., March 29, 1857. He was pro- 
fessor of penmanship, and had few equals 
with the pen. 

^■iii. Henry Lyman, b. Nov. 11, 1832; d. at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Feb. 3, 1855, while attending 
medical lectures. 

IX. Elizabeth Rebecca, b. Oct. 9, 1834; m., Feb. 7, 
1864, Rev. Charles Guild, of Meriden, N. H. 

1. Laura E., b. May 16, 1865. 

2. Mabel, b. Aug. 10, 1869. 

X. Ebenezer Bancroft, b. Oct. 30, 1837 ; m., March 
20, i860, Ann J., dau. of Capt. James and 
Parna (White) Bennett, of Rindge, N. H., 
where he follows the occupation of a carriage- 
maker. 



Luther Cutter settled in his native town ; was a 
shoe manufacturer ; was also an auctioneer, deputy 
sheriflT, and justice of the peace. He m., Sept. 15, 
1830, Caroline, dau. of Capt. Moses and Rachel 
(Turner) Cutter. She d. Dec. 26, 1861, a. 52. He d. 
Sept. 28, 1876. 

I. Caroline Pamelia, b. July 17, 183 1 ; m. Henry 

C. French, q. v. 
II. George Washington, b. May 18, 1833 ; d. Dec. 
29, 1849. 

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III. Josephine Maria, b. Oct. 10, 1S36; m., Oct. 5, 

1S52, George A. Adams ; r. Troy ; ch. 

IV. Sarah Frances, b. Nov. 5, 1840 ; m. George N. 

Wheeler, of Royalston, Mass., May 24, 
1S57. C)ne ch., Mary E. She d. June 10, 
1S74, a. 34. 
V. William Everett, b. Oct. 29, 1846; d. Nov. 15, 

1S46. 
VI. Willard Leverett, b. Oct. 29, 1846; d. Nov, 25, 
1846. (Twins). 



John Abbot Cutter, Capt., an extensive farmer, 
and for many years the owner of the Ainsworth farm. 
He has now retired from the business, having accumu- 
hited by his own industry a good estate. He has taken 
a deep interest in town afl'airs, and is now (1S77) ^ 
member of the board of selectmen, and has been captain 
of the Rifle company. He m., Jan. 27, 1832, Nancy 
H., dau. of Emery and Sarah (Hill) Wheelock ; b. Jan. 
20j I Si I. 

I. Martha Bachelder, b. Jan, 30, 1833 ! "^- Winsor 
F. Morse, March 28, 1852. She d. May 29, 
1874. Four children : (i) Ella M., b. June 
25,1852. (2) John A., b. Dec. 5, 1861. 
(3) Clara R., b. Sept. 20, 1863 ; d. May 24, 
1867. (4) Winsor E., b. April 4, 1865. 
II. George Abbot, b. June 17, 1835; d. June 29, 

1835- 

III. Jbh7i Emery, b. June 17, 1835 ; d. same day. 

IV. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 27, 1S36 ; m. Alphonso 

A. Adams, of Marlborough, June 20, 1857. 
Two ch. : Freddie Eugene, b. Jan. i, 1858. 
Lillie Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1859. ^'^^ ^• 

Benjamin Cutter, a descendant of Ephraim, and 
brother of Joseph, was b. in Shrewsbury, Mass., June 
8, 1756 ; m. Catherine Farnsworth, who d. at Williams- 
town, Vt., Nov. 12, 1833, a. 73. He d. in Lashute, C. 
E., Feb. 7, 1820. He followed several callings, of a 
mercantile, agricultural, and mechanical character, and 
dwelt in various localities in New Hampshire, Vermont, 
and Canada. He was a man of enterprise, and, among 
his other pursuits, he was keeper of a tavern. He 
came from New Ipswich to JaflVey previous to 1781 ; 
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farm of Benj. Frost and his son John, now uninhabited. 
In 1782 or '3, he re. to Alstead where five of his chil- 
dren were born. In 1794 or '5, he returned to Jaffrey, 
and kept tavern near the meeting-house, afterwards 
the residence of Joseph Cutter, his brother. In 1798 
or *9, he re. again to Alstead, and soon after to Wood- 
stock, and fiom thence to Lashute, C. E., where he d. 
Children : 

I. Moses, b. at Jaftrey, June 22, 1781 ; m. Hannah, 
dau. of Col. Christopher Webber, of Wal- 
pole ; d. in St. Louis, Aug. 23, 1858. He 
was a merchant in Royalton, Vt. ; after- 
wards in Cleveland, in company with his 
brother. Having accumulated a large estate, 
he re. to St. Louis, and spent the rest of his 
days with his children, located in business 
in that place. Four ch., sons. 
II. Catherine, b. in Alstead, Oct. 4, 1783 ; m. John 
S. Hutchins ; r. Lashute, C. E. Many ch. 

III. Betsy, b. May 12, 1785; m. William Powers; 

r. Lashute, C. E. 

IV. Benjamin, b. June 25, 17S7; m. Roxey Corn- 

stock; settled, i^', in Williamstown, Vt., 2^, 

Bloomfield, O. ; d. Feb. 23, 1867 ; a farmer. 

V. Tryphosa,\). K\)\\\ 2, 1789; m. Augustus L. 

Stone; d. 1864, at Winona, Wis. 
VI. Nawa, b. March 27, 1794; m. Miss Davis; 
d. at Royalton, N. Y. Two children. 

VII. Orlando, b. at Jaffrey, June 5, 1797 ; m. Phyana 

M. Phelps, of Painesville, O. She d. in 
Cleveland, O., Dec. 19, 1S30; m., 2^, Nov. 
8, 1832, Sarah A. VVillard, of Cleveland, O. 
He was a merchant in Cleveland, in com- 
pany with Mack & Conant, and in 1825 
engaged in the auction and commission 
business, and in 1868 relinquished it to his 
son Edwin. Twelve ch., 2 by i^' wife, 10 
by 2^ wife, -f- 

VIII. Sarah, b. in Alstead, March 17, iSoo ; m. John 

D. Howe. 
IX. Adeline Davis, b. at Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 3, 
1802 ; m. Mary Shepler Hemperly, b. at 
Beaver, Pa., Sept. 12, 1816. He d. in 
Cleveland, Sept. 11, 1852. He was a mer- 
chant, i^', in Wooster, O. ; re. from thence 
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(126) Moses Cutter, by wife, Hannah, had children : 

135 I. Charles^ h. 1805, in Royalton, Vt. ; m. ; 2 ch. ; 
r. St. Louis. 

136 II. George Webber, b. 1S09; m. Julia Rogers; d. 

1837- 

137 III. Norman, b. iSii ; m. Frances A. Harrington, 

of Hopkintoii, Mass. ; a merchant ; r. St. 
Louis. 

138 IV. Amos, b. 1S15 ; m., 1840, Catherine M. Har- 
rington, of Hopkinton, Mass. Has been a 
merchant in Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Bos- 
ton ; now r. in Arlington. Has one son, 
George Webber, b. in Cincinnati, March 10, 
1843 ; graduated from Washington Univer- 
sity, St. Louis, 1864 ; a tutor in that institu- 
tion ; graduated Cambridge Divinity School, 
1S6S ; ordained pastor of the First Congre- 
gational parish in Arlington, Mass., Jan. 26, 
1870. Two ch. 



(132) Orlando Cutter, by i^' wife, Phyan M., had ch. : 

130 I. Edicin Horatio, b. April 28, 1821, in Cleveland ; 

d. March 24, 1823. 

140 II- Orlando Phelps, b. July 25, 1824 ; served in the 
war of 1 86 1. 

141 III. Edwin, b. Oct. 21, 1827; m. Helen M. Earl. 
He is an auctioneer. 

142 IV. Michard llillard, b. Aug. 16, 1833 ; m. Delphine 
F. Wilson. He was in service in the Rebel- 
lion. R. Cleveland. 

143 V. William Lemen^ b. Feb. i, 1835; m. Caroline 
A. Pease ; is cashier of the Merchants Na- 
tional Bank, Cleveland. 

144 VI. Nelson Patrick, h. Jan. 22, 1837; one of the 
first volunteers in the rebel war ; d. Dec. 6, 
1861. 

145 VII. George, b. Oct. 20, 1839; ^- ^^^- ^3' ^839. 

146 VIII. John Farnsioorth, b. Sept. 10, 1841 ; m.. May 
22, 1867, Josephine Kelsey. He entered the 
Union service as a private. May, 1861 ; pro- 
moted to a lieutenant, and became adjutant 
of the 53** Regt. O. V. ; was in the battle of 
Shiloh, Atlanta, Ga., was taken prisoner, 
and after six weeks' imprisonment was ex- 
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Savannah, where he was discharged. R. 
Cleveland ; a banker. 

IX. Helen Phyan, b. Aug, 23, 1843 ; m. Henry J. 

Hoyt. 

X. Horace Long ^ b. Aug. 9, 1846; teller in the 

Ohio National Bank. 

XI. Norman Webber, b. Aug. 39, 1848 ; r. Cleveland. 

XII. Sarah Catherine, b. Feb. 12, 1851. 



Moses Cutter a descendant of Ephraim and brother 
of Joseph, was b. in Shrewsbury, Mass., March 26, 
1760; m. Rachel, dau. of Lieut. William Turner. He 
d. at Bradford, April 10, 1S16. His wid. d. at Jaffrey. 
May 21, 1849, ^- ^o- ^^^'- Cutter came to Jaftrey pre- 
vious to 1787, settled on lot 7, range 4, now (1873) 
uninhabited. He was a soldier in service during the 
Revolution, and served for a time as one of Washing- 
ton's Life Guards. He afterwards held the office of 
captain in the 13"' Regt. N. H. Militia. Well versed 
in the manual of arms, he took high rank as a military 
officer. He re. to Bradford about 1808. 

I. Jane, b. Aug. 4, 17S7 ; m. Samuel Bates, of 
Jaffi-ey, June 21, 1810. He was b. April. 
1786; d. June, 1854. She d. Oct. 14, 1838. 

1. Sophia, b. at Bradford. Aug. 10, 1810; 

tl. July 13, 1851. 

2. Moses Cutter, b. March 3, 1816 ; m. 

Martha Elliot. Three ch. 

3. Samuel, b. Sept. 6, 1S21 ; m. Two 

ch. 

II. Susan, h. May 19, 1789; d. at Bradford, July 
7, 1818 ; unm. 

III. Rachel, b. Oct. 31, 1792; m., Jan. i, 1815. 

Abel Nutting, of Groton, Mass., b. Feb. 13, 
17SS; d. at Marlborough, N. H., June 10, 
1863. She (1. Oct. 14, 1848. Five ch. 

IV. Mary, b. March 22, 1794; m. Richard Hovt, of 

Bradford ; d. at Albany, N. Y., 1832. 
V. Moses, b. Nov. 11, 1795. -\- 
VI. William Turner, b. March 5, 1798. -|- 
VII. Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 1801 ; m. Artemas Law, of 
Jaftrey. He d, Nov. 12, 1836, a. 34. 

I. George Gilmore, b. June 18, 1830; m. 
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2. Charles Darwin, b. June 5, 1833 ; m. 
Emily George, March 9, 1853. 

VIII. Pamelia, h. Aug. 8, 1S03; m., i'', Charles G. 
Gilmore, q. v. ; m., 2*^, Dea. John Sanderson, 
Sept., 1852. She d. Oct. 10, 1867. 
IX, Willard.) b. July 14, 1806. -|- 
X. Caroline, b. Oct, 26, 1809; m. Luther Cutter, 

q. V. 
XI. Jbhti, b. July 11, 181 2 ; d, at Jaffrey, March 12, 
1842. 



Moses Cutter m., Dec, 28, 1826, Abigail, dau. of 
William and Jane (Wright) Davidson, of Peterborough, 
b. Jan. 27, 1802. He settled in Jaffrey, and while 
there was a distinguished commander of the JaftVey and 

Rindge cavalry company. In he re. to Princeton, 

Mass., and was there killed by a bull, Feb. 21, 1854. 

I. Calvin, b. in Jaffrey ; m, at Lowell, Mass. ; d. 

at sea, 1854. 
II. William Davidson, b. in Jaffrey ; d. at sea, 

1854. 
III. Abigail Hunt, h. Jaffiey ; m. Luther G. Bemis, 

of Marlborousfh. 



William Turner Cutter m., March 7, 1832, Lydia, 
dau. of Micah and Lucy (Vose) Jennings, of Waltham, 
Mass., b. June iS, 1806. He was a farmer, and d, at 
East Jaffrey, June 4, 1866, 

I, Mary Vose, b. Feb, 12, 1833; m. John W. 
Perry, of Rindge, Feb. 15, 1S60; r. Den- 
mark, Iowa. One child, — Sarah L., b. 
Dec. 12, i860. 

II. William Lyman, b. March 15, 1838 ; r. Den- 
mark, Iowa. He served three years and six 
months in Co. C, First Iowa Cavalry, dur- 
ing the rebel war. 

III. Edwin Rice, b. Oct. 2, 1841 ; was a non-com- 

missioned officer and a member of Co, G., 
14th Regt. N. H. Vols., in the late war. 

IV. Edxoard Everett, b. Oct. 2, 1841 ; m., Sept. 27, 

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(Lincoln) Whitcomb, of Marlborough, N. H., 
where he resides. He was a member of Co. 
G, 14th Reg't, N. H. Vols. 
Charles Elliot^ b. Sept. 22, 1847. 



WiLLARD Cutter m. Eliza, dan. of William and 
Rebecca (Moore) Shirley, of Waltham, b. Sudbury, 
Mass., Oct. 27, 1S06. He settled, first, in Waltham, 
Mass. ; re. to Meadville, Penn., 1837 ; d. Feb. 8, i860. 
He was a carpenter and joiner. Cli. : 

I. Catherine^ b. at Waltham, Mass., July 21, 

1831 ; d. Sept. 26, 1832. 
II. William Shirley, b. July 7, 1833 ; m. Elizabeth 
Sheafnocker, of Meadville, Oct. 18, 1868. 
One ch., — Hattie Bell, b. July, 1869. 

III. Eliza Ann. b. Aug. 16, 1835 ; m. Wm. H. Lar- 

kin, Feb. 21, 1855. 

1. Elizabeth Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1856. 

2. Eva Jane, b. March 11, 1S58. 

3. George Henry, b. June i, 1862. 

4. Albert Lincoln, b. April 14, 1869. 

IV. Willai'd Ainsicorth, h. Sept. 18, 1837; m., Jan. 

16, 1868, Mary M., dau. of Ethan and Eliza- 
beth (Warner) Greene. He is a carpenter 
by trade. 
V. Mary Jatie, h. at Meadville, Nov. i, 1S39 ; d. 
Aug. 9, 1844. 

VI. Harriet Adeline, h. July 5, 1842; d. Aug. 16, 
1844. 

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David Cutter was b. at Shrewsbury, Oct. 28, 1762 ; 
came with his father, John, to New Ipswich, and from 
thence to Jaftrey, and settled on the Wilder farm, near 
the Monadnock Mineral Spring. He m., Sept. 30, 
1789, Polly, dau. of Dea. Eleazer and Mary Flint Spof- 
ford, and d. June 12, 1826. His widow d. Nov. 26, 
1857, a. 92. 'Ch. : 

I. Isaac Ayer, b. July 24, 1793. He was an ex- 

cellent drummer ; served in the War of 1812 ; 
afterwards enlisted in the U. S. Army. 

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IV. John., 1). A])!'!! 29, 1800.-I- 

V. Luke, 1). April 6, 1802; d. Sept. 12, 1802. 
VI. Mary, b. March 2, 1803 '•> "^- I-'^'vi liijj;,i^el()vv, of 
Fitzwilliam, May 20, 1824; r. Oaklaiul Val- 
ley, Iowa. 

1. Levi Spoflbrd. b. May 31, 1825; m. 
Ann E. Puringtou, April 25, 1849; r. 
Shrewsbury, Mass. 

2. Horace, b. Oct. 8, 1827; d. Sei)t 22, 
1828. 

3. Horace, b. July 15, 1S30; d. June 18, 
1 848. 

4. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1831 ; ni. Eli A. 
Smith, Jiuie 25, 1858. 'I'wo children : 
(i) Minnie Rose, b. July 26, 1859; (2) 
Leslie Kirov, b. June 26, 1866. 

5. Mary, b. Oct. 31, 1836; m. Willard 
Hartwell, Marcii 19, 1855. Four chil- 
dren. 

VII. lAike Hastings., b. April 28, 1805.-I- 
VIII. Nathan, b. Dec. 22, 1807 ; d. same ilay. 
IX. AdoniJah,h. Aug. 29, 1808; in., Nov. 27, 1840, 

Maria Wilson, of Fitzwilliam. 
X. Susan, b. Dec. 22, 1810; d. Dec. 33, 1810. 



David Cuttkk, Jr., m., i"', Jan. 5, 1824, Eliza, dau. 
of William and Mary (lirown) Tolman, of Winchen- 
don. She d. Oct. 14, 1825, a. 21. M., 2<', Dolly, dau. 
of Rev. Levi and Sarah (Packard) Pillsl)ury, of Win- 
chendon. 

He entered the U. S. Army, and served during the 
Mexican war. The time of liis death is uid<nown. 
Children : 

I. Morrill Tolman, b. Oct. 10, 1825 ; m., June 5, 
1847, Mrs. Persis A. (Wyman) Munroe, of 
Northborough, Mass. ; r. in Akron, O. Is 
engaged in liie boot and shoe business. He 
was in the Union army during the war. 

II. Eliza Tolman, b. April 23, 1830; m. 

Woods. 
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John Cutter m. Eliza, dau. of Rev. Levi and Sarah 
(Packard) Pillsbury, March 17, 1825. He was a farm- 
er ; settled in Winchendon ; was a distinguished man 
in town and church affairs; held offices of trust; was 
selectman, overseer of the poor, deacon of the church, 
and captain of the militia. He d. . Ch. : 

I. Levi Pillsbury, b. Dec. 29, 1825 ; m. Abbie G., 
dau. of David and Susan (Gray) Biggelow, 
in 1854; ''^' West, and was killed by the 
cars at Harvard Junction, 111., June 6, 1862. 
Two children : (i) Fred Oscar, b. Nov. 29, 
1849 ; (2) John, b. Dec. 29, 1859. 
II. John Caloiii, b. Aug. 21, 1827; m. Aurilla 
Pierce, of Londonderry, Vt., Dec. 12, 1849. 
Ch. : (i) Nelson S., b. Sept. 13, 1850; d. 
Aug. 25, 1854; (2) John Morrill, b. Nov. 4, 
1852 ; (3) Sarah A., b. Dec. 2, i860. 

HI. Eliza Mipley, twin, b. Aug. 21, 1827; m.John 
Chapman, April 8, 1847 > ^'- ^^ Keene, July 
2, 1865. Three ch. : (i) Ann Eliza, b, Jan. 
29, 1849 ; m. Christopher Hathorn ; (2) Ella 
Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1851 ; (3) Frank Bailey, 
b. Feb. 22, 1865, 

IV. Sarah Pillsbury, b. Oct. 16, 1829 ; m. Dr. Wm. 
Lincoln, of Wabasha, Minn., Aug. 28, 
1855; ^- ^^^' ^9' ^§59. One ch. : Willie 
H., b. June 2, 1S57. 



Luke Hastings Cutter m., March 20, 1832, Abi- 
gail, dau. of T. K. Ames, of Mason ; re. to Peter- 
borough, and from thence to New Ipswich, where he 
d. in a snow-storm, March 8, 1845. His widow d. 
Feb. II, 1854. Five ch. : 

I. Eliza. 

II. William Hastings, m. and r. in St. Louis, Mo. 

III. Henry P., a jeweller. 

IV. Lucy, deceased. 

V. Mary, m. Putman, and d. at Brattleboro', 

Vt. 



Nathan Cutter came from New Ipswich — where 
his father, Nathan, a grandson of Ephraim, d. March 
6, 1778, a. 42 — and settled on lot 20, range 6, now 
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in Jaffrey is not precisely known, but some time previ- 
ous to 1785. He m. Polly, dau. of Capt. William Pope. 
About 181 2 he re. to Shoreham, Vt., and d. about 
1S18. 

I. Polly, d. in Jaffrey, Dec. 29, 1798, a. 17. 
II. William Pope, b. in Jaffrey, June 13, 1785.+ 
[See College Graduates.] 

III. Rhoana, b. in Jaffrey ; m. Nicanor Needham, of 

Shoreham, Vt., pliysician ; died. 

IV. Orinda, m. Darius Cooper, farmer. 

V. Ahdilla. 

VI. Hosira, m. Leander Cass ; had a son and daugh- 
ter. 
VII. Nathan. 



William Pope Cutter (Dr.) m. Prudence Evans, 
March 24, 1808; d. at Shoreham, Vt., July 8, 1815. 
Ch.: 

I. Dorothy, b. Sept. 20, 1809; m. Daniel Abbot; 

d. Nov. 19, 1842 ; had one daughter. 
II. William Pope, b. Nov. 23, 181 1 ; d. 1822. 
III. Rhoana N., b. Hartford, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1814 ; 
m. Walter Robbins, of Leicester, Vt., Dec. 
31,1838. Ch.: 

1. Milo N., b. Dec. 9, 1840; m. Annie 
P. Whittier, Sept. 17, 1866; r. Boston ; 
one son, b. May 19, 1869. 

2. Hannah M., b. April 15, 1843. 

3. Emma R., b. Sept. 4, 1845 ' '^* Edwin 
H. Hubbard, Feb. 24, 1S64. 

4. Thirza L., b. 7, 1849. 

5. Mary J., b. Sept. 19, 1852. 

6. Julia A., b. May 32, 1855. 



James Cutter, a descendant of Gershom, son of 
Richard, the emigrant, was the son of Gershom, Jr., 
and Anna, dau. of John and Sarah Fillebrown, of 
Cambridge, b, March 27-28, 1742; m. Catherine, dau. 
of Samuel and Mary (Hammond) Benjamin, of Wal- 
tham, Mass., b. March 6, 1745. They re., first, to 
Rindge, and Oct. 18, 1778, were dismissed from the 
church in Waltham to the church in that place. In 
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Squantum ; was a miller in that place, and d. there 
April 13, 1790, the first one by the name of Cutter who 
d. in Jafirey. His widow d. Feb. 12, iSiS. Ch. : 

233 I. Polly, b. May 3, 1772 ; d. Feb. 28, 1773. 

234 II. James, b. March 23, 1774; d. unm. at Boston, 
I iSoi. 

235 III. Mary, b. April 14, 1776; d. April 24, 177S. 

236 IV. Catherine, b. Sept. 16, 177S ; m. Ford ; d. 

1S39, Charlestown, Mass. 

237 V. Elizabeth, b, Jan. 24, 17S1 ; " Betsey Cutter " 

d. unm. in Jaffrey, Oct. 11, 1852. 

238 VI. Stephen, b. Nov. 3, 1782.-}- 

239 VII. Samicel, b. Sept. 7, 17S5; m, Susan Brown, of 
Groton ; r. West Cambridge, VVoburn, Lan- 
caster, and Watertown ; was a miller, and 
d. in Woburn, Nov. 3, 1843. His widow d. 
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Stephen Cutter m. Mehitable, dau. of Joseph and 
Lucy (Robinson) Kimball, of JafFrey. He d. Aug. 15, 
1S52, at Cuba, N. Y. His widow d. at JaftVey, July 
26, 1879, a. 88. 

I. Stephen HAmhall, b. March 12, i8i5.-f- 

II. Harriet Eliza, b. Feb. 3, 181 7. 

III. Charles Americas, b. June 28, 1819.+ 

IV. Catherine Augusta, b. Jan. 21, 1821 ; d. July 19, 

1842 ; unm. 
V. George Eranklin, b. Dec. 27, 1822 ; m. Mrs. 
Mary S. Scott, b. in Charleston, S. C, 
March 23, 1819. 
VI. Giistaviis A., b. April 16, 1825.-!- 



Stephen Kimball Cutter m. Eliza Daggett. July 
15, 183S, b. at Westmoreland, Oct. 2, 1S17; is a car- 
penter ; r. Cuba, N. Y. Ch. : 

I. Frances Eveline, b. April 18, 1839 ; m. Veranus 
B. Colman, Sept. 14, 1859; re. in Belmont, 
N. Y. Three ch. 

Judson Charles, b. Cuba, N. Y., July 30, 1842. 

Addison Adol2)hns, b. April 20, 1845 ; d. June 
26, 1S45. 

Addison Adolphus, b. Oct. 5, 1846. 

Ella Eliza, b. March 30, 1849. 



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Charles Americus Cutter m. Philena Loveland, 
of Londonderry, Vt., June 2, 1846; r, Jaffrey. He d. 
Dec. 8, 1873. 

I. Gustavus Adolphus, b. Feb. 23, 1847, at Clare- 

mont. 
n, Lucy Ann, b. July 13, 1S51, at Marlow. 
HI. Willie Mark, b. Sept. 21, 1857, ^^ J'^^ffi'^y* 



Gustavus Adolphus Cutter m. Mary Vinton Lar- 
abee, of Melrose, Mass., Jan. i, 1851. She was b. Aug. 
23, 1833. R. Newton, 111. He was impressed into the 
rebel army. Ch. : 

I. Mary Jane, b. at Melrose, Oct. 31, 1852 ; d. 

May 29, 1854. 
II. William (Jhanning, b. Oct. 28, 1854. 
III. Daniel Webster, b. at Nashville, Tenn , May 15, 

1857. 



John Cutter was a descendant of Nathaniel, son of 
Richard, the emigrant, by his 2^ wife, Frances (Ferri- 
man) Amsden, the widow of Isaac Amsden, or Emsden, 
of Cambridge. Nathaniel m. Mary, dau. of Thomas 
and Anne Fillebrown, of Charlestown, b. May 5, 1662. 
They had seven children. John, their fifth child, m. 
Hepzebah Brooks, dau. of Jabez and Hepzebah (Cutter) 
Brooks, of W^oburn. They had two children — John 
and Nathaniel. Nathaniel m. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin 
and Esther (Richardson) Wyman. They had ten chil- 
dren — four sons and six daughters. John, the third son 
and fourth child, was b. at Woburn, March 16, 1765 ; 
m. Abigail, dau. of John and Rebecca (Corneille 
Demary, of Rindge, N. H., b. Aug. 21, 1768, and d. 
March 4, 1866, a. 97. Mr. Cutter d. Sept. 14, 1835, a. 
70. John Cutter came to JaftVey in 1789, soon after his 
marriage, and commenced business as a tanner in the 
establishment afterwards occupied by his son, Ben- 
jamin Cutter, but since demolished. He was a person 
of singular energy of character, and by industry, frugal- 
ity, and strict honesty, acquired not only a comfortable 
subsistence, but a competency. He was among the 
first who openly avowed faith in God's impartial grace 
and salvation, and for many years was considered the 
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was always the home for the ministers who came into 
town, where they ever found a welcome, both by him 
and his excellent companion. Mrs. Cutter was one of 
the excellent of the earth ; her whole life, long and useful, 
was characterized by strict integrity, virtuous principle, 
and a Christian walk. She retained her physical and 
mental faculties in a remarkable degree up to the close 
of her earthly pilgrimage ; patient, trustful, and hopeful, 
she met her death with calmness. She was the mother 
of twelve children, fifty grandchildren, and a large 
number of great-grandchildren ; six of her children, and 
twenty-six of her grandchildren were living at the time 
of her death. Mr. Cutter was the first person in Jaftrey 
who kept accounts in Federal money 
Children : 

I. John^ b. at Rindge, Oct. 31, 17S8. -|- 
II. Jonas^ b. at Jaftrey, March 6, 1791 ; d. in Sa- 
vannah, Ga., Oct. 7, 1820. He graduated 
at Dartmouth college, 181 1. [See Coll. Gr.] 

III. Benjamin^ b. Jan. 8, 1793-I- 

IV. Ethan^ b. April 11, 1795.-I- 

V. Ermina, b. Feb. 14, 1797 ; m. Levi Underwood, 
Sept. 7, 1819; d. in Goshen, Oct. 17, 1821. 

VI. Cyriis, b. May 17. 1798.-I- 

VII. Nathaniel^ b. March 2. i8oo.-|- 
VIII. Esther, b. Nov. 3, 1801 ; m. Laban Rice, q. v. 

IX. Mepsy, b. Dec. 24, 1803 ; m., June 30, 1S25, 
John Holmes; and d. in Springfield, Vt., 
Sept. 5, 1854. He commenced business in 
company with his brother, Enos Holmes, at 
Springfield, manufacturing cotton fabrics; 
and is largely concerned in the Black River 
Manufacturing Company. Children: 

1. John Cutter, b. April 22, 1827; m. 

i^', Marcia A. Kimball, June 4, 
1850; and, 2'', Rebecca Spoftbrd, 
March 8, 1859. ^^ '" ^ government 
office in Washington, D. C. Three 
Children: (i) Otto K. (2) Frank. 
(3) Harvey B. 

2. Emeline Duncan, b. March 7, 1830; d. 

Sept., 1851. 

3. Abigail Demary, b. Aug. 21, 1836; d. 

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X. Emeline, b. Sept. 16, 1806; m. Hiram Duncan, 
merchant, July 21, 1S29 ; b. at Hancock, 
March 4, 1805 ; d. at Jatirey, Dec. 24, 1840. 
His widow d. Feb. 28, 1S76. One ch. 

I. Sarah Miller, b. July 8, 1833; m. 
Peter Upton, q. v. 

XI. Paulina^ b. Aug. 2, 1808; m. Hiram Spoftbrd, 
cotton manufacturer, Feb. 18, 1835, ^* ^'^ 
Weathersfield, Vt., Nov. 3, 1801 ; d. Spring- 
field, Vt., July 16, 1846. 

1. Abbie Louisa, b. Oct. 25, 1S39. 

2. Hiram Duncan, b. July 29, 1841 ; m. 

Georgiana Fowler, of Bellows 
Falls, Vt., June 4, 1867, b. Monroe 
township, Pa., Nov. 25, 1848. 

XII. Abigail, b. March 20, 1810; d. Feb. 7, 1S49 ; 
unm. 



John Cutter m., Feb. 7, 1811, Betsy, dau. of Capt. 
Alpheus and Elizabeth (Gilmore) Crosby. He was a 
leather manufacturer, and re. from JaftVey to Goshen, 
Feb. 25, 1829. He d. Feb. 5, 1829. His widow d. in 
Campton, N. H. Children : 

I. John Telestu^^ b. Aug. i, 1811 ; m. Elizabeth 
Hosley ; d. July 3, 1879. 

II. Laura, b. Dec. 10, 1S12 ; m. Lucius M. Howe, 
q. V. 

III. Clarissa, b. Aug. 19, 1814; m. Hon. William 
Clark, March 22, 1836. Mr. Clark was a 
member of the New Hampshire senate in 
i849-'5o. He d. in Boston. Children : 

I. Clarissa Cutter, b., Jaftrey, Oct. 8, 
1838; m. Theodore Parsons, of 
Gloucester, Mass., April 13, 1869; 
r. Boston. 

Emeline Duncan, b. in Campton, April 
4, 1841 ; d. Jan. 31, 1843. 

William Francis, b. Dec. 19, 1842; d. 
Dec. 20, 1862. 

Charles Elmer, b. Dec. 12, 1844. 

Emily Adams, b. Jan. 11, 1848. 

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IV. Emily, b. Feb. 24, 1816; m. Samuel Cunning- 
ham, of Peterborough, June 13, 1839; r. 
Rockford, 111. Children : 

1. Laura E., b. April 6, 1847; ^- i" 

infancy. 

2. James Ethan, b. Nov. 27, 184S ; d. 

Aug. 19, 1867. 

3. John A., b. Aug. 27, 1S51 ; m., and d. 

1879. 

V. ^rmma, b. Jan. 28, 1818; m. John Baldwin 
Tucker, May 5, 1S41, at Burlington, JMich., 
b. in Griswold, Conn., 1811 ; r. Mich. ; en- 
gaged in an extensive flour and saw^ mill 
business in Union City, Mich. Three ch. 

1. Minnie Theresa, b. March 13, 1842. 

2. Frances Amelia, b. May 5, 1846. 

3. Charles Cutter, b. Sept. 9, 1848. 

VI. Elizabeth Crosby, b. March 3, 1820; m. Lucius 
M. Howe, q. v. 

vii. Charles, b. Feb. 23, 1822; m., March 27, 1850, 
Sarah Lucretia, dau. of Joseph and Sarah D. 
(Parker) Joslin, of Jaflrey. He grad. Dart- 
mouth college in 1843. [See College Grad- 
uates.] 
VIII. Abigail, h. May 17, 1834; m. Charles Sabin, 
Nov. 24, 1846. He is an apothecary; r. 
Fitzwilliam. One child : May. 

IX. Mary Woodbury, b. Aug. 13, 1826; m. John 
Clement, May i, 1844, at Campton. 

I. Lucius Howe, b. March 14, 1845; d. 
at Goldsboro', N. C, July 5, 1865 ; a 
soldier in the Union army. 

X. Benjamin Franklin, b. Dec. 14, 1828; m.,Oct. 
28, 185 1, Emily Jane, dau. of Elijah and 
Eliza Pattee Mitchell, of Campton; in 1S63 
re. to Maiden, Mass., where he keeps a liv- 
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3. Fannie, b. Oct. 4, 1857. 

4. Frank, b. Sept. 18, 1859. 



Benjamin Cutter m., Sept. 9, 1819, Grata, dau. of 
Nathan and Abigail (Hale) Hunt, of Rindge. [See 
Hunt family.] She d. Nov. 5, 1S71, a. 78. 

Benjamin Cutter has pursued the manufacture of 
leather in JaflVe}' ; first, in the original establishment 
erected by his father, and afterwards in the building 
now occupied by his son Julius for the same purpose. 
He has been a prominent leading man in town aftairs ; 
for many years town-clerk, justice of the peace, and is 
now (1880) president of Monadnock National Bank, 
East JaflVey. For several years he has been engaged in 
antiquarian research, and has a more extensive knowl- 
edge of the history of his native town than any other 
man living. Success has marked his career in every 
undertaking, and he is now highly respected and great- 
ly honored by his fellow-citizens. Ch. : 

I. Sarah Augusta^ b. Aug. 10, 1820: m. William 
Johnson Campbell, m. d., at Jaftrey, May 
28, 1844; d. in Francestown, Dec. i, 1846. 
Dr. Campbell studied physic with Dr. J. C. 
Grow, of Boston, and received his degree 
of M. D. from Harvard University in 1842. 
He has been successfully engaged in the 
practice of his profession in Francestown, 
Nashua, and Londonderry, N. H., where he 
now r. Ch. : 

1. Sarah Frances, b. March 28, 1845 ; m. 
Henry Albert Shedd, of Sharon, Sept. 
24, 1S70. 

2. Ermina Cutter, b. Aug. 12, 1846. 

Mrs. Campbell left manuscripts, poetically written, 
that have never been published. She possessed a 
" philosophic mind, and though she wrote poetry it was 
with a philosophic expression." She had no educa- 
tional advantages beyond what the vicinity afforded. 
The following poems are selected by her friends a§ 
specimens of her composition : 



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Albertypf — Fiiilio C'ci. Bustiii 



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MY MOUNTAIN HOME. 

Oh ! how I love my mountain home — 

Each rock, each tree, each flower! 

The bleak wind, with its wildest tone, 

Can soothe my saddest hour. 
I 've gazed upon Monadnock's form. 

High-towering toward the sky, 
Bathed in the rosy light of morn. 

In sunset's purple dye. 
I 've looked and looked, and wondered how 

One soul could view it there. 
And yet refuse to humbly bow 
To the great God in prayer. 
When yet a tiny, tottering child 

I first the green earth scanned. 
Toward it I sprang with wonder wild, 

And stretched my infant hand. 
Not knowing but its feeble grasp 
Could span the mountain wide, 
And bring it, with one childish clasp, 

A plaything to my side. 
In after days I learned to climb 

Its steep and rugged rock. 
And wonder how it had sustained 

Time's devastating shock. 
The dear old Mount! — I love it well — 

The genius of my home ! 
How dear nor tongue nor pen may tell, 

Wherever I may roam. 
'Tis the first sight that greets my eyes, 

Returning from afar ; 
And as it looms up toward the skies, 

It is my guiding star. 
It leads me to the sweet bright land 
Where my dear loved ones dwell, 
A laughing, joyous, happy band, 

Bound by a magic spell. 
Yes, 'tis a magic spell, that binds 

The heart to kindred heart ; 
And where are severed kindred minds 

The scalding tear-drops start ; — 
The fount of life seems gushing up. 

And flowing fast away : 
We deeply drink the bitter cup, 

Nor wish on earth to stay. 
My childhood's home ! my' mountain home ! 

Precious thou art to me ! 
And o'er the wide earth if I roam, 
My soul will yearn for thee. 



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HAPPINESS. 

Long as the wheels of time have rolled 

Their annual circuit round, 
So long has Happiness been sought, 

But sought and rarely found. 

Once on a time, when gentle sleep 

Had closed my weary eyes, 
With spirit's wing unbound I soared 

To find the far-off prize. 

First to a kingly court I went. 

Where all were glad and gay; 
And where, amid the festive mirth, 

They pass their lives away. 

Amid the splendor, I had thought 

That Happiness dwelt there ; 
But soon indeed I learned the truth, 

"Twas all as false as fair. 

I saw a miser count his gold, 

And thought I'd find it there; 
But on his furrowed brow I traced 

The marks of wasting care. 

Fame next allured, with syren tongue. 
And held the wished-for prize ; 

Thousands and thousands hurried on 
With wonder-gazing eyes. 

But when they reached it, 'twas not there ; 

Still farther on it flew, 
'Mid gathering darkness and 'mid clouds 

Receding from their view. 

A beauty now had met my eye, — 

A being sylph-like fair : 
I thought my search was at an end ; 

But, ah ! it was not there. 

The rose is beauteous to behold, 

Beneath the dews of morn, — 
Its perfume floating on the air ; 

But it conceals a thorn. 



Once more I looked, ere hope had fled ; — 

My search was not in vain ! 
I found it in its only form : 

Religion was its name. 



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Ermina, b. Nov. 17, 1821 ; m, David Chamber- 
lin, q. V. 

Adaliza, b. Jan. 21, 1823; m. Gurley A. 
Phelps, M. D., April 11, 1851. She d. June 
3, 1852, leaving one child, — Grace Mina, b. 
April 12, 1852. 

Dr. Phelps is a native of Vermont, and 
graduated from the Castleton Medical Col- 
lege in 1848. He began practice in Han- 
cock, Vt. ; re. to Jaftrey in 1849, where he 
has since been successfully engaged in the 
business of his profession. Like her sister, 
Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Phelps left poetical 
manuscripts, from which a published vol- 
ume was selected, forming a neat duodecimo 
of some 300 pages, embellished with her por- 
trait, and dedicated by the husband of the 
author to her parents, " in view of the great 
influence she ascribed to them in her educa- 
tion, and the formation of her general char- 
acter." The collection was published and 
oftered to the public at the earnest request 
of friends after her decease. The introduc- 
tory sketch, from the pen of her husband, 
describes her as one whose nature "was im- 
pulsive, and being moved with a restless 
fire, she burst forth in the poet's song, — a 
simple expression of what she lived, she 
felt." She wrote not " to be admired, but to 
be loved." She was joyful and happy in the 
midst of friends, when no danger was near, 
but felt "■ with keenest anguish a frown, or 
unkind look or word." She lived in smiles 
or in tears, and her love of whatever was 
noble and pure and worthy was only 
equalled by her resentment and abhorrence 
of whatever was impure, low, mean, or de- 
grading." Her most considerable poem, — 
" The Life of Christ," — is a work of much 
merit. Two of her fugitive pieces are here 
presented. The first is descriptive of her- 
self and sisters ; the other, — her last effort, — 
was written a few weeks previous to her 
early and lamented death. 



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THE THREE SISTERS. 

Three little girls ! — I see them still, 

As when, in happy years ago, 
They bounded o'er the green, green hill, 

Or by the silvery streamlet's fiovj. 
The eldest has a thoughtful mien, 

A deep, full, spiritual eye. 
That ofttimes earnestly is seen 

Turned upward to its native sky. 
The next one is a gentle girl. 

Mild as the summer evening air. 
With many a soft and golden curl 

Clustering around her forehead fair. 
The youngest is a careless child, 

Mocking the birds upon the tree : 
Birds that are not more gay and wild, 

Or bear more tender hearts, than she. 

Three little maidens !— there they stand, 

Revealed unto my spirit's gaze ; 
Heart clasped to heart, hand linked in hand. 

As in those joyous bygone days. 
The eldest — we should know her well. 

The thoughtful child, the pensive maiden: 
The classic brow, the bright eye, tell 

The wealth with which the soul is laden. 
The gentle girl who won the love 

Of all, with her sweet, winning grace. 
Is still the dearly cherished dove, 

With guileless heart and angel face. 
The youngest and the gayest one. 

Her merry laugh so silvery clear, 
From rising to the setting sun. 

Rings out like music on the ear. 

Three happy school-girls !— side by side 

I see them toiling upward now. 
Up where perennial waters glide, 

To lave their weary, burning brow. 
The eldest upward, upward still. 

Lured onward by some mystic finger, 
Tireless ascends the classic hill ; 

Below, below, she may not linger. 
While by her side that gentle creature 

Glides like a living thing of light ; 
With calm joy mirrored on each feature, 

She sips the bubbling waters bright. 
The youngest one is still all gladness ; 

Joy dances still in her blue eye. 
Oh ! it will need stern scenes of sadness 

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Where are they now ? Alas ! they Ve parted — 

Those happy, loving sisters three. 
The youngest has grown sadder-hearted. 

Alone beneath the household tree. 
She misses them, and oh, how sadly! 

Her loved companions from her side : 
Vows that thrilled her soul so gladly. 

Like music on her ear have died. 
That middle star, so mildly gleaming, 

Has gone to light another hearth ; 
With eyes of love all gently beaming 

On one who knoweth well her worth. 
That pure, white brow is touched by sorrow, 

Which left a holy impress there ; 
And from the skies has seemed to borrow 

Looks which we dream the angels wear. 

The eldest — she, alas ! is lying, 

A tenant of the peaceful tomb ; 
She heedeth not the wind's low sighing, 

Or flowers that round her bud and bloom. 
She heedeth not the young bird singing 

His wild and thrilling roundelay, — 
The tide of music round her ringing 

From every green and dewy spray. 
She heedeth not the heart's wild anguish 
, Of those she left in sorrow here ; 
She knoweth not how oft they languish, 

And shed the bitter, burning tear. 

At morn, and when the day is done ; 
She knoweth not how much they miss her 
Or how she longs to sleep beside her, 

The youngest and the saddest one. 



MY CHILD. 



Sweet little blossom of my heart. 

Born with the April birds and flowers ! 

Tears of delicious rapture start 

To think that thou indeed art ours. 

Our own most precious gift from heaven, 
A living, breathing soul divine, 

A precious gem the Saviour's given, 
To fashion in his crown to shine. 

I look into thy soul-lit eye 

Just opened to my earnest gaze ; 

Soft as the blue of yonder sky. 
And mild as summer evening rays. 



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I gaze upon thy velvet cheek, 

Upon thy pure and spotless brow ; 

And joy no human tongue can speak 
I feel to be a mother now. 

A mother ! Oh ! what holy ties 

Now bind this trembling, happy heart : 

Aid me, O Saviour, from the skies, 
And faith and hope and love impart. 

O for a faith to lay my child. 

My precious treasure, at thy feet ; 

Pure as the snowdrop, undefiled, 
I feel she is an offering meet. 

O for a hope thou wilt receive. 
And bless the gift to thee I bring ; 

My treasure on thy breast I leave. 

Round her thine arms, O Saviour, fling. 

O for a love, a deathless love. 

To keep me ever by thy side; 
Hourly to look to thee above, 

For grace a mother's heart to guide. 

Husband and wife and child, we come ; 

To thy kind, sheltering arms we flee : 
Our hearts, our altar, and our home — 

We dedicate our all to thee. 



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IV. Julius, b. Nov. 28, 1S24.-I- 
V. Beyijamin French^ b. March 17, i827.-[- 



Ethan Cutter m. Feb. 5, 1834, Nancy, dau. of 
Timothy and Elizabeth (Stiles) Blodgett, of Fitzvvill- 
iam. He r. in Jaffrey, where he has been keeper of a 
public house nearly forty years. Has been town treas- 
urer of Jaffrey several years ; was postmaster fifteen 
years, and has sustained other local offices with credit. 

I. Elizabeth Stiles, b. Dec. 24, 1827; m. George 
Frederick Lawrence, Nov. 29, 1S57, son of 
Ithamar and Rebecca (Mower) Lawrence. 
He is a fruit and provision dealer ; r. Bos- 
ton. Ch. : 

1. George Ethan, b. May 29, 1S60. 

2. Nancy Blodgett, b. March 13, 1S64. 

II. Jonas, b. Dec. 9, 1833.-]- 



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Cyrus Cutter m., Aug. 30, 1S20, Eliza Jackson 
Chapman, of Jaftrey ; d. Orford, Jan. 12, 1S42, a. 40; 
m., 2**, Mary Lucretia Abbot, of Thetford, Vt., March 
12, 1S43. He was an agriculturist and a leather manu- 
facturer ; was a major of militia ; served as selectman, 
and sustained other civil offices with honor and accept- 
ance. He d. at Orford, July 7, 1853. Children : 

I. Jonas, b. Aug. 17, 1821 ; d. May 27, 1843. 
11. Cyrus Demary, b. June 3, 1828 ; m. Mary S. 
Williams, of Orford, Dec, 1853 ; d. May, 
1857. Children: 

I. Charles, b. Cambridgeport, Sept. 13, 
1855. 

in. Eliza Paulina, b. Feb. 28, 1831 ; d. June 29, 

1831. 
IV. Mary Eliza, b. July 23, 1832 ; d. Sept. 2, 1844. 
V. Frances Ellen, b. June 5, 1834 ; d. at Thetford, 

Vt., Aug. 2, 1856. 
VI. Abigail Martha, b. March 27, 1836; d. Dec. 2, 

1S53. 
VII. Rosamond Ermina, b. May 22, 1839 ; d. March 

22, 1842. 

VIII. Nettie Paulina, b. Jan. 22, 1846; m. Edson S. 

Bartlett, of Norwich, Vt., Feb. 25, 1869. 

IX. John James, b. Jan. 31, 1850. 



Nathaniel Cutter m. Mary Bradford Averill, dau. 
of John and Anna (Woodbury) Averill, of Mont Ver- 
non, Oct. 12, 1827. He is a farmer, and lives respected 
in Jaffrey. 

I. Emeline,h. Sept. 7, 1828; m. John Holmes, 
Sept. 15, 1855, and d. in Springfield, Vt., 
Feb., 1857. One ch : 

I. Nathaniel Cutter, b. Jan. 26, 1857. 

II. Ophelia Ann, b. May 22, 1830; d. Oct. 30, 
1854. 

III. Mary Frances, b. Nov. 26, 1831 ; m. Samuel 

Dexter Jewell, April 15, 1857. 

IV. Helen Mar, b. Jan. 8, 1S34; m. David C. 

Chamberlin, q. v. 
V. Luciics Averill, b. Dec. 30, 1835. 



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VI. Lucia Bradford, b. Dec. 30, 1835 ; d. Aug. 22, 

1856. 
VII. Laura Isabel, b. June 13, 1838. 
VIII. Abhie Augusta, b. Feb. 27, 1841 ; m. Edward 

H. Bailey, July 23, 1865 ; r. JaftVey. 



John Telestus Cutter m. Mary Elizabeth, dau. of 
Joshua and Betsy (Giles) Hosley, of Pepperell, Mass. 
He has been an active business man in Pepperell 
and Boston, Mass., and in Campton and Plymouth, N. 
H., where he has kept a public house and livery stable. 

I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Pepperell, April 20, 1836; 

d. Campton, Oct. 19, 1854. 
II. Laura Lucretia, b. Aug. 31, 183S; d. Sept. 4, 
1839. 

III. Emily Frances, b. Jan. 16, 1840; d. March ir, 

1841. 

IV. Martha Annette, b. Aug. 24, 1S42 ; m. Thomas 

B. Little, Sept. 7, 1864 ; r. Concord. One 
ch. — deceased. 
V. tTohn Telestus, b. April 6, 1846. 
VI. Charles Henry, b. July 9, 1848. 
VII. Ethan Allen, b. March 2, 1851 ; d. Plymouth, 

April 30, 1865. 
VIII. Ruth Alice, b. March 27, 1853 ; d. Oct. 31, 1854. 



Julius Cutter m. Caroline H. Felt, dau. of John 
and Huldah Hobart (Conant) Felt, and grand-daughter 
of John Conant, Esq., of Stowe, Mass. Mr. Cutter is 
a leather manufacturer in Jaflrey. Children : 

I. Emma Maria, b. Jaftrey, June 27, 1853 » visited 
Europe, 1879; now (1880) a teacher in the 
Southern states. 
11. Alice Ermina, b. July i, 1857. 



Benj. French Cutter m. Mary E. G. Capen, 
April 27, 1852, dau. of Josiah and Mariette (Gridley) 
Capen, of Boston. He is of the firm of Cutter, Hyde 
& Co., Boston, importers, and dealers in foncy goods 
and toys ; r. on Jamaica Plain, which he has represented 
in the Massachusetts legislature. 

I. Annie Otis, b. Jamaica Plain, May 23, 1855. 



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II. Maria Capen^ b. Feb. 20, 1S57. 
III. Harry Ilolden, b. Aug. 31, i860. 



Jonas Cutter m. Lydia V. Eveleth, dau. of Joseph 
and Seba (Barnes) Eveleth, of Dublin. Is proprietor 
of the "Cutter House" in JafFrey Centre, which offers 
peculiar attractions to strangers desiring a rural resort 
near Grand Monadnock. Children : 

I. Isabella Valeria, b. July 13, 1854; d. Aug. 31, 

1869. 
II. Mortimer Eveleth, b. June 5, 1856. 



DAKIN FAMILY. 



Samuel, son of Dea. Amos and Sarah Thankful 
(Minot) Dakin, was b. in Mason, Nov., 1770. He was 
a descendant of Tliomas Dakin, who was a resident of 
Concord previous to 1650. He graduated at Dartmouth 
college in i797 • studied tiie profession of law ; opened 
an office in Jaftrey in 1801. He resided in the house 
now owned and occupied by Dr. John Fox, which he 
built soon after his settlement in town. He was an 
active business man, and, on finding the business of an 
attorney-at-law too limited in the town of Jaftrey, he, 
with others, attempted the manufacture of crockery 
ware, from clay found in Monkton, Vt. The enterprise 
failed, and Mr. Dakin left town. While in town he 
held the office of town-clerk from 1806 till he left in 
1 81 5, and was a member of the board of selectmen 
during the same time. In 1801, when he first came to 
town, he was appointed post-master. He re. to Utica, 
N. Y., afterwards to Hartford, and d. there, Jan. 29, 
1844. -^^ ™- Polly, dau. of the Rev. Stephen Farrar, 
of New Ipswich. She d. Aug. 24, 1854, ^- 1^- 

I. Samuel, b. July 16, 1802 ; d. Jan. 26, 1853. 
II. Mary, b. Jan. 4, 1804; m. Cyrus Ingalls, b. in 
Rindge ; r. Peterborough and Leominster, 
where she d. 

III. Charles, b. Aug. 27, 1806; d. Feb. 7, 180S. 

IV. Sophia, b. July 11, 1808; m. and re. West. 
V. Martha, b. Oct. 13, 1810; d. Feb. 20, 1863. 

VI. William, b. June 9, 181 2 ; d. Sept. 27, 1813. 



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DANFORTH FAMILY. 

Jacob Danforth was an early settler. In the tran- 
script of a load in 1780, is the name of Samuel Danforth, 
probably a brother. It seems quite probable that both 
settled in Jaffrey at about the same time. Jacob was the 
first proprietor of the Cutter House, and probably built 
the first building thereon. He also carried on the busi- 
ness of blacksmithing in the rear of the same, where Arte- 
mas Lawrence was afterwards engaged in the same 
business. His last tax was in iSii. He re. to 
Amherst, and settled in that part of the town known as 
Danforth's Corner. He m., i^*, Mehitable Lufkin, a 
sister of Jonathan ; she d. Feb. 24, 1S04, a. 37 ; m., 2'*, 
Mrs. Rebecca Fassett ; d. Oct. 2, iSio, a 32. Ch. : 



; d. unm. 
— ; d. unm. 

; r. Groton, Mass. 



I. Oliver, b. — 
II. William, b. 

III. Kimball, b. 

IV. Polly, b. Dec. 16, 1794; d. July 28, 1795. 
V. Emily, b. Nov. 11, 1795 ; r. Groton. 

VI. David, b. Aug., 1796; a blacksmith; r. Wal- 
pole. 
VII. Orpah, b, Oct. 16, 1800. 



DAVIDSON FAMILY. 

John Davidson and his brother Thomas were born 
in Ireland, came to this country when quite young, and 
settled with the Scotch-Irish colony in Londonderry. 
About 175S, John settled in JaftVey and Thomas in 
Peterborough. John settled on lot 21, range 3, known 
as the Patrick farm, afterwards owned by the town, and 
now (1873) by Henry K. French, of Peterborough. 
When the town was organized, in i773j J*^^^" Davidson 
was chosen constable, and warned the next town meet- 
ing held that year, and the annual meeting of the 
next year, held March 31, 1774. He afterwards held 
the offices of fence-viewer, surveyor, tythingman, &c., 
and was a soldier in the Revolution. He is believed to 
have been the first settler of the town of JaftVey. He m. 
a wife from Londonderry ; and a headstone in the Centre 
burying-yard bears the following inscription : 

Mr. 

JOHN DAVIDSON 

Died 

Jan. iS, 1811, 

Aged 85. 



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His children, so far as we can learn, were : 

I. Betsey, b. ; m. James Turner, 1789. 

II. John, b. ; m., Oct. 16, 1793, Widow Rob- 
bins ; last tax, i794- 

III. James, b. ; m. Betsy Bride. Oct. 2, 1793 ; 

last tax, 1800. John, Jr:, and James were 
enrolled soldiers in 1784. 



Thomas Davidson, Dea., settled near his brother's in 
Peterborough. He was also the owner of land in Jaftrey 
adjoining the farm of his brother ; built a saw-mill on lot 
5, range 22, and afterwards built a saw- and grist-mill on 
lot 12, range 7, now owned by Heath & Gilmore. He 
m. Anna Wright in 1757, a dau. of Mathew Wright. 
He d. April 11, 1813, a. S6. She d. Jan. 4, 1823, a, 88. 
He was a man of enterprise, and accumulated a large 
fortune. Had ten children : 

I. Thomas, b. Dec. 20, 175S ; m. Betsy Pierce, wid. 

of Asa Pierce, of Dublin. She had two ch. 

by her first husband, — Asa and Jonas. -|- 
II. Charles, b. Sept. 10, 1760; m. Abigail Evans; 

d. Dec. 31, 1 83 1. 

III. Mary, b. May 2, 1762; m. Maj. Jotham Hoar. 

IV. Sarah, b. Feb. 15, 1766; m. Samuel- Patrick, 

of JaftVey. 
V. William, b. Feb. 6, 1768; m., 1°', Abigail 
Hunt, and 2^, Jane Wright. -|- 

VI. Betsy, b. ; m. Dr. — <— Frisby ; r. Phelps- 

town, N. Y. 

VII. John, b. ; d. at Lewiston, N. Y. 

VIII. Robert b, ; m. Dolly Phelps; r. Canada. 

Nine children. 

IX. Anna,h. ; m. Capt. Alpheus Dodge; r. 

Derby, Vt. Eight children. 

X. Hannah, b. ; m. Dr. Ezra Clark ; re. West. 

Two children : 



Thomas Davidson, Jr., settled in Jaffrey on lot 22, 
range 4 ; m. widow Betsy Pierce, of Dublin. He d. 
April I, 1832, a. 73. His wid. d. Jan. 25, 1841, a 77. 
Children : 

I. Betsy, b. ; m. Jona. Woods ; re. to Whites- 
town, N. Y. 



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Grass Lake, Mich. 

III. Robert^ b. ; m. 

IV. Charles, b. ; 

Wisconsin. 

V. Thomas Wright, b. 



; m. Silvia Nay ; re. to and d. at 



10 yrs., 8 mos., 4 dys. 
IX. Simeon Stilm,an, b. . -(- 



m. Emeline Lawrence ; r. 



; d. Jan. 4, 181 1, a. 



William Davidson settled on the homestead ; m., 
I '^S Abigail Hunt; 2^^, Jane Wright, dau. of Francis, 
Nov. 115, 1798. He d. Jan. 29, 1838, a. 70. His wid. 
d. April I, i860, a. 82. 

I. Mathew W., b. Feb. 27, 1799; d. Sept. 35, 

1835 ; unm. 
II. Abigail, b. Jan. 27, 1802 ; m.. i'', Moses Cutter, 
of Jaffrey ; 2'', Capt. Isaac Jewell ; re. to 
Mich. 

III. Thomas, b. Aug. 26, 1806; r. on the home- 

stead ; unm. 

IV. Francis, b. Sept. 6, 1808 ; d. Oct. 31, 1832 ; unm. 
V. William, b. Sept. 9, iSio ; r. Mich. ; unm. 

VI. John, b. Dec. 3, 1812 ; m. ; r. Holyoke, 

Mass. 

VII. Charles, b. Feb. 19, 1816 ; m. . -(- 

VIII. Calvin, b. Nov. 16, 1818 ; d. May 7, 1850 ; unm. 

IX. Jane, b. Jan. 25, 1821 ; m. Nichols; d. 

about 1848. 



Simeon Stilman Davidson settled on the homestead, 
and m. Rachel, dau. of Jacob and Sally (Turner) Bald- 
win in iS43or '4. He re. to Wisconsin ; d. in 111., 1S76. 

I. Elizabeth, b. ; m. ; r. Sutton, Mass. 

II. Sarah Ann; unm.; r. 111. ; killed, 1878, being 
thrown from a wagon. 

III. Rachel, d. in Sutton, Mass. ; unm. 

IV. Austress, m. Biggelow, attorney-at-law ; r. 

Galena, 111. : d. 1877. 
V. Adelaide, m. and r. Galena, 111. 
VI. Stilman W., d. June 17, 1S39, a. 3 mos., 1 1 dys. 



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Wright place, from 1849 to 1853, when he re. from 
town. Children : 

I. Helen M.^ d. Aug., 1846, a. i yr., 11 mos. 
II. Charles^ b. 1847. 
III. Hubert H., d. April 24, 1853. a. 3 yrs., 9 mos. 



DAVIS FAMILY. 

The ancestor of the Davis family was Dolar Davis, who 
came from England, 1634; settled, first, in Cambridge; second, 
in Concord. 



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Daniel Davis was one of the first settlers. His 
name is in the report of Enoch Hale previous to 1770. 

In an earlier report by Grout and Gilmore is family 
Davis, probably Daniel Davis. He came from Bed- 
ford, Mass., settled on lot 32, range 10, in the south- 
east part of the town. In 1774 he was chosen by the 
town grand juror and highway surveyor. In i775 '^^ 
was chosen commissioner and a member of the com- 
mittee of inspection. 

He m. Susannah Lane, of Bedford, Mass. ; re., first, 
to JaftVey, and in 1775, to Rindge. Children : 

I. Susannah, b. in Bedford, Nov. 6, 1767. 

II. Sarah, b. in Jaftrey, Feb. i, 1770. 

III. Paul, b. 1771 ; d. young. 

IV. Hannah, b. April 5, 1773. 

V. Daniel, b. in Rindge, June 15, 1775- 



Richard Davis came from Lincoln, Mass., to 
Rindge. In 1777 he re. to Jaflrey, and settled on lot i, 
range 2, west of the mountain. He m., Nov. 19, i77i» 
Lois Whitney, of Weston, b. 1733 \ l^st tax 1803. 

I. Silas, b. Aug. i, 1772, in Weston; on tax-list, 

1 795-1801. 
II. Solomon, b. April 24, 1774; paid tax 179S and 

1799. 

III. ILois, b. March, 1775 ; m., June 4, 1800, Josiah 

Cobb. 

IV. Richard, m. Sally Garfield; last tax, 1S16. 

V. James, b. 1782 ; m. Eunice ; d. July 2, 

1842, a. 6o.-|- 



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; a shoe manufacturer ; r. Marl- 



borough ; had a son Edwin, who was a 
Universalist minister. 



James Davis m. Eunice . 

I. Elisha, b. March 4, 1813. 

II. Lois Whitney^h. Oct. 29, 1S15 ; m., 1S44, Wm. 
Learnard. 

III. James iSumner, b. July 12, iSiS; left town in 

1846. 

IV. 3Iary, b. June 17, 1820. 

V. William X., b. March 15, 1823. 

VI. Augustus^ b, Dec. 4, 1826; d. Nov. 16, 1875; 

was a physician in Scranton, Pa. 



John Davis was in Jaffrey previous to 1779 '■> settled 
on lot 19, range 4 ; m. and had children, and d. previ- 
ous to 1783. 



I. John^ b. 

II. William, b. 
III. Andrew, b. 



; on tax-list, 1793 ^iic^ ^794* 



; settled on the homesteati of 



his father, and about 181 2 re. to Peru, Vt. 



Peter Davis, a clock-maker, came from Rindge to 
J a drey in 1786; m. Hannah, dau. of John and Mary 
(Mackintire) Eaton, of Jatlrey, Aug. 28, 17S3. She d'. 
May 20, 181S, a. 58. Three children : 

I. Hannah, b. 1784; d. Nov. 29, 1863, a. 79. She 

was a manufacturer of band-boxes. 
II. Jonas, b. . 

III. Peter, b. . 

IV. Mary, b, ; m. and r. in New Ipswich. 



Joseph Davis, b. in Dublin, Nov. 23, 1822; m., 
Sept. 23, 1847, Martha, dau. of Isaac and Sarah Howe 
Hadley, b. July 27, 1826; settled, first, in Peter- 
borough, and in 1870 re. so Jaffrey, and settled on lot 
20, range 6, known as the Captain Pope and Robert 
Ritchie farm. Two children : 



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I. Charles B., b. July 8, 1S50 ; m., June 11, 1871 
Clara Ames, of Peterborough. One child, — 
Willie B., b. May 7, 1872. 
II. Frank J., h. Aug. 14, 1861. 



Mathew Davis, on tax-list, 1 793-1806. 



T. Gordon Davis, on tax-list, 1793. 



Eliakim Davis, on tax-list, 1798-99. 



Solomon Davis, on tax-list, i798-'99. 



DEAN FAMILY. 

Jonathan Dean settled on lot 17, range 6; m. 
Nancy, widow of William Hogg, and had four chil- 
dren. 

I. Sarah, b. July 24, 1779. 

II. William, b. June 14, 17S3 ; d. Aug. 27, 1850. 

III. /Susamiah, m. John Lewis, of Temple. 

IV. Nancy, m. Reuben Robb, of Peterborough. 



Hiram Dean came from Groton, Mass., to Rindge 
in 1779; re. to Townsend, Mass., 1781 ; to Jaffrey in 
1782. He was a manufacturer of steelyards; r. on lot 
15, range 7, now the residence of Emily Joslin. He m. 
Eleanor , and had several children. 

I. Hiram, b. previous to 1779. 

II. Eleanor, h. ; m., May 21, iSoi, Thomas 

Wilson. 

III. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 17S0, at Rindge. 

IV. Molly, b. at Townsend, 17S1. 

V. Moses. 

VI. Dudley. 
VII. Amasa. 

VIII. Samso7i. 

IX. Polly. 

X. Sally. 



Rev. Leonard J. Dean, pastor of the Baptist 
church, East Jatirey, m., June 20, 1876, Florence 
Pearl, dau. of Franklin H. Cutter, Esq., of East Jaftrey. 



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DINSMORE FAMILY. 

Zebediah Densmore was enrolled in the military 
company, of JatiVey, 17S4. 

Capt. Thomas Dinsmore, b. Nov. 20, 1789, came 
from Montpelier, Vt., and settled in Jaflrey about 1S14, 
paying tax that year. His residence was on the turn- 
pike, on lot 10, range 6, now owned by James T. Brown. 

He was a carpenter and joiner by trade; m. Polly, 
dau. of John and Alinda (Bardwell) Moore, of Whate- 
ly, Mass., a brother of Dea. Nathaniel Moore, of Peter- 
borough. He d. Aug. 5, 1S39, ^- 5^' -^'^ widow d. at 
Peterborough, Feb. 15, 1875, a. 81. 

I. John, b. Oct. 6, 1810; m., Oct. 11. 1830, Roena 
M. Johnson, of Hancock ; r. in Peter- 
borough. Eight children. 

II. Austin, h. March 28, 1812; m. Louisa W. 
Blanchard, of New Ipswich ; he d. there 
March 19, 1838. Four children. 

III. Ja7ie, b. Jan. 7, 1814; m.,Dec. 27, 1835, Lewis 

Johnson, of Hancock ; r. Hancock and 
Peterborough. Three children. 

IV. Mary, b. April 10, 1816; m. Thomas Dodge; 

r. Augusta, Mich. One child. 
V. Lucy, b. Nov. 24, 1818; m., 1836, John H. 
Webber, of Mason ; d. at Peterborough, in 
1843. One child. 

VI. il^r^Aa, b. April 12, 1820; m., 1840, Charles 

W. Hardy; d. at Peterborougli, Dec. 21, 
1S44. One child. 

VII. Nancy, b. Feb. 17, 1822; m., 1841, Lorenzo S. 

Washburn, of Peterborough ; r. Alabama, 
New Orleans, and Louisville, Kentucky. 
Seven children. 



DODGE FAMILY. 

Job Dodge settled in Jaffrey, on lot 18, range 4, 
about 1796; was taxed that year. He m. Ruth, sur- 
name unknown, who d. 1806, a. 70. He d. Dec, 1814, 
a. 83. 

I. Ruth, d. July 24, 1798, a. 37. 

II. John. 

III. Lucy, m. Joseph Bates, Jr., April 7, i795- 

IV. Hannah. 



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of Moses Burpee, 




March i, 180S ; m., 2^ Nancy, dau. 


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II. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 9, 1S13. 

III. Nancy, b. March 15, 1815. 

IV. Lucy, b. April 21, 1S17. 

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DOLE FAMILY. 

In 1775, April 23, Benjamin Dole and John Dole, both from 
Jaffrey, enlisted for three months' service in the company under 
the command of Philip Thomas, of Rindge, and were in the 
battle of Bunker Hill. 

1 In 1777, John Dole enlisted for three years, or during 
the war. We have no further record of him. 

2 Benj. Dole settled on lot 5, range 5, and was a resi- 
dent of the town till 1795, after which his name 
disappears from the tax-list. In i776-'7 h^ held the 
office of fence-viewer ; was for many years highway 
surveyor; field-driver in 17851 <ind constable in 1788. 
No family record has been found. On the tax-list are 
the names of Benj. Dole, Jr., i794-'55 and Thomas Dole, 
i796-'7. 

MARRIAGE RECORD LABAN AINSWORTH. 

Dolly Dole, m., June i, 1790, Nathaniel Challis ; r. 
Grafton, Vt., and Goshen, N. H. 

5 Betsey Dole, m., June 26, i79i» Cornelius Baker. 

6 Lotta Dole, m., Sept. 14, 1792, Houghton. 

Benj. Dole, m., April 30, 1796, Ann Houghton. 

The Doles were distinguished wolf-hunters, and 
were the recipients of bounties from the towns of Jaf- 
frey and Marlborough, for wolves killed by them. 



DUNLAP FAMILY. 



Hugh Dunlap settled in Jaffiey previous to 1770. 
He purchased the right of Daniel Adams, which con- 



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tained lots Nos. 8 and ii in range No. 9, and No. 4 in 
range No. 10. He was a man of great physical 
strength ; was often in town office ; and was a soldier in 
the Revolution. Whom he mariied has not been ascer- 
tained. He d. in May, 1818. Children : 

I. Sally, h. Aug. 30, 1759; m., April 20, 17S0, 
James Ritchie, of Peterborough ; d. Aug. 4, 
1832, a. 73. Seven children. 
II. Polly, b. Dec. 22, 1765 ; m., Aug. 14, 1788, 
Oliver Felt, of Peterborough ; d. Sept. 7? 
1830, a. 64. Seven children. 

4 III. Peggy, b. ; m., 1789, John Buckley, q. v. 

5 IV. Hannah, b. ; m., 1789, Aaron Taylor; re. 

to N. Y. state. 

6 V. John, re. to Templeton, Mass. 

7 VI. Sandy, re. to Athol, Mass. 

Robert Dunlap was highway surveyor, 1774 ; field- 
driver, 1777' 



BUTTON FAMILY. 



Thomas Button, b. at Westford, Mass., Jan. 8, 
1748, came to JaftVey previous to 1784, and settled on 
lot 10, range 8. He was a very honest, upright man, 
a good neighbor and worthy citizen. He m., i^*, Sarah 
Bigelow, b. Feb. 12, 1746, d. Bee. 23, 181 1 ; m., 2**, 
Betsey Smith, Jan. 3, 1815 ; d. Nov. 10, 1851, a. 77. 
He d. Bee. 31, 1838. His second wife was a sister of 
the wife of his son, William. 

I. Sarah, b. March i, 1769; m., Sept. 30, 1793, 
John Hill. 

II. Thomas, b. March 10, 1771 ; m. Polly Rolf.-f- 

III. John, b. Nov. 5, 1772 ; killed by a falling tree, 

June 17, 1795. 

IV. Joseph, b. Bee. 20, 1775 ; d. Sept. 15, i777- 

V. Joseph, b. Sept. 25, 1777 ; d. at Brandon, Vt. 
VI. Polly, b. Aug. 18, 1779; m., i''. May 30, 1796, 

Joseph Brigham ; m., 2^, Bavid Wilkins. 
She d. at Greenfield, Feb. 2, 1830. 
VII. JSTathan, b, Aug. 19, 1781 ; m., May 20, 1804, 
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Baldwin ; r. Bradford ; re. to Brandon, Vt. ; 
was a tanner; d. April 18, 1838. 
VIII. William, b. Jan. 23, 1784; m., July 14, iSoS, 
Nabby Smith. + 
IX. Rebecca, b. Marcli 15, 1787 ; m. ; d. at Brandon, 

Vt. 
X. Samuel, b. March 14, 1789; a soldier in the 
War of 181 2 ; re., 1815, to Pittsfield, Vt. 



Thomas Button m., Nov. 15, 1796, Polly Rolf. 
She d. at Peterborough, Jan. 19, 1849. ^^ ^- ^^^' '3> 
1856, a. 85. 

I. Polly, b. 1798; m. Edmond Burpee ; d. June 

18, 1824. 
II. Sally, b. April 22, 1801 ; m. Loren Beckwith, 
of Lempster. She d. March 24, 1880. 

III. Thomas, b. 1803; d. 1805. 

IV. Eleanor, b. Aug. 2, 1806; m. Horace Evans, 

of Peterborough ; d. Feb. i, 1877. 
V. Elvira, b. Aug. 22, 1808; m. Leonard Stiles; 
r. Peterborough. He d. at Peterborough. 



William Dutton in. Nabby Smith, of Fitzwilliam ; 
r. on the homestead. He d. July 13, 1S44, a. 60. His 
widow m., 2^, Robert Goff; d. June 10, 1870, a. 88. 

I. Roancy, b. Feb. 2, 1809 ; m. Jona J. Comstock. 
q. V. 

II. Abigail, b. May 3, 181 1; m. Amasa Emery, 
q. V. 

in. Mary, b. April 4, 1813 ; m. Samuel W. Pierce, 
q. V. 

IV. William, b. Aug. 9, 1815 ; d. April 15, i8/|6. 

[See College Graduates.] 
V. An infant daughter, b. Jan. 29, 1818 ; d. 

VI. John Smith, b. Jan. 16, 1820; a farmer and 
gunsmith; r. on the homestead, 1873; m., 
1°', Jerusha A., dau. of David and Olive 
(Emery) Howe, of Rindge, b. April 8, 1821, 
d. Jan 25, 1845 ; m., 2^, Jan. 8, 1846, Mary 
B. Davis, of Newfane, Vt., b. Feb. 22, 1825. 



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EATON FAMILY. 

John Eaton, son of Israel and Diademia Eaton, b. 
at Wobuin, Mass., March 12, 1727; m., Aug. i, 1749, 
Mary Mackentier, and d. about 1799- 

I. Diadetnia, b. May 18, 1750; m. Thomas Goff; 

d. 1S16. 
II. David^ b. Nov. 30, 1752.-]- 

III. 3fary, b. April 14, 1755. 

IV. Huth, b. Sept., 1758. 

V. Sarah, d. Aug. 27, 1765. 

He re. from Bedford, Mass., to Jaffrey in i774' ^^^" 
tied on lot 21, range 10; was the owner of a saw- and 
grist-mill in that locality ; re. to Pennsylvania. 

David Eaton m. Feb. 21, 1805, Hannah Stratton. 

(i) John, (2) Walter. (3) Sally. (4) Betsey. C5) 
Lucy. (6) James. (7) Reuhen. 

Joseph Eaton m. July 28, 1788, Ruhamah Snow. 



ELLIS FAMILY. 

Seth B. Ellis (Dea.), son of Millot Ellis, was b. at 
Keene, Feb. 4, 1792 ; m. Lucy, dau. of Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Wilder) Joslin, July 2, 1818 ; r. in Water- 
ford, Vt., and Charlestown, Mass. ; settled in Jaftrey 
about 1825, on the farm of Samuel Joslin. In 1838 he 
re. to the centre of the town, and worked at his trade of 
carpenter and joiner till 1840, when he re. to Oberlin, 
Ohio, and d. Oct. 25, 1865. His widow d. May 9, 
1874, a. 76 yrs., 3 mos. 

Dea. Ellis was one of the pioneers of Oberlin ; went 
there in a short time after the first tree was felled in 
that place, and took an active part in the founding of 
Oberlin college, and the promotion of its interests. 
With the aid of an amiable wife, he was enabled, with 
limited means, to give his children a liberal education. 
Two sons and two daughters completed the college 
course, one of whom has been for many years a teacher 
in the college. They were both highly esteemed, and 
greatly beloved for their devotion to the Christian wel- 
fare of others. Others' good was their delight. They 
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Emeline Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1S21 ; tl. July 

24, 1850. She graduated at Oberlin in 1S74. 

and was principal of the young ladies' school 

in Oberlin. 
Maria Rebecca, b. April 3, 1S22 ; m., Aug., 

1S43, G. W.Ellis. 
Lucy Amelia, b. Aug. 25, 1S24; m., May 13, 

1851, Dr. W.S. Dumock; d. Sept. 25, 1853. 
Lucius Ransted, b. Feb., 1827; d. May, 1848. 
Mary Frances, b. Feb. 28, 1829; m. Rev. C. 

H. Remington. She was a graduate of 

Oberlin. 
VI. John Millot, b. May 27, 1831 ; m., Aug. 28, 

1862, Minerva E. Tenney. Three children. 
[See College Graduates.] 

VII. Samuel Horatio, b. April 25, 1S33 ; d. Jan. 26. 
1855. He graduated at Oberlin, 1S53 ; d. 
while a student of medicine, 
viii. Josephine M., b. July 18, 1835 ; d. Sept. 17, 

1835- 
IX. Josephine M., b. Sept. 6, 1836. 
X. Ellen Sophia, b. July i, 1839; '""•' Nov. 26, 

1863, Albert M. Bushnells. 

XI. Charles Brainard, b. July 3, 1843; d. Aug.. 
1846. 



EMERY FAMILY. 



The name Emery is of Norman origin. It was introduced 
into England in 1066 by Gilbert D'Amory, of Tours, in Nor- 
mandy, a follower of William the Conqueror, and with him 
at the battle of Hastings. In 1635, John and son John, and 
Anthony, his brother, b. in Ramsey, in Nantes, embarked in 
the ship "James," Capt. Cooper, and landed in Boston, June 3, 
of that year. John settled in Newbury, Mass., and d. Nov. 3, 
1683, a. 85. Anthony settled in Dover, N. H., afterwards in 
Kittery, Me. They were carpenters by trade. The first set- 
tler of that name in Jaftrey was Thomas Emery, who was the 
owner of lot 7, range 5 and 4, range 5 and 9. On one of 
these lots, the noted Milliken brick tavern, afterwards the 
farm of John Felt, was located, now (1873) in possession ot 
Levi E. Brigham, He settled in town previous to 1770; the 
last record of him was in 1790, when the town voted to abate 
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Daniel Emery (Dea.) was a descendant of Anthony, 
the emigrant. He was b. in Chehnsford, Mass., May 
5, 173O1 ^ son of Zachariah and Sarah Emery. His 
mother d. Oct, 8, 1732, and his father m., 2**, Rebecca 
Reddington, who d. ; m. 3**, Thankful Foster, who d. 
Aug. 31, 1785, a. 74. His father d. Aug., 1776. He 
m. Jane, surname unknown, about 1774; settled, i**, 
in Townsend, Mass., where the births of his children 
are recorded; and in 1776 he re. to Jaftrey, and settled 
on lot iS, range 3. He was a leading man in town 
and church aft'airs ; held in Townsend the offices of con- 
stable, tythingman, and selectman, and was a member 
of the committee of correspondence and inspection. 
In Jaffrey he and his wife were members of the church, 
when incorporated in 1780. He was chosen deacon of 
the same ; was one of the committee to procure preach- 
ing in 1779* •'■" town affairs he was one of the com- 
mittee of inspection in 1778, '79, and '80; moderator in 
1677? '79i '80 ; selectman in i ^'j'j and 'Si; and was a 
soldier of the Revolution. His wife Jane d. June 7» 
1803, a. 71. He m., 2*^, Esther, relict of Ebenezer Ja- 
quith, and d. Aug. 22, 1819, a. 89. Six childi'en. 

I. Jane, h. Feb. i, 1755. 
II. Daniel^h. Dec. 6, 1756. 

III. Betsey, b. April 9, 1759; m. Alexander Milli- 

ken, q. v. 

IV. Noah, b. Sept. 6, 1761. 

V. Jonathan, b. July 25, 1763; m. Hannah Ja- 
quith ; d. Nov. 19, 1824. She d. March 19, 
1S40, a. 72, 

VI. Asa, b. Sept. 9, 1769. 



Daniel Emery (Capt.) came to Jaffrey, with his fa- 
ther, in 1776. He is supposed to have been in Captain 
James Horsley's company, of Townsend, at the time of 
the battle of Lexington, and was in service from April 
19th to the 27th, in i775- He is supposed to have been 
the Daniel Emory commissioned April 24, 1776, as 
second lieutenant in Capt. Thomas Warren's company, 
of the Sixth Middlesex Regiment. On June 18, 17S0, 
he m. Elizabeth Farnsworth, of New Ipswich, sister of 
the wife of Lieut. Thomas Adams, by whom he had 
two children. 

I. Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1782. 

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Mrs. Emery d. Oct. 23, 1783. He m., 2d, June 6, 
1786, Hannah Bates, of Jaffrey, and re. to Walpole, 
and by her had eleven children. 

III. Stephen^ b. Dec. 23, 17S6; m. and d. in Wis- 

consin. 

IV. Betsey, h. A\>\\\ 15, 17SS; m. Zachariah, son of 

Samuel and Mary Emery, b. March 4, 1785 ; 
r. Rockingham, Vt., and Belfast, N. Y., 
where he d. May 28, 1853. She d. Jan. 13, 
i860. They had four sons and two daugh- 
ters. 

V. Hannah, b. Oct. 10, 1789; m. White ; d. 

at Rockingham, Vt. 
VI. Sarah, b. April 14, 1791 ; re. N. Y. and d. 

VII. Nancy, b. Jan. 27, 1793; m., Jan. 20, 1815, 

Barber ; ten children. 

VIII. Joseph, h. May 24, 1794; m. ; r. Aurora, N. 

Y., and d. there. 
IX. Abner, b, April 27, 1796 ; re. West, and d. 
X. Jonathan, b. July 31, 1797; m. and d. West, 

about 1850. 
XI. Aaron,\). Feb. 24, 1799; m., April 20, 1824, 

wSusan Martin ; r., first, Walpole ; second 

(1832), Stockholm, N. Y. Ten children. 

XII. Ira, b. April 16, 1801 ; m., i'', Julia Fisher ; m., 

2*^, Mrs. Rebecca Stearns, who d. Jan. 19, 
1864. He d. July 29, 1859. One daughter, 
adopted. 

XIII. Achsa, b. July 30, 1802; r. Michigan. 

XIV. Fra7iklin,h. Feb. 7, 1S07 ; d. Nov. 26, 1826, 

at Walpole, N. H. 
XV. Cynthia, b. April i, 1809 ; r. Belfast, N. Y. 
XVI. Irene, b. June 16, 1810. 

Capt. Daniel Emery d. at Walpole, March 5, 1826. 
His widow d. about 1852, in N. Y. state. 



Noah Emery m. Elizabeth, surname unknown. He 
left town about 1804; not taxed 1S05. Five children: 



24 I. Jean, b. May 23, 1784- 

25 11. James, b. Aug. 23, 1785. 

26 III. Betsey, b. Aug. 3, 1787. 

27 IV. Eunice, b. Nov. 2, 1788. 

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Daniel Emery (Lieut.), at the request of his mother 
on her dying bed, was adopted by her sister, the wife of 
Lieut. Thomas Adams, by whom he was brought up, 
and inherited one half of the Adams estate. He m., 
April 3, 1804, Polly Felt, of Temple, b. Nov. 7, 1782. 
He d. Aug. 24, 182S. His widow d. June 22, 1862. 
Children : 

I. Adams, h. Dec. 4, 1804; m., March, 1833, at 
Fall River, Mass., Mrs. Dolly (Wiggin) 
Smith. He d. at Boston, July 13, 1841. 
II. Andreios (Dea.), b. May 12, 1806; m., i^', 
April 28, 1830, Lucy Powers, of Dublin. 
She d. Aug. 22, 1832 ; m., 2*^, July 2, 1833, 
Mary Smith, of Peterborough. He d. April 
8, 1S60. Four children : (i) Jeremiah ; (2) 
George S. ; (3) Lucy M. ; (4) Charles D., 
d. Washington, D. C, 1S63. 

III. Daniel Farnsworth, b. Feb. 21, 1808 ; m., Dec. 

I, 1831, Catherine B. Brown, of Fall River, 
Mass. ; r. Michigan. 

IV. Mary Caroline, b. Jan. i, 1810 (on the first day 

of the year, the first day of the month, the 
second day of the week, and the first hour 
of the day); m.. May 17, 1827, James R. 
French; d. June 28, 1S29. Two children; 
died. 

V. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 181 2 ; m. Daniel L. Rob- 
bins ; r. Fitchburg. 
George, b. May 5, 1816; d. Dec. 15, 1816. 
Harriet, b. Dec. 28, 1817; m., April i, 1847, 
Rev. Geo. F. Clark, of Dublin ; now r. in 
Mendon, Mass. 
jSo2)hro7iia , b. Jan. 11, 1821 ; m., June 7, 1S42, 
Geo. BuUard, of Dublin ; r. Gardner, Mass. 

IX. Ste'phen Felt, b. June 25, 1S23 ; m., Oct. 5, 
1847, Sarah M. Pierce, of JaftVey, dau. of 
Josiah and Paulina (Erskins) Pierce ; r. in 
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of four children : 

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III. Zachariah, b. March 4, 17S5 ; m. Betsey, dau. 

of Capt. Daniel and Hannah (Bates) Emery ; 
r. Belfast, N. Y. 

IV. Jbsiah, b. Aug. 30, 1787. 



Samuel and William Emery (twins), sons of 
Zachariah and Esther (Stevens) Emery, b. in Town- 
send, Mass., Oct. 23, 1758. Their father was an older 
brother of Dea. Daniel Emery.-j- 



Samuel Emery settled on lot 8, range 9 ; m. Olive, 
dau. of Ebenezer and Esther Jaquith, Jan. 31, 1789. 
He d. Jan. 12, 1836. She d. Oct. 8, 1832, a. 64. 

I. Esther., h. Nov. 21, 1792. 
II. Samuel, b. Sept. 7, 1794.-I- 
m. Olive, b. May 29, 1799; m., Feb. 20, 1821, 
David Howe, of Rindge. 



William Emery settled on lot 9, range 9 ; m., i^', 
Mary, dau. of Samuel and Sybil (Page) Stanley; m., 

2**, Lucy . First wife d. June 2, 1827, a. 60. 

Second wife d. July 29, 1858, a. 66. He d. July 16, 
1740, a. 82. 

I. Silly, d. young. 

II. Zachariah, b. Feb. i, 1790 ; m. Rebecca Mower ; 
d. March 26, 1836. Two ch.4- 

III. Polly, b. March 27, 1792; d. March 4, 1865; 

unm. 

IV. Sybil, b. March 25, 1794; m., April 27, 1S20, 

Josiah Bemis, of Dublin. 
V. Half, b. Sept. 26, 1796; m.-|- 
VI. William, b. March 29, i799> "">• Lucy Downs, 

Dec. 10, 1826; d. July 13, 1844. 
VII. Edward, b. May 3, 1801 ; m.. May i, 1836, 

Fanny, dau. of Isaac Nutting. 
VIII. Amasa, b. April 2, 1804 -j- 

IX. Nancy A., b. April 29, 1807 ; m. April 28, 

183 1, Hervy H. Robbins, of Nelson. He 
d. Nov. 17, 1849, a. 42. 

X. tTohfi S., b. March i, 18 10, 

XI. Laura A., b. May 31, 1815 ; d. July 23, 1855 i 

unm. 

Samuel Emery m. Mary, dau. of Oliver and Polly 
(Perkins) Bailey, July 11, 1821. He d. July 27, i860. 
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I. Frederick A., b. Feb. 13, 1823 ; d. Nov. 6, 1850. 

II. Marrj L., b. Sept. 15, 1824. 

III. Ahnon S., b. March 21, 1S30. 

IV. Christopher F.^ b. April 10, 1832. 
V. Ermina M.^ b. March 25, 183 c;. 

VI. Oliver J?., b. March 4, 1839 ; \l. Feb. 17, 1840. 

VII. Elizabeth^ b. , 1841 ; d. Feb. 13, 1845, a. 4. 



Zachariah Emery m. Rebecca, dau. of Col. Josiah 
and Rebecca (Cutter) Mower. He d. March 26, 1836, 
a. 60. Children : 

I. Mary Rebecca^ b., 1821 ; m. Sylvester B. Law- 
rence, q. V. 
II. Sarah Eliza, b., 1823 ; m. John S. Lawrence, 
q. V. 



Ralph Emery m., i'', Susan Williams, of Danvers, 
Mass. ; m., 2^, Carrie Robbins, of Jaftrey. He d. May 
8, 1864, a. 67. 

I. Henry, b. 



II. Charles, b. ; m. Carrie A. Spoftbrd, of 

Peterborough. 

III. Orren, b. ; r. and d. in Winchendon. 

IV. Amos,\). ; m., i'', Sarah Eddy; m., 2**, 

Mary Ballou. 
v. Loring B,., d. Feb. 19, 1845, a. 7. 



Amasa Emery m., Dec. 25, 1828, Abigail, dau. of 
William and Nabby Smith Button. She d. Aug. 21, 
1871, a. 60. Children: 

I. Alonzo Amasa, b. Dec. 18, 1829; m., i^', Ellen 
Kennedy ; she d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 6, 
1864 ; m., 2^, June 5, 1872, Jenny Wickoff; 
r. Somerville, N. Y. 

II. George Dutton, b. Dec. 4, 1831 ; m., Oct. 26, 
1863, Theresa Vanardsdale, of Somerville, 
N. Y. ; r. Springfield, Mo. 

III. Paulina A., b. Nov. 2, 1836 ; d. May 2, 1845. 

IV. Eliza Ann, b. July 4, 1840 ; d. Aug. 26, 1858. 
V. Ellen Adelaide, b. Sept. 5, 1844; d. Nov. i, 

1845. 
VI. 3 fary Frances, h. Jan. 26, 1847; d. March 27, 

1879. 
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I, 1870, Frances J. Cressey. He d. at Peter- 
borough, April 13, 1873. One ch. 



Daniel Emory was the second son of John Emory, 
who came from Topsfield to Rindge in 1771, a descend- 
ant of the John Emery who settled in Newbury, before 
mentioned, in the history of Dea. Daniel Emery. The 
change in spelling the name is said to have been made 
by the Rindge family. Daniel was b. July 5, 1773 ; m. 
Betsey Curtice, b. in Boxford, Mass., July 14, 1773 ; d. in 
Jaftrey, April, 1S48. His business was the manufac- 
turing of nest-boxes. In 1806 he re. to Jaffrey, where 
he engaged in trade, at first in the Thorndike store; 
afterwards built one on the land of Mr. Ainsworth, 
which he occupied as a store, and for the manufacturing 
of nest-boxes and dry measures. He afterwards retired 
to a farm, and in 1835 went to Pennsylvania, and there 
continued the same business, and was for a time post- 
master. He d. in Mehoopany, Wyoming Co., Pa., in 
1855. Children : 

I. Pamelia, b. Nov. i, 1794; d. unm., Ware, 

Mass. 
II. Prentice Burr, b. July 17, 1797; was a physi- 
cian ; d. in N. J. 

III. Alvah, h. June 11, 1799; a hatter by trade ; d. 

Sept. 24, 1851, in Leominster, Mass. 

IV. Ambrose, b. Nov. 13, 1S02 ; m. Mary Gadding ; 

r. Rindge. Two ch. 

V. Cynthia, b. ; m. Levi Joslin, of Rindge ; 

d. Two ch. 
VI. Daniel, b. Jan. 16, 1809 ; m. Susanna Pierce, of 
Lunenburg ; was a trader in Fitchburg, 
Mass. ; d. March 31, 1S5S. Nine ch. 

VII. Sophia, b. ; m. Jona. Ayers, of North 

Brookfield, Mass. 



FASSETT FAMILY. 

Joseph Fassett, b. in Fitzwilliam, came to Jaftrey, 
Jan. 7, 1836, settled on lot 3, range 4; m. Tabitha 
Wright, who d. Sept. 6, 1871. He d. Sept. 17, 1858, 
a. 63. 

I. Tabitha, b. Aug. 26, 1820 ; m. Edward Stewart, 
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III. Lois B.^ b. Nov. 21, 1S23; m. Abel Thompson, 

q. V. 

IV. John B.^ b. Oct. 12, 1825. 

V. Joel K^ b. May 8, 1827; d. May 11, 1862; a 

member of Co. E., 2"* Regt. N. H. V. 
VI. Edward, b. Sept. 16, 1829; d. May 20, 1850. 
VII. Luther TT., b. Nov. 12, 183 1 ; m. Sarah E. 
Fassett. One ch. He was a soldier in Co. 
E., 2'* Regt. N. H. V. ; was killed by a 
Rebel scout, at Evansport, Va., April 2, 
1862 ; the first man killed from Cheshire 
county. 
VIII, Danvers C, b. May 2, 1834; was a member of 
the I'' Regt. of Heavy Artillery, N. H. V. ; 
m. Hannah Hammon. Two sons. 
IX. Clarissa C, b. June 9, 1836 ; m. Samuel Wilber, 
Dec. 26, 1856. One son. 



Joseph W. Fassett m. Sarah A. Putney She d. 
Dec. 13, 1873, by being thrown from a carriage by a 

frightened horse, a. 52. He m., 2**, . Mr. 

Fassett is one of the business men of the town ; has 
been several years selectman, and is now (1876) rep- 
resentative in the state legislature. 

I. Charles W., b. Dec. 3, 1848. 
II. Abbie A., b. Jan. 14, 1851. 

III. Frank P., b. March 2, 1853 ; d. Oct. 22, 1853. 

IV. Henry, b. Dec. 19, 1863. 



FELT FAMILY. 

Aaron Felt, with his brother, emigrated from Wales, and 
settled in the vicinity of Salem, Mass. Aaron had six sons and 
one daughter. His sons Aaron and Peter settled in Temple ; 
Jonathan, Samuel, and Joseph, in Nelson ; and Joshua, in 
Keene. Polly m. John Breed, and settled in Nelson. 

John Felt, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (SppfTord) 
Felt, was b. in Nelson, Sept. 22, 1798. He m. Huldah 
Hobart, dau. of John and Maria (Houghton) Conant, 
of Stowe ; re. to JaftVey in 1825 ; settled on lot 4, range 
5, formerly owned by Alexander Milliken, Esq. Mrs. 
Felt d. May 27, 1861, a. 57. 

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fidence. He held for a number of years the offices of 
moderator and selectman, was five years representative 
in the state legislature, and for many years justice of 
the peace. In 1850 he w^as assistant marshal for taking 
the census, which duty he performed in a manner 
satisfactory to the public, and highly creditable to him- 
self. In Oct., 1S60, he fell from a tree while gathering 
apples, and dislocated his spine and three of his ribs, 
broke two, and the humeral bone of his left shoulder. 
For five weeks he was in a helpless condition, requiring 
the aid of six men to move him. He gradually recov- 
ered, enfeebled and crippled for life. 

I, An infant daughter, b. June 13, 1826; d. the 
next day. 

II. John Conant, b. May 10, 1S27 ; m., Dec. iS, 
1855, Sarah Almeda, dau. of Levi Howe, 
Esq., of Rindge. He d. at Orange, Mass., 
Jan. 28, 1874. He was a dentist by profes- 
sion. 

III. Sally Maria, b. Sept. 17, 1828; m., Dec. 29, 
1862, Alfred Page, of Lunenburg, Mass. ; r. 
Shirley. One son : 

I. John Eli, b. May 8, 1864; d. Aug. 5, 
1864. 

IV. Caroline Huldah, b. April 25, 1830; m. Julius 
Cutter, q. v. 

V. Joseph Alonzo, b., Oct. 11, 1831 ; m., Feb. 8, 
1855, Mary Howe, of Harrisville, N. H. ; 
settled in Gardner, Mass. ; re. to Grand 
Rapids, Mich., and d. Aug. 3, i860. He 
was a pail manufacturer. Two children : 

1. Arthur Hurlburt, b. Jan. 10, 1855. 

2. John, b. June 16, 1859; d. 

VI. Albert Orlo, b. July 8, 1833 ; m., Nov. 8, 1857, 
Ladoria S., daughter of Joseph and Seba 
(Barns) Evleth, of Dublin. He was a chair 
manufacturer ; r. Gardner and Oshawa, Can- 
ada West. 

1. Everett Orto, b. April 26, 1859. 

2. Howard Albert, b. Aug. 2, i860. 

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VII. Martha Ward, b. Oct. 18, 1836; m., Sept. 28, 
1S58, Clayton Evleth, son of Joseph ; r. in 
Philadelphia, Pa. ; a dealer in household 
furniture. He has now retired from busi- 
ness. 

viii. William Henry Jfarrison, b. April 5, 1841 ; d. 
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FIFE FAMILY. 

John Fife, the third son of Dea. Silas Fife, came 
from Marlborough to Jaflrey, about 1799. His father 
was the second son of James Fife, who was b. in Fife- 
shire, Scotland, about the year 1700, and was a son of 
James Fife, a descendant of one of the most ancient 
families of Fifeshire. At an early age the younger 
James Fife emigrated to America, and, after visiting 
several other settlements, finally purchased a farm and 
settled in Bolton, Mass., where he m. Patience Butler, 
and reared a family of twelve children. His brother, 
William, also settled in the same place. 

I. James, b. Nov. 18, 1742; d. Dec. 16, 1742. 

II. Silas, h. Oct. 4, 1743.-I- 

III. Molly, b. Feb. 24, 1745 ; m. Robert Hudson. 

IV. Mobert, b. March 11, 1747 ; m. Hepsibath Bush, 

July II, 1776; d. 1785. 
V. Relief, h. '^?^n. 27, 1750; m. Jona. Whitcomb, 

June I, 1773. 
VI. Susanna, b. March 21, 1751 ; m. Capt. Samuel 

Woods. 

VII. Patience, b. Nov. i, 1757; m. Wm. Fife, Jr., 

Dec. 26, 17S6. 

VIII. James J., b. Aug. 24, 1760 ; d. Nov., 1790. 

IX. Deliverance, b. July 22, 1763 ; m. Isaac May- 

nard. 
X. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1764; d. young. 
XI. Sarah, b. March 9, 1766; d. March, 1782. 
XII. Martha, h. Oct. 2, 1767; m. James Britain ; d. 

Dec. 29, 1848. 



Silas Fife, his second son, removed to Monadnock 
No. 5, in the spring of 1765, and purchased a lot of land 
not far distant from Monadnock mountain, and includ- 
ing most of what was owned by Dea. Abel Baker in 
1855, and became the first settler in the easterly part of 
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comprised in the town of Troy. Here he continued to 
labor year after year, gradually converting his wild 
lands into fertile fields, until he was the owner of a very 
fine estate, during which time there was born to him 
ten children, all of whom, with one exception, grew to 
maturity on the old homestead. He was a prominent 
and influential man in educational, chinch, and town 
affairs, and held various positions of responsibility and 
trust. He was b. at Bolton ; m. Abigail Houghton, 
Aug. 15, 1772 ; d. May 23, 1836. 

I. Samuel, b. June 27, 1773 ; m., i'', Anna Emer- 
son, Sept. 6, 1806; m., 2*", Sarah Thayer, 
April I, 1819; d. Oct. 15, 1851. 
II. Betsey, b. May 3, 1775 ; m. Wm. Tenney. 
in. Silas, b. April 21, 1777; m. Abigail Johnson ; 

d. April 12, 1834. 
IV. John, b. Feb. 6, 1779.-I- 
V. James, h. Nov. 14, 1780; m. ; d. 1840. 
VI. Abigail, b. Dec. 2, 17S2 ; d. in childhood. 
VII. Benjatnin, b. March 24, 1786; m. Betsey New- 
ton ; d. Nov. 24, 1842. 
VIII. Amos,h. Oct. 14, 1790; m. Nancy Ward ; d. 
Dec. 18, 1830. 
IX. Timothy, b. April 24, 1792; m. Mary Jones, 

Jan. 24, 1821 ; d. Dec. 12, 1871. 
X. Nathan, b. Feb. 22, 1795; m. Margaret Bird; 
d. Oct., 1834. 



John Fife settled in Jaftrey, on lot 4, range 5, now 
(1873) owned by John W. Mann. He kept a a public 
house there, which he called the " Mountain House," 
and for many years it was quite a popular resort for 
visitors to Monadnock mountain. He was also a farm- 
er. He m. Sarah Seward, and d. May 7, 1843, a. 64. 
His widow re. to Peterborough, and d. Aug. 24, 1858, 
a. 82. Of his wife, one who enjoyed her acquaintance 
for many years speaks as follows : " She was a noble 
woman, and one of the best housekeepers in this coun- 

ty." 

1. Abigail, b. July 29, 1800; m. Samuel Stratton 

Oct. 12, 1823, q. v. 
II. William, b. Nov. 23, 1803. -|- 

III. e/oAn, b. Jan. 31, 1S07.-I- 

IV. Elmira, and v. Elvira (twins); b. Aug. 11, 

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William Fife m., i°S Ruth Gott, April 27, 1S33 ; 
m., 2'', Sarah Sellers, Dec. 22, 1847. Soon after arriv- 
ing at man's estate he removed from Jaflrey to Isle-au- 
Ilaiite, Me., and engaged in mercantile business with 
his uncle, Nathan Fife. Several years later he estab- 
lished, a!id for many years carried on, a large mercan- 
tile business at Swan's Isle, in the same state. While 
residing here he was appointed trial justice, and ably 
performed the duties of that office for fifteen years. 
During his contiiuiance in that oflice he did almost the 
entire legal business within his jurisdiction, lie was a 
prominent citizen, and held many positions of responsi- 
bility In 1854, he removed to Ellsworth, Me., where 
lied., June 2, 1857- Children: 

I. Sarah Jane^ b. March 11, 1834. 
II. Almira Frances^ b. March 2, 1S36; m. Maurice 
R. Rich, Oct. II, 1853; r. Tremont, Me. 
He was b. in Mt. Desert, Me., Dec. 22, 
1833. During the great Southern Rebellion, 
he was connected with the Signal Service 
of the United States army. They still re- 
side in Tremont, where he is engaged in 
ship-buiUling. Children: (i) Julia Ann, 
b. March 25, 1855. (2) Fred Judson, b. 
March 11, 1858. '(3) Mary Cora, b. Sept. 
27, 1S60. 

III. John William^ b. Feb. 27, 1839.-]- 

IV. Nathan Judson, b. March 29, 1841 ; d. Jan. 9, 

1863, at Belle Blaine, Va., in the service of 
his country. lie was a brave soldier. 



John Fife m. Caroline Stone, Nov. 4, 1830. He 
learned the blacksmithing business, removed to Peter- 
borough, and carried on the same with success, till 
1854, when he removed to Charlotte, Chautauqua Co., 
N. Y., where he engaged in farming. In 1S6S, he re. 
to New Hampshire, and settled in Swanzey ; but in 
1 87 1 returned to Charlotte, where he now remains. 
One ch. 



Alfred A., b. in Peterborough ; m. Elizabeth, dan. 
of James and Sarah Hayward, Feb., 1856. In 1S54, 
he re. to Sinclairville, N. Y., and engaged in farming. 
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(30) John William Fyfe, was b. at Swan's Isle, Me., 
Feb. 37, 1839. In 1853 he re. to Ellsworth, in the same 
state, where he learned the art of printing. He re- 
mained there for several years, and, after visiting many 
of the important New England cities, finally settled in 
Hartford, Conn., where, in 1S69, in company with 
another gentleman, he established a book antl job print- 
ing-office, but soon disposed of his interest in the 
establishment to his partner, and retired from the firm. 
He then studied medicine, and was graduated a doctor 
of medicine in 1878, when he received a diploma from 
the Eclectic Aledical College of Pennsylvania. From 
early youth he has been a frequent contributor to the 
columns of the press, on the subjects of temperance, 
laws of health, and other topics of the day. In 1868 
he commenced the genealogical researches contained in 
his work entitled "James Fyfe and His Descendants." 
In 1S74 he was elected a member of the Hartford court 
of common council, and served the regular term of one 
year. His residence is still in Hartford. He m. Mary 
Elizabeth, dan. of Dr. Wm. H. and Mary T. Card, 
April 6, 1S62. She was b. in Utica, N. Y., Feb. 14, 
1842. Her parents were natives of Newport, R. I., 
and were descendants of two of the oldest families of 
that city. At the age of three years they returned with 
her to Newport. Here she was educated, and most of 
her unmarried life happily spent. Children : 

34 1. Florence Almira, h. Aug. 24, 1S67. 

35 II. t/o/m William^ h. Nov. 27, 1873 ; d. July 14, 
1874. 



FISK FAMILY. 



Thomas Fisk came from Pepperell, Mass., to Jaftrey 
in 1781 ; settled on lot 19, range i. He was a descendant 
of Samuel Fisk, who emigrated from England, and set- 
tled in Haverhill, Mass. His brother settled in Weston, 
Mass. Samuel, son of the emigrant, settled inGroton, 
Mass., about 1700. His son Thomas re. to Pepperell, m. 
Mary Parker, and d. April 3, 1854. His widow d. May 
30, 17911 'I- 69. They hatl five children, one of whom, 
Thomas, m. Sarah, dau. of John Shipley (Scotch 
Irish), b. Dec. 25, 1748; d. at Jafirey, Feb. 18, 1831. 
He d. March 15, 1818, a. 73. Six children : 



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II. Asa, b. July i, 1771.-]- 

III. Zew«, b. Feb. 16, 1775. + 

IV. Sarah, b. March 22, 1779; d. April 21, 1844. 
V. Polly, b. Nov. 3, 17S2 ; d. June 14, 1804. 

\\. Joel, b. Jan. 14, 1787 ; m. Sally Pierce ; d. Jan. 
19, 1823. 



Samuki- Fi.sk re. to Dublin ; m. Mary, dan. of Sam- 
uel Twitchell, Esq., of Dublin. 

I. Asa, b. May 8, 1794; d. Aug. 24, 1796. 
11. Mary, h. Oct. 19, 1795; m. William Cogswell, 
of Peterborough. 

III. Samuel, b. April i, 1797; m. Betsey Gleason, 

who d. at Peterborough, Dec. 31, 1871, a. 
72. He d. July 14, 1872, a. 75. 

IV. Asa, b. Feb. 16, 1799; m. Priscilla Ranstead. 
V. Alice Wilson, b. Sept. 16, 1800; m. Elias 

Hardy. 
VI. Betsey, b. Sept. 21, 1802; m. Ephraim Foster. 
VII. Louisa, b. Oct. 17, 1804. 

VIII. Julia, b. July 22, 180S; m. Edward Foster; d, 
Jan. 25, 1842 
IX. Amos T., b. Jan. 22, 181 1 ; d. May 29, 1814. 



Asa settled in Dublin ; m. Cynthia Mann. 

I. Thomas, b. Dec. 29, 1802 ; m. Sophia Apple- 
ton. 
II. Cynthia M., b. Sept. 2, 1804; m. Calvin 
Learnard. One ch. 



Levi Fksk m., Nov. 10, 1799, Hannah Mellen, dau. 
of Daniel and Susan (Farwell) Mellen, of Fitzwilliam, 
He d. Aug. 17, 1857, a. 82. She d. July 22, 1861, a. 
86. Mr. Fisk was a prominent man in town afl'airs, 
and a member of the state senate in i835-'6. 

I. Adams, b. May 3, i8oo.-|- 

II. Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1802; m. Elbridgc Baldwin, 
q. v. 

III. Polly, b. April 21, 1804; m. Eli Smith, of 

Dublin. 

IV. Parker, b. ; d. May, 1806, a. 26 dys. 
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VI. Emily, b. May 12, 181 2 ; m. James Harvey, of 

Marlborough, and d. there. 

VII. Johh Shipley, b. July 18, 1814; m. Ann C. 

Clark, of Nelson. 
VIII. Lxike, b. Oct. 25, 181 7 ; d. Dec. 11, 1819. 



Adams Fisk resides on the homestead of his father ; 
m. Mary, dau. of John H. and Mary (Penny) Loring, 
of Rindge. Mr. Fisk has taken a deep interest in the 
History of Jaftrey, and furnished much valuable infoi*- 
mation. Three children : 

I. Mary Emeline, b. May 20, 1837 ' '^' Benj. F. 
Prescott, from Westford, Mass. ; r. Jaifrey. 
II. John Adams, b. Sept. 4, 1839. 
III. Henry Harrison, b. April 3, 1842 ; d. April 20, 
1843. 



FITCH FAMILY. 

Paul Fitch was the son of John Fitch, who came 
from Bradford, Mass., to Ashby, where he was captured 
by tlie Indians in 1748^ 'in<^l taken to Montreal, Can. 
His family consisted of himself, wife, and five children, 
the youngest five months old. They were ransomed by 
their friends in Bradford. His wife d. on her return, 
Dec. 24, 1748, at Providence. He m.a 2'^ wife, resided 
for a time in Rindge, then returned to Ashby, and d. 
April 5, 1795. It is supposed that Fitchburg received 
its name from him, he being on the committee of incor- 
poration. Paul Fitch settled first in Rindge ; m. Mary 
Jaquith, of Billerica, Mass., April, 1767- .She was b. 
June 27, 17471 'iiid was the mother of his nine children. 
His wife d. Feb. 18, 1800; he m., 2'', Jan. 7, 1802, 
Joanna (Rice) Walker, widow of Samuel Walker. He 
re. to Rindge in i774' ^^^^ ^^ ]^^^'^y '" ^778- He after- 
wards, in 1805, re. to Marlborough, and d. May 2, 1818. 

I. Hannah, b. June 23, 1768; m. John Moore, of 
Sharon, son of David Moore. 

3 II. t/oAw, b. Oct. II, 1770; m. ; d. in Cleveland, 
O., 1841. 

4 111. Paul, b. June 21, 1773; m., Nov. 25, 1802, Sa- 
rah, dau. of Samuel and Joanna Rice Walk- 
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2**, Dec. 21, 1S15, Sarah Davis. He r. in 
Marlborough and Claremont, and d. Dec. 
18, 1S43. 

IV. Mary^ b. March 15, 1776; m., April 15, 1799, 

William Moore, of Sharon, son of David 
Moore. He d. Oct. 6, 1S23 ; she d. Oct. 
23, 1825. Had eleven children ; five died 
young. 

1. Nathan, b. Feb. 10, 1800; m. Sarah 
Russell ; r. Sharon. 

2. Abner, b. July 21, 1802; m. Abigail 
Cook ; r. Jaffrey. 

3. William, b. Feb. 14, 1S05 ; m. Rox- 
una Blodgctt ; 2**, Priscilla Blod;;ett ; he 
d. in Jartrey, 1S59. 

6. Mary Fitch, b. April 20, 1807 ; m. 
Samuel Stearns, of Rindge, March 4, 
1830. a prominent man in town attiiirs, 
and representative in the state legisla- 
ture. They had seven children, among 
whom is Ezra S. Stearns, the distin- 
guished historian of his native town, 
Rindge. She d. April 28, 1849. She 
m. 2^, Sept. 26, 1850, Almira, dau. of 
John and Betsey (Bennett) Hall, of 
Ashburnham. He d. April 6, 1871, a. 
69 years. 

8. Isaiah, b. May 3, 181 1 ; m. Mary Wheel- 
er ; r. Minn. 

10. leremiah, b. May 10, 1815 ; m. Mar- 
garet Jewett; r. Lancaster, Mass. 

V. Alice, b. April 11, 1779; d. 1859, unm. 

VI. Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1782 ; m. Joseph Piper, of 

Jaftrey. 
VII. Jacob, b. Feb. 20, 17S5 ; d. unm. 
VIII. Susan, b. Oct. 2, 17S9; m., i**', David Blood; 
m., 2^, Joseph Tolman. 
IX. Luther Jaquith, b. Sept. 8, 1792; m. Jane 
Hoyt ; r. Hopkinton, N. H. 



FORTUNE FAMILY. 

Amos Fortune, b. free in Africa ; a slave in America ; pur- 
chased his liberty; settled in Jaffrey, on lot 18, range 6; now 
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came to town about 177S; was a tanner by trade. He was a 
highly-respected citizen, member of the church, and made it a 
present of a silver communion service. He also left a school 
fund for the district in which he lived. He m. Violate, whose 
liberty he previously purchased. He had no children. The 
following inscription may be seen on their headstones in the 
old parish burying-ground : 

Sacred to the memory of 

Amos Fortune, 

Who was born free in Africa, 

a Slave in America. 

He purchased his liberty 

Professed Christianity 

Lived reputably 

died hopefuU}' 

Nov. 17, iSoi, a. 91. 

Sacred to the memory 

of Violate 

by Sale, the slave of 

Amos Fortune, 
by Marriage, his wife 

by her fidelity, 
his friend and solace. 
She died his widow, 
Sept. 13, 1802, a. 72. 



FOSTER FAMILY. 

Samuel Foster came to JalTrey about iSio; pur- 
chased the clothing-mill of Joseph Lincoln, situated in 
what is now East Jaftrey ; m., Oct. 9, 1S17, Sophia, 
dau. of Dea. Eleazer and Mary (Flint) Spofford. She 
d. Oct. 36, 1S66, a. 82. He d. Aug. 15, 1863, a. 78. 

I. Eliza J5., b. May 3, 1818 ; m., i^'. Dr. Thomp- 
son ; m., 2^, Mr. Lancaster, of Minden, La. 
II. Urania /S., b. Dec. 13, 1819; d. March 26, 

1839. 
III. Eleazer SjMfford^ b. Sept. 24, 1S21 ; m., April 
21, 1S45, Sarah Adams. [See page 99.] 

IV. Hannah A., b. Aug. 28, 1S23 ; m.. May 8, 

1845, George H. Merrill. 

V. 3Iary Flinty b. May i, 1828 ; m., Jan. 11, 1849, 

Fortunatus Gleason, of Westmoreland. 



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VI. Jerome^ b. Feb. 24, 1831 ; d. Jan. 11, 1850, in 
California. 



Samuel Foster m. Lucy Boynton, Jan. 31, 1769; 
was a tanner by trade ; r. lot 13, range 6, now the resi- 
dence of Benj. Cutter, Esq. 



Obadiah Foster came to Jaffreyin 1806, and settled 
on lot 19, range 5, now the farm of Luke H. Nutting. 
His name was on the tax-list from 1806 to 1809. 



Jedediah Foster m., June 7, 1807, Lydia, dau. of 
Alpheus Brigham, settled on the farm of his wife's 
father, and remained there till 1836, when he left town. 
His wife d. May 21, 1859, '*• 77- 

His son, Alpheus -B., d. Jan. 13, 1819, a. 10 years. 



FOX FAMILY. 

Jonathan Fox, son of Timothy Fox, was b. at 
New Ipswich in 1769. Timothy, his father, son 
of John Fox, came from Littleton, Mass., and settled 
in New Ipswich in 1765. Jonathan came to Jaftrey 
about 1796, and settled on lot 3, range 7. In 1810 he 
re. to lot 5, range 7, where he spent the remainder of 
his days, and d. March 20, 1831. Mr. Fox was a prom- 
inent leading man in town affairs, was distinguished for 
his sound judgment and great financial ability, and 
held the office of selectman from 1803 to 1816 inclusive, 
a longer period than it was held by any other man in the 
town of Jaffiey. He m. Sibil Jackson, b. in Newton, 
Mass., and d. at Jaftrey, April j, 1857, a. 88. 

I. Joseph,\>. 1797; grad. Dart, college, 1818; d. 

at Savannah, Georgia, Sept. 16, 1820. 
II. J/ary, b. March 13, 1799; m., April 3, 1822, 
Alpheus Crosby, q. v. 

III. Isaac J. ^ b. Aug. 28, i8oi.-f- 

IV. Johyi, b. Aug. 2, 1803.-}- 

V. Harriet^ b. Jan. 6, 1806; was twice m. ; r. in 

Concord. 

VI. Abigail^ m. Crocker, and d. in Fitchburg. 

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Isaac Jackson Fox (Col.) m., i^ Sophia H. Wilder, 
of Leominster, Mass. She d. Oct., 1837 ; m., 2% her 
sister, Pamelia Wilder. He d. at Nashua, May 6, 
1852. 

I. Henry JacJcson^ b. Aug., 1828. 
II. Ann 'Sophia, b. 1830 ; d. young. 

III. George Wilder, b. Jan. 24, 183 1. 

IV. Sarah Josephine, b. Dec, 1833 ; m. George D. 
Jaquith. 

V. Charles Joseph, d. young. 
VI. Eloisa Howe, b. Jan., 1837 ; m. Edward Gay, 

of Maiden. ' 

vii. Sophia, b. Dec. 25, 1844. 



John Fox, m. d., son of Jona. and Sibil (Jackson) Fox, 
was b. in Jaffrey, and was for a time a member of Dart- 
mouth college. He, however, left and engaged in trade 
in Jaffrey in copartnership with his brother. Col. Isaac 
J. Fox. After a time they dissolved their copart- 
nership, and his brother removed to Nashua, and he 
studied the profession of medicine with Luke Howe, 
M. D., and received the degree of m. d. at Dart- 
mouth in 1835. For a time he was connected with a 
hospital in Massachusetts, and on returning to Jaffrey 
commenced the business of farming as a more desira- 
ble occupation. The death of his father brought uito 
his possession a large amount of property, which was 
probably the principal reason why he left the profession 
of medicine. He has been a prominent man in town 
affairs, was for many years town-clerk and selectman, 
and represented the town in the state legislature for 
several years. He has also been one of the directors of 
the Monadnock State and National banks, and was 
president of the State Bank. He m., i^', Eloisa, dau. 
of Dr. Adonijah, Jr., and Mary (Woodbury) Howe. 
She d. Feb. 2, 1837, a. 29; m., 2^ Isabel W. Howe, 
dau. of Dr. Luke and Mary (Woodbury) Howe. Three 
children : 

I. Mary Isabel, b. Jan. i, 1S49. 
II. John Howe, b. June 14, 1856 ; graduated Dart- 
mouth college ; studied law ; r. East Jaf- 
frey. 
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Charles James Fox m., April 29, 1838, Susan 
Eliza, dau. of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter. He re. 
to Rockton, 111. ; was a large dealer in land. He died 
Jan. 30, 1873. 

I. Charles Edward, b. Nov. 7, 1840. In i860 he 
went to Boston, and was a clerk in a West 
India goods store. At the breaking out of 
the late civil war he enlisted in Co. D., ist 
Rhode Island Cavalry, Aug. 14, 1862, and 
was transferred to Troop C, new organiza- 
tion, as first sergeant, Dec. 31, 1864; mus- 
tered out at expiration of service June 6, 
1865 ; served as a private in Co. D, First 
Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 
from May 9, 1S73, to May 15, 1873; ser- 
geant-major of the battalion May 15, 1873, 
to March 31, 1875 ; first sergeant of Co. D, 
from March 31, iS75,to Jan. 12, 1S76, when 
he was elected second lieutenant. He also 
joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
Company. He was a member of Mt. Leb- 
anon Lodge and St. Andrew Royal Arch 
Chapter F. & A. M. and of the Boston 
Commandery K. T. He was also an hon- 
ored member of the Commonwealth Lodge, 
I. O. O. F. At the close of the war he en- 
gaged in the grocery business at the corner 
of West Newton and Tremont streets, and 
marked success attended his labors. He 
met with an accidental death by being 
thrown from his horse Jan. 29, 1878, leav- 
ing a widow to mourn his loss. 
II. Harriet Adelaide^ b. Feb. 10, 1844. 

III. Jones Cutter^ b. Julv 12, 1846; d. July 16, 

1846. 

IV. Abbie Crocker^ h. ]\.\\y 14, 1848; d. Sept. 30, 

1852. 
V. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. iS, 1850. 

VI. John, b. Feb. 18, 1854. 

VII. Frank Cutter^ b. June 4, 1857. 



FRENCH FAMILY. 

The early settlers by that name were James, John, Thomas, 
and David,— James in 1778, John in 1786, and Thomas in 
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1794; re., first, to Andover, Vt. ; second, to Grafton, Vt., and 

d. there. Seven cliildren : 
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James French settled on lot 13, range 5 ; was cho- 
sen sexton and highway surveyor in 177S ; on commit- 
tee to hire soldiers in 1781. He was a basket-maker. 
He re. to Rindge about 1793. He m. Sarah - — - — , 
and had five children, — James, Betsey, Polly, Burly, 
and Oliver. 



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James French, Jr., m., i'', April 13, 17S1, Han- 
nah, dan. of Jabez and Hannah Russell, of Rindge. 
Shed. 1805. He m., 2**, July 12, 1809, Olive Sawyer. 
He re. to Rindge in 1793 ! was a basket-maker. Ten 
children, — 9 by first wife, i by second wife : 

I. Isaac, h. in Jaftrey, June 22, 1781. 
II. Hannah, b. Feb. 6, 1783 ; d. March 6, 17S3. 

III. Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1784. 

IV. Sarah^ b. Feb. 17, 1786. 
V. James, b. Feb. i, 1789. 

VI. Samuel Brooks, h. May 2, 1791. 
VII. Betsey, b. May 18, 1793. 
VIII. Echcard Jewett, b. in Rindge, June 29, 1795. 

IX. Mahala, b. May 25, 1804. 

X. Frances Sawyer, b. July 12, 1809. 

John French came from Billerica, Mass., to Jaffrey, 

about 17S6; m. Priscilla . She d. July 2, 1823, 

a. 81. He d. May 25, 1S15, a. 84. 



I. John, b. - 

Gage.-f- 

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; m., March, 17S9, Abigail 

; m., i"', Robert Harkness, 2*^, 
William Stevens. 

III. Benjamin, unm. 

IV. Priscilla, b. 1766; m. Abel Shedd, q. v. 

V. Daniel, b. 1771 ; m. Rebecca Fletcher, who d. 
Jan. 22, 1850, a. 71. He d. Aug. 30, 1S51, 
a. 80. 

1. Roancy, b. Aug. 7, 1796; m. Martin 

Blodgett, q. V. 

2. Daniel, b. 1803 ; m. Mary C, who d. 

July 5, 1850, a. 47. He d. Feb. 
24, 1S58, a. 55. 



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3. Rebecca, d. 1S06, a. i yr., 8 mos., 14 
dys. 

VI. Elizabeth^ b. 1772 ; m. Joseph Blodgett, q. v. 
VII. Patty, m. Joshua Nutting. 
VIII. Jbsiah, m. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Stanley. 



John French m. Abigail, dau. of James and Sarah 
(Lamson) Gage ; re. to New Hartford, N. Y., and d. 
Feb. 25, 1S39. She d. Aj^ril 20, 1S60. Three ch. : 

I. /Sally, b. Nov. 19, 17S9; m. Leonard Kellogg. 

Five ch. 
II. John, b. Sept. 12, 1794; m. Almira, dau. of 
Robert and Phebe (Ingalls) Gilmore. Nine 
ch. 
III. Abigail, m. James Brockway. Two ch. 



Thomas French, b. Dec. 17, 1765, at Billerica, 
Mass. ; came to JaflVey about 1788, and settled on lot 13, 
range 4. He m. Hannah Cummings, dau. of Eleazer 
Cummings, of Londonderry, b. July 15, 1767; d. May 
2, 1S55, a. 87. He d. Feb. 21, 1848, a. 82. He carried 
on the business of farming, and the manufacture of 
shoes. He was a great musician, and an expert on the 
fiddle, and spent most of his time in playing on the 
same. He married, and, as his family increased, 
found himself in rather straitened circumstances. 
Awakened by a sense of his danger, he concluded to 
drop the fiddle and follow the plough. Food immedi- 
ately became abundant, making his family happy ; — but 
Mr. French said the people did not like the ploughman 
half as well as they did the fiddler. 

I. Thomas, b. Jan. 26, 1789.4- 
II. Cummings, b. April 27, 1792.-I- 

III. Margaret, b. Dec. 18, 1795 ; m. Josiah Sawyer, 

q. V. 

IV. Lucy, b. May 18, 1797 ; d. Oct. iS, 1868 ; unm. 
V. Leonard, b. July 10, 1799; d. Feb. 3, 1771, at 

Milford, N. H. 

VI. Hannah, b. Feb. 17, 1802; d. Aug. 11, 1818, 

unm. 

VII. James Rollins, b. July i, 1804; m. Caroline, 

dau. of Lieut. Daniel and Folly (Felt) 
Emery. She d. June 28, 1829, a. 19. Two 
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VIII. Luke^ b. July 25, iSoy.-f- 
IX. Nancy ^ b. July 29, 181 1 ; m. Dea. Richard 
Spaulding, q. v. 



Thomas French m., March 20, 1816, Sophia, dau. 
of Jacob and Mary (Smith) Jewell. She d. June 9, 
1840, a. 51. He d. May i, 1869, a. 79. 

I. Jacob Jewell, h. Aug. 24, 1817 ; re. to Buffalo, 

and d. there, 
n. Mary Sophia, b. July 3, 1823 ; m., Aug. 30, 

1851, Joseph Crombie, of Jaffrey, q. v. 
III. TJiomas Dexter, b. May 11, 1827. 



CuMMiNGS French m. Sally, dau. of Capt. Abel and 
Priscilla (French) Shedd. She d. Nov. 2, 1862, a. 74. 
He d. Aug. 16, 1866, a. 74. 

I. Richard Harkness, re. to Fitchburg. 
II. Henry Citmmings, b. 1827 ; m., Oct. 8, 1850, 
Caroline Pamelia, dau. of Luther and Caro- 
line Cutter. She d. June 23, 1876, a. 46. 

1. George Eaton, b. Jan. 26, 1856; d. 
June 20, 1856. 

2. Edwin Henry, b. July 25, 1S61 ; a deaf 
mute. 

3. Malcolm Shedd, b, Dec. 3, 1864. 

ni. Sarah, b. 1829; was principal of Melville 
academy ; re. to Minneapolis, Minn., from 
thence to San Jose, Cal. ; m. 



Luke French m., i^ Jan. 28, 1832, Nancy, dau. of 
Simeon Blanchard. She d. June 20, 1838. M., 2"*, 
Lucy, dau. of Dea. Abel and Lucy (Fierce) Spaulding, 
July 14, 1839. 

I, Susan Eliza, h. Jan. 28, 1833; m. March 14, 

1855, Charles's. Briant, of Dublin, 
n. Richard, b. May 19, 1S34; m., i^', Dec. 25, 

1859, Emily F. Ryder, of Wethersfield, Vt. 

She d. 1866. He m., 2^ Rosie H. Taylor, 

Jan. I, 1S69. 
m. Sarah 3Iarinda,h. Feb. 28, 1836; d.Jan. 12, 

1842. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Preston L., b. April 26, 1838 ; m., Dec. 28, 
1S69, Mary C, dau. of George W. Benja- 
min, of Jaffrey. 

Sylaanus^h. May 11, 1840; d. Aug. 9, 1S62, 
iinm. 

Sarah Ermina, b. Feb. 20, 1842 ; m., March 
28, 1S75, Otis G. Rice ; r. on lot 3, range 7. 

Evander-ih. April 7, 1843; m., Jan. i, 1868, 
Sophia Catherine Lane, of Cliarlestovvn, N. 
H., b. April 27, 1S42. 

Hannah Cximmings, b. Sept. 14, 1844; d. 
March, 1S45. 

An injxint, b. and d. Aug. 12, 1845. 

Abel Albert, b. Feb. 10, 1846; m., Jan. 31, 

1872, Ella F., dau. of John S. Lawrence. 
Orford, h. Jan. 15, 1848 : m. Cynthia A. How- 
ard, of Acworth, June 7, 1874. 

Merrill, b. Oct. 5, 1850; m., Oct. 5, 1S71, 
Delia Maria, b. at Fitchburg, Mass., May 
23, 1851. 

Emmons, b. April 23, 1853; m., Sept. 15, 

1873, Frances M. Knowlton, b. Sept. 26, 
1847 ' '• i'ewUsbury, Mass. 



Whitcomb French (Col.), son of Whitcomb and 
Sally (Patrick) French, and grandson of John, of Wo- 
burn, Mass., was b. in Dublin, July 9, 1794. He was 
a large stage proprietor; r. in JaflVey, Keene, and 
Fitzwilliam. lie ilisposed of his stage property and 
re. to Peterborough, 1S33, where he built a hirge and 
commodious hotel, which became under his manage- 
ment one of the best in this section. In 1S49, he re- 
tired to a farm, which he carried on successfully till 
age made it advisable for him to retire from labor, and 
he has since r. in the village. In Nov., 1867, their 
golden wedding was celebrated, at which were gathered 
five children and seven grandchildren. His descend- 
ants were eight children, thirteen grandchildren, and 
four great-grandchildren, — in all, twenty-eight. His 
eight children were all living. He m., Nov. 27, 1817? 
Mary, dau. of Joel Kendall, of Dublin, b. May 25, 



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I. Eliza G., b. in Nelson, Sept. 2, iSiS ; m., Sept. 

28, 1840, Jesse C. Little ; r. Salt Lake City, 

Utah. Eleven ch. 
II. Granville, b. in Dublin, July 2, 1820; m., 

April 26, 1843, Relief Walker ; b. Dum- 



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merstown, Vt., Sept. 15, 1817. One child, 
Fred W., b. July 19, 1847 5 ^- Epworth, la. 

III. 3Iary S., h. JaflVey, Dec. 4, 1S23 ; unm. 

IV. Jlenry , Kendall, h. in Jaftrey, Jan. 21, 1826. -|- 
V. 3Iarshall W., b. in Jaftrey, Sept. 4, 1827; m., 

Jan. 10, 1S55, 'L\x7.\e T. Wales, b. Sept 26, 
1830 ; r. Palmer, Mass. 
VI. Charles Davidson, b. Keene, March 29, 1830; 
m., Jan. 23, 1851, Nancy L. Holbrook ; four 
children. -|- 
VII. Sarah T., b. Feb. 22, 1832, in Keene. 
VIII. William, b. June 4, 1841, in Peterborough ; m. 
Jan. 29, 186S, Helen A. Shearer, of Palmer, 
Mass., b. Nov. 2, 1841 ; two ch. 



Henry K. French succeeded his father in the pos- 
session of his hotel ; has remodelled and made large 
and valuable additions, every way improving the same, 
thereby making it a first-class public house. Mr. 
French has not only shown his spirit of enterprise in 
building a public house, but in the railroad enterprise, 
being one of the prime movers in that operation. He 
is now (1878) president of the Monadnock and Hills- 
borough railroads. 

He m., I'S July 9, 1S50, Harriet N. Gray, of Wilton, 
b. Aug. 21, 1829; d. Oct. 13, 1852, a. 23; m., 2*^, 
Nov. 20, 185s, S. Amanda Adams, b. Mason, July 10, 
1834. 

I. Frank G., b. June 10, 1852. 

II. Charlie IL, b. Dec. 22, 1856. 

III. Ilattie A., b. Aug. 27, 1858. 

IV. George A., h. Sept. 22, 1S60. 



Charles D. French m., Jan. 23, 1851, Nancy L. 
Holbrook ; b. in Swanzey, Aug. i, 1827. He re. to 
Chickashaw and Deerfield, la. ; returned to Peter- 
borough in 1858. He was in the Union army. Four 
children : 

I. Charles W., b. Nov. 20, 1854; ^- ^eb. 26, 1856. 
II. 11. Edward, h. March, 1857; ^ medical student 

in 1877. 
HI. Minnie, b. June 17, 1861. 
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FROST FAMILY. 

Benjamin Frost, probably son of Thomas, b. in 
Dunstable, Mass., May i, 1748; settled (1783) in Jaf- 
frey, on lot 17, range i, which he purchased of Benja- 
min Cutter, brother of Joseph Cutter, Esq. He m., at 
Fitchburg, Rachel Kimball, b. Sept. 5, 1754. He died 
April 12, 1819, a. 71. She d. June 28, 1840, a. 86. 
Mr. Frost was a good farmer and a worthy citizen. 
They had seven ch. : 

I. Dorcas^ h. Sept. 3, 1774; m. Ebenezer Brooks; 
re. to Pittsford, Vt. ; was proprietor of a 
public hotel. She d. Aug. 25, 1843, a. 69. 
He d. Jan. 21, 1845, a. 70. 

II. Thomas, b. Aug. 30, 1776.--I- 

iii. Benjamin, b. Dec. i, 1778.-!- 

IV. John, b. Sept. 23, 1780.-I- 

V. Polly, b. at Jaffrey, Sept. 16, 1782 ; m. Simeon 
Gowing, q. v. 
Ephraitn Kimhall,\i . Dec. 17, 1790.-]- 
Oliver, b. May 18, 1795; m., i", Sept. 21, 
1826, Elvira, dau. of Jonas Clark, of Dub- 
lin ; re. to McDonough, N. Y. ; m., 2", 
Lucinda Lines, of Charlestown, N. H. ; 
Feb., 1S34. He d. Aug., 1847. She d. 
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Thomas Frost (Capt.) m. Betsey, dau. of Simeon 
and Betsey Butters, of Jaffrey, Feb. 13, 1806. He set- 
tled on lot 19, range i. In March, 1814, he re. to 
Charlestown, N. H. He worked at firming and mak- 
ing wooden pumps. While in Jaffrey he was chosen 
captain of the state militia. He d. April 28, 1849, ^• 
73. She d. Oct. 8, 1863, a. 76. They had thirteen 
children : 

I. Horace, b. in Dublin, May 2, iSo6.-f- 
II. Fermilla, b. in Jaffrey ; m. Carroll. 

III. Rufus, b. in JatlVey, Oct. 9, 1809.-!- 

IV. Thomas, b. July 15, 181 1 ; m. 
V. Alvin, b. Oct. 23, 181 2.-1- 

VI. Orincla, b. 1813. 
VII. George W., b. in Charlestown, N. H. ; m. 

VIII. Adeline, m. Gregg. 

IX. Caroline, b. at Charlestown, N. H. ; three 
times m., i'', Randall ; 2'^, Tim- 
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X. Susan, b, at Charlestown. 
XI. He7iry, b, 1S26; d. March 3, 1829. 
XII. Cyrus, h. 1829; d. 1831. 

XIII. Roanna, b. ; m. Smith ; r. 

Charlestown. 



Benjamin Frost m. Annis, dau. of Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Whitney) Pierce, of Jaftrey, Dec. 18, 1806. 
He settled in Dublin, on part of lot 5, range i, previ- 
ously owned by John Russell. He was a natural me- 
chanic, and could do the work of a carpenter, mill- 
wright, brick-mason, make bedsteads, spinning-wheels, 
and hand-rakes, besides carrying on his farm. He built 
a grist-mill, and the house in which he lived and died. 
He d. March 9, 1825, a. 47. She d. Oct. 28, 1834, 
a. 51 years. 

I. Cyrus, b. May 12, 1807.-}- 

II. Annis, b. Dec. 30, 180S ; m., i"', Dec. 10, 1834, 

Edward M. Lawrence, of Pepperell, Mass. ; 
m., 2**, Silas Sawyer, Esq., of Peterborough, 
N. H. Five children : 

1. Eliza Ann, b. in Groton, Mass., Oct. 
4, 1836 ; m. Abbot B. Burpee, of Dub- 
lin. Nine children. 

2. Nancy L., b. April 6, 1841 ; m. John 
Shedd ; r. Upper Bedford, Can. Three 
children. 

3. Samuel Henry, b. Jaftrey, May 13, 
1844; m., April 28, 1869, Sarah H. 
Morse, of Leominster, Mass. One child. 

4. Lydia M., b. Dublin, May 5, 1847 ; d. 
July 9. 1850. 

5. Lydia M., b. Jaffrey, March 12, 1851 ; 
d. April 6, 1851. 

III. Eliza, b. Oct. 17, 181 1 ; d. April 14, 1835, 
unm. 

IV. Benjamin, b. June 25, 1813 ; m. Lydia M. 
White, of Pittsfield, N. H. ; a machinist; r. 
Nashua; d. Oct. 25, 1861. His widow m., 
2^, Elbridge G. Wilson ; r. Nashua. 

I. Elvira D., b. Aug. 17, 1839; m. May 
4, 1862, Charles A.Andrews; resides 
Nashua. 



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3, i.S.|.S. 

V. ,/(>.s'(y>// l'i<rit\ I). I Mil. n;, iS|t^,-|- 

VI. A//t< rf, I.. MiiK li ".•(), 1S17 I 
VII. >Si7(is /'., I). I 'ell. (), iS.:(). j 

\in. ('(//</> W/iiliii'ij, li. i'"(li. (;, i.S.:.; ; in. Nov. 2<;, 
iM.jy, Mis. KIhxI.i 1). I'>iii;;iii, lumicrlyor 
Liiiu'.'r.lci , N. II.; I . I Jdsliin. 

John l''l(n.si III. M;iu li II, 1805, S;iil\, (l;iii. ol' D.iii- 
ii'l Mild SmimIi (('i.iik) AiImim,'., soli ol |)(M, l'",|)ill Mini 
AihiniK, of N<-\v Ip:, Willi. lie scllii'd on the lionic- 
'.IcMd ; WMs d( ;u(>n ol llic ( liiiu li, ,ind m \\<>i|Ii\' iiimii. 
lie d. Jiily.|, l.S.|y, M. (>'/. She d. An;;. \ \, iS7l,a. 
S5 yi'Mis. 

I. I>(ntiii A.. 1». Dec-, t;, iSo^. | 
II. l>(ini(l //iri/i(/n/iy/i,]). |'\i). i,|, iSoy. | 
III. Croi/iloii, ii. Mm\ II), iSoS; <l. Ai)iil .^i, i'*^!^. 
i\. Lihirttj (\'>v.\.)y li. Nov. .;, iSoc;; in. I''ili. 15, 
iS;^5, SmimIi I'l. I IcmM, <.!" C'lirlisk". One 
tlilld, LcinncI roller, J). May jS, iS-^(), and 
d. jids .,, iS^(.. Ilc.l. May ^5, i.S;vS. His 
widow III. AluHT ( 'liMiidirr. lie was an 
ovt'l.scci in one ol llic lolloii mills Ml Low- 
ell, Mmss. ; WMS dcMeoii ol llie Haplist 
ilinieli Ml LowM'll, a leadei ol llii' elioil", 
and siipeiinlendenl ol llie SMiihalli-scliool. 
\'. /'afttii/ni, l>. An-.',. 10, iNii ; d. I'\'l>. 17, iN^'/* 
\ I. /:'/>/inii>)i h'iinhttll, h. An^. 10, iSi^. ) 

VII. Ltidid .{(/(tins, I). Mareli \\, iSi(); in., |nly i(), 

|S_^^, Asm lloi'den, ol l)iil»lin, second wile. 
Sli'e' d. Dee. Ji, iS^(>. One eliild : 

I. I ,\'(liM Jmiic, li |iine i^, iN VI ; in. C'Iims. 
C. Sloenni, ol I '01 Isinoiilli, K. I. I'Oiir 
c'liildieii : 

1. ('Imim, 1>. I'"el). 1^, iSc,! ; Ml. (Jeoffjfo 
M. TMyloi, of I'lovideiue, U. I. One 
rliild, i.ydia I'^ianees, li. iS7_^. 

2. M.iry n., 1). I)ee. <>, iSss ; '"■ <'i"<>. 
W. Sliei niMii, ol I'oi Ismonlli, U . I. 

■^. KoweiiM A., I). Jan. .:(>, iS()i ; in. 

Win. |. C'liroiulicr, ol I'oi tsmuulli, 

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In 1S37 Asa Borden re. to Portsmouth, R. 
L, from whence he came ; m., 3'', widow of 
Eleazer Perkins, of JalVrey. She d. at Ports- 
mouth, 1S73. 
VIII. John^ b. Dec. 5, 1S18. 
IX. Sarah Elmra^ b. May 7, 1S2S ; unm. ; r. in Jaf- 
frey. 



Ephraim K. Frost (Dr.) ; educated at Dartmouth 
college ; studied medicine with Dr. David Carter, of 
Dublin, a fellow-student with Dr. Amos Twitchell. He 
commenced the practice of his profession in Marl- 
borough, and afterwards re. to Swanzey. While in 
Marlborough he was commissioned by the governor a 
captain in the state militia. In 1834 he re. to McDon- 
ough, Chenmigo county, N. Y. In 1854 he removed 
to Delaware county, Iowa, and in 1S67 to Lincoln, 
Neb., where he d. Nov. 23, 1870, a. 80. He appears to 
have been a man of talent, and was successful in the 
practice of his profession. He m., Nov. 11, 1813, Persis 
Baker, of Marlborough, b. June 19, 1790. Seven 
children : 

I. Charles^ b. Sept. 3, 1814; d. Sept. 23, 1S14. 
II. Feronia^h. Dec. 26, 1816; m., 1835, George 
N. Sherwood, of McDonough. Two chil- 
dren : (i) George L., m. and lives in Wood- 
stock, 111. ; (2) Eugene, m. and r. Burling- 
ton, Iowa. 

III. Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1820; m. Sept. 10, 1846, 

Laura A. Gray. He is a farmer ; r. Lin- 
coln, Neb. Six chilJ.ren. 

1. Cornelia P., m. Henry D. Blakes- 
lie ; r. Nebraska. 

2. Alice M., graduated at the Nebraska 
State University, June, 1876. 

3. Charles Sumner ; r. Colorado. 

4. Flora. 5. A. Lincoln. 6. Fremont. 

IV. Lafayette S., h. June 4, 1824; m. Betsey Phe- 

nix, 1845. Two daughters. 
V. Caroline, b. Jan. 12, 1829; d. July 3, 1830. 
VI. Emeline, b. Jan. 1-2, 1829; m., 1844, John J. S. 
Lee. Two children. 
VII. Franldin, b. April 14, 183 1 ; d. July 27, 1858 ; 
m. ; one child, Frank O. 

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IIouACK Fiutsr m., ];in. lo, iS^j, Mi-Iimhi LdcL. 
She il. March J^, iS;i. a. i^;. 

I. JJi/D-i/, h. Maicli 8, »8;>7, unni. ; r. Ni>ith 

Charlostown, 
11. Kdiri/i, h. May 4, iS^c). 
111. Mitrid /... b. Nov. .16, 1840. 
i\ . /.('iris, b. Sipt. 4, IVS4J. 
\ . t/iU/ns, b. July .'5, 1848. 



Ri'KUS Frost m., April 6, 1S40, ISlnria L. Tnnv- 
briilgo. of rittslbnl. Vt. She il. Aii.o-. iis, k^s;. Ho 
was ilopiity shtMitl'.it rittsf\>ril : now (187(0 lU-pol mas- 
ter at Rutlaiul. C'UiKiron : 

1. Gtortye JJ.. h. Feb. 4, 1841 ; 111. Miiuiie Rigdoii, 
^larch 18, 1870. One son. He is pass con- 
ductor on the Missouri. Kansas «.*s: Texas 
Raihoad ; r. Hannibal. Mo. 
11. A/f'ti't /'.. b. Sept. H\ 1840; m. jnlia A. Hart. 
Jan. J4. 1807. One ch. : Oeoii^e R., b. 
Aug., 18(17 ; r. Pliiladelphia, Pa. 

111. Jinnna Z., h. Dec. 2Zy 1848; m., r'. Jan. 10, 
1871, Levi H. Gooiiricii, a book-binder ; r. 
C'hicai;o. 111. Two ch. : Charles A. aiul 
Alfred William. M.. J'', June 6, 1864, 
Ruth Stewart, Clarendon. N't. 

i\-. ( /itnttr JJ.^ h. )an. 10, i8(j8. 



Ai.xiN FuosT ni. 



— , and settleil in Charlestown. 



Has lollowetl the business of schoid teaching and farm- 
ing. He has been one of the selectmen, and is a justice 
of the peace. 



1. Jselito) Ah'iu, b. — 
Hanover, N. 11. 
n. JJth/i Jitfit. 
III. Martha Ann, d. 



a jeweller ; m., and r. in 



Cyuv's Fkost m., i*', Nov., 1829, Cynthia Nay, of 
Sharon. She d. Jan. 20, 1837. M., J'', Hetsey McCoy, 
of Sharon, Nov. 9, 1837. She d. Sept. 3. 1858. He 
settled on the honiesteail, ami in 185- re. to Peter- 
borough, where he now resiiles. 

•c; I 1. Lydiii Ann, b. July }^o. 1831 ; unm. 



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II. (Ihiirli'H MhiTl^ I). St'pt. (J, 1.S3S; m., jiiiu' 16, 
1.S6S, Sar;ili A. (»:n field, ol" Chiieinoiil, dati. 
of Win. and Annis (VValUcr) (jarlicld, h. 
May 11, iS.| I. 

III. i^arah. Kl'ua^ h. Dec. 15, 1839; '"•■• May 27, 

1S75, Milllin IJailey (2'' wife); r. 'rreinont, 
III. 

IV. (hjidldii, .1., I). Aiij;. 6, 18,^3; ni., May 22, 

1876, Henry F. Mcars ; r. Nashua. 



JosiU'ii I'licitci': I'^nosr settled in Dublin; hnilt a 
lionse, saw- and grist-mill ; re. to JallVey in the spiinj^ 
of i8/j<j. lie is a car|)eiiter and joincM" hy trade, and 
resides in Jalfrev Cenlie. lie is a public spirited man, 
nincli eniployc^d in town ailairs ; lias been selectman, 
and is now (1878) town-clerk and justice of the peace, 
lie has finiiished much valuable information relatinj^to 
the history ofjallVey. He m. Sarah ICliza, dau.of Abel 
and Mary (Spaulding) Cutter, Jan. 4, i8/j4. She d. 
Sept. 24, 1859, a. 35. M., 2'', April 2, 1861, Sarah, 
dau. of Joseph and I'oUy (Jewett) Osgood, of Milford, 
formerly of Nelson, N. II., b. |an. 25, 1831, at Nelson. 

I. Kd'dh. A'., (1. Jidy 1 1. 1873, a. 28 yrs. 
II. JoHCpli /!., b. June 12, 1846; m., 1873, Clara 
Wilder, of Nashua, b. May 22, i8/|8, who d. 
July 5, 187/}. lie was a carpenter by trade. 
In the fall of 187,^ he re. to Heaver Springs, 
near San Diego, Cal. 

III. yl/A '///-/a/<^ .so/t, b. at JallVey, Jnly 16, 1857; d. 

July 16, 1857. 

IV. ClmurlM^ Hpdidiliiuj^ b. at JaiFrey, Jnly 18, 1859, 

d. Sept. 24, 1859. 



Alukut Fkost, ii carpenter and joiner, settled in 
l*eterborough ; m. Mary Houtelle, of Antrim, Feb. 2r, 
1843;!). Jan. 19, 1818. The son of Mr. Frost was a 
soldier in the Union army. 

I. (Jeori/e Alhcrt, b. March 23, i8.^/j ; in. Orisevillc 
S. Fisher, (jf Winchendon, Mass., b. Jan. 21, 
1848. One ch. : 

I. Albert Orris, h. Dec. 10, 1869. 

II. Mary /'JUen, b. April 30, 1847. 



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III. Eugene Leslie^ b. Aug. 30, 1S49; d. Aug. 21, 

1S53. 

IV. Emma Jane^ b. July 17, 1S51 ; d. Aug. 10, 1852. 



Silas P. Frost m. 
r. Dublin. 



Feb. 9, 1849, I^etsey E. Mason 



I. Walter Clarence^ b. March 11, 1S51 ; graduated 
at Dartmouth college in 1876 ; is a teacher 
of the high school in Woodstock, Vt., and a 
student at law. 

11. Alfred Clinton^ b. March 31, 1852. 

III. Charles Mason, b. Sept. 24, 1858. 



Daniel Adams Frost re. to McDonough, N. Y. ; 
m., May 24, 1828, Marion Ecclestan, of that place. He 
was a farmer ; a man of great physical strength — a giant 
with the axe and scythe, as the forests and grass-fields of 
McDonough will abundantly testify. He was also 
captain of a rifle company in that place, and no doubt 
a good one. In 1836 he re. to Worcester, Vt., bought 
a farm, remained there about thirty years, and then 
returned to McDonough, where he now resides. 

I. Liberty Adams, b. May 4, 1829; m., July 26, 
1S54, Mary Hancock ; r. Oxford, N. Y. 
Two ch. (twins), — Hattie and Willie, b. 
Sept. 29, 1865. 
11. Marian Sophia, b. Feb. 22, 1831 ; d. Dec. 30, 
1847. 

III. Mary Elvira, b. March 31, 1833; m. Cyrus 

Stoddard, Feb. 25, 1851 ; d. July 13, 1851, 
at Calais, Vt. 

IV. Nancy Ferona, b. April 29, 1835 ; m. 

Hill. Four children : 

1. Charles E., b. in Montpelier, Vt.,Nov. 

20, 1853. 

2. Ida P., b. in Worcester, Vt., Nov. 27, 

iS55- 

3. Byron F., b. in East Montpelier, March 

24, 1858. 

4. Harrison A., b. in Cabot, Vt., Aug. 

25, 186 1 ; r. Oxford, N. Y. 

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VI. Sarah, b. March 27, 1S41 ; m. B. F. Johnson; 
d. Aug. 22, 1S67. Two ch. : (i) Thirza, 
m. John Lee, 1876. (2) Solon. 
VII. Angelina, b. 1846; d. Sept. 11, 1847. 
VIII. Winfield Scott, b. April 12, 1849 ; m., Dec. 24, 
1S71, Emeline C. Dolan ; r. German, N. Y. 
One ch.,— Martha W., b. May 2, 1875. 



David L. Frost settled in Worcester, Vt.,1834; m., 
i", Louisa Kemp, of that place, Sept. 17, 1839. She 
d. April 16, 1 85 1. M., 2^ Nov. 11, 1S51, Eliza Ann 
Kemp. He d. Aug. 5, 1875. 

I. Lucretia Annette, b, Sept. 24, iS/ji ; d. Sept. 2, 

1S59. 
II. Milan Warreti, b. June 30, 1843 ; d. in the 
army, at Fairfax Court House, Va., March 
4, 1863; Co. C, Vt. Vol. 

III. Lucinda Jiosina, b. March 23, 1845 ; m., April 

28, 1867, Wm. Weston, of Chambersburgh, 
Fa. Three children: (i) Alice May, b. 
Jan. 22, 1868. (2) Edward, b. Aug. 31 
1869; d. April, 1870. (3) Arthur Forest, 
b. April 30, 1871 ; re. to Chambersburgh, Pa. 

IV. Betsey Philena, b. March 3, 1847 '■> m^Feb. 18, 

1866, Wm. H.Maxham. One child,— Etta 
R., b. May 10, 1870; r. Middlesex, Vt. 
V. Alvin L., b. June 12, 1849; "^•'' J"^y ^^' ^875, 
Ida J. Kellogg : r. homestead. One child, — 
Fannie Ida, b. Jan. 13, 1877. 



Ephraim Kimball Frost was a shoemaker by trade, 
resided in several places, and is now (1876) a resident 
of Pine Run, Genesee county, Mich. ; a druggist and 
grocer. He m., i'', Elvira Blackmer, of Dana, Mass., 
b. Sept. 28, 1S16; d. at Petersham, Mass., March 13, 
1847. M., 2**, Harriet Blackmer, aunt of first wife, June 
7, 1847, b. Sept. 30, I Sic. 

I. Mufina Amhra, b. at Peterborough, March 13, 
1S37 ! ^'"- Frederick Hodkins, of Troy, N. 
Y., Nov, 3, 1S55 ; a shoemaker by trade ; d. 
in the army, at Washington, D. C, by a 
wound received in service ; buried on Ar- 
lington Heights. Three children . 



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1. Mary L., b. Aug. 20, 1S56; m. Chas. 
S. Giiswold ; r. Thetford, Mich. Two 
children. 

2. Frederick K., b. Nov. 22, 1S58, at 
Lynn, Mass. 

3. Hattie E.,b.Jan. 20, 1S62, at Orange, 
Mass. 

She m., 2"^, EHphalet Hartson, Jan. 19, 1873 ; r. Pine 
Run. 
11. Hannah Elvira^ b. at Newmarket, Feb. 8, 
1839 ' '^•' ^''' J^"- 2' ^^57, Joseph H. Boy- 
don, who d. in the army, at Vicksburg, Aug. 
15, 1863 ; m., 2**, John A.Jackson, of Fine 
Run. By first husband, two children: (i) 
Rosa E., b. Oct. 7, 1857; (2) Joseph H., 
b. April 6, 1859. By second husband, (3) 
John Anson, b. June 26, 1869; (4) Rose 
Emily, m. Emory Rogers, of Pine Run, 
Sept. 36, 1876. 
III. Tryphena Emogene^ b. April 29, 1S44, at Pe- 
tersham, Mass. ; m., Oct., 1864, Thomas 
W. Briggs, a farmer and a merchant ; r. 
Watertown, Tuscola county, Mich. One 
child,— Hattie N. Belle, b. Dec. 5, 1866. 

IV. John Kimball^ b. at Petersham, Mass., Sept. 

26, 1845 5 "^-^ Oct. 7, 1866, Helen F. Tinker, 
b. June 8, 1846, at Monroe, Ohio, a mer- 
chant at Pine Run. One child, — Walter, b. 
May 30, 1867. 

V. Edwin Blackmer^ b. Sept. 7, 1S52 ; d. Sept. 13, 

1854. 



John Frost (Dea.) settled on the homestead. After- 
wards re. to lot 17, range 4, where he now (1876) re- 
sides. Mr. Frost is a worthy man, and a highly 
respected citizen. When the rebel war broke out he 
was one of the men who was ready to obey the call of 
his country, enlisted, and served in the 14th Regiment 
N. H. Vols, to the end of the war. In 1846, Jan. 22, 
he m. Amanda Simonds, b. at Peru, Vt., Aug. 23, 1820. 
Children : 

I. Mary Adaline, b. Jan. 13, 1847; m.,Jan. 2, 

1869, John Rock wood ; r. Natick, Mass. 
II. John Simonds,h. July 17, 1849; d. Oct. 17, 
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III. Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 13, iSi;i ; d. Oct. 17, 

1S57. 

IV. William Locke, b. Nov. 27, 1855. 

V. Eoa Amanda, b. Jan. 20, 1857 ; '^- Dwight 
Learnard, of Dublin. 



GAGE FAMILY. 

Thomas Gage, a descendant of John Gage, who settled near 
Boston in 1633, was b. at Bradford, Mass., March 10, 1700; m. 
Phebe Fry, of Andover, Mass. 

James Gage, his son, was b. Aug. 21, 1736; m., 
Sept. 29, 1 76 1, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Abigail 
(Briant) Lanison, of Amherst, one of the first settlers 
of that place. He came from Amherst to Jaffrey about 
1779, and settled on lot 12, range 4, now the farm of 
Michael Fitzgerald. He d. April 30, 1S15, a. 79. His 
widow d. Oct. 27, 1832, a. 93. He was a man highly 
respected, held many important oflSces of trust, was 
captain of the N. H. militia, and, with his wife, was a 
member of the church when incorporated in 1780. 
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I. Thomas, b. July 2, 1762 ; d. at Jaftrey, Dec. 16, 

1 78 1, unm. 
II. Abigail, b. Aug. 20, 1764; m. John French, 

q. V. 

III. John, b. May 6, 1766; d. May 24, 1766. 

IV. James, h Aug. 5, 1767; d. at McHenry, 111., 

Jan. 24, 1S56.4- 
V. Sarah, h. ApxW 27, ij6^; m. Samuel Jewett ; 

d. Feb. 13, 1861. 
VI. Phebe, b. May i, 1771 ; d. Dec. 14, 1777. 
VII. Samicel, b. Nov. 17, 1773 ; d. April 3, i860, -f- 
VIII. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1776; d. June 6, 177S, 
IX. Phebe, b. Dec. 15, 1779; m. Joseph Cutter, 

q. V. 
X. Jonathan, b. Jan. 22, 1782 ; d. March 13, 1868. 



James Gage m., Sept. 10, 1773, Polly Drury, of 
Temple, N. H. ; settled in Litchfield, Herkimer coun- 
ty, N, Y., where his children were born. His wife d. 
Nov., 1840, a. 64. He d. Jan. 24, 1S56. 



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I. James, b. Nov. 26, 1794; d. June 20, 1796, 
II. 3fary, b. May 15, 179S; m., Jan. i, i82i,John 
Fay ; d. July 22, 1830 ; four children. 

III. James Lamson, b. Aug. 8, 1800; m., and d. at 

Lake, Lake county, 111., May 18, 1863. 

IV. John, b. Aug. 12, 1802 ; m., Oct. 4, 1830, Por- 

tia Kellogg. Eight children. 
V. Jared, b. Jan. 25, 1805 ; twice m. 
VI. Leonard^ b. June 23, 1807 ; m. ; wife not liv- 
ing. 

VII. Sally, b. Jan. 2, 1810; m. Edward Perkins, 

Sept. 22, 1834; d. at Chicago, 111., Feb. 8, 
1S46. Four children. 

VIII. Maria, b. June 28, 181 1 ; m., Aug. 22, 1S36, 

Anson Cowles ; d. at Rockingham, Iowa, 
Aug. 7, 1839. 
IX. Eliza, b. Oct. 4, 1812 ; d. Oct. 26, 1812. 
X. George, b. Aug. 30, 1813 ; m. 
XI. Elijah, b. Nov. 28, 1816; m., and d. March 8, 

1846. 
XII. Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1818 ; m., Sept. 22, 1840, A. 
R. Bartlett ; d. Aurora, 111., March 18, 1867. 
One child. 



Samuel Gage m. Lucinda Edgerton, Oct. 30, 1799. 
He d. April 3, i860. She d. Sept. 24, 1S32, 
a. 53. Eleven children : 

I. Phehe, b. Aug. 18, 1800; m. Messenger; 

one child. 

II. Emily, h. Oct. 22, 1802; m. Messenger; 

d. Nov. 7, 1865. 

III. Mansola Watson, b. Oct. 2, 1804; d. June 12, 

i8'56; three wives. 

IV. Thomas, b. Feb. 3, 1808 ; d. Feb. 7, 1808. 

V. Samantha, b. Sept. 3, 1S09 ; d. Nov. 30, 1810. 
VI. Mary An7i, b. July 4, 181 1 ; d. Feb. iS, 1812. 
VII. Cornelia, b. Jan. 11, 1815 ; m. 
VIII. Ann, b. May i, 181 7 ; m. Judd. 

IX. Sititha, b. June 28, 1819. 

X. John L., b. Feb. 28, 1822 ; m. 

XI. Samuel Addison, h. Sept. 10, 1824. 



Jonathan Gage settled on the homestead ; m. Han- 
nah, dau. of William and Hannah (Frost) Worcester. 
He removed to Fitzwilliam, and d. March 13, 1868, 
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James, b. 1807 ; m. ; re. to Chailestown, Mass., 

and d. there. 
Jonathan, d. June 14, 1S13, a. 4. 
William, m. ; re. to Fitzwilliam, and d. there. 
Nancy, m. Ephraim Worcester ; r. Pittsfield, 

Mass. 
Ahier, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Oliver and Polly 

(Perkins) Bailey ; r. Fitzwilliam. 
Josejyh. 
Mary. 

Jonathan Alonzo, m. dau . of Harvey Gilmore, 2d. 
Sarah, m. 
Eliza. 



GIBBS FAMILY. 

Jonathan D. Gibbs was a son of Joseph Gibbs, a 
descendant in the fifth generation of Mathew Gibbs, 
who emigrated from Venton, or Fenton, in Darlington 
parish, England ; was a planter in Charlestown, Mass., 
where he sold his possessions in 1754. Jona, D. settled 
in Jaffrey on a part of the old Thorndike farm, in 
school-district No. 11. After a residence thereon of 
eleven years, he sold the same and removed to the cen- 
tre village, built a fine brick residence, and a shop where 
he carried on the business of manufacturing boots and 
shoes, till the infirmities of age warned him to retire. 
Mr. Gibbs has always taken a deep interest in the aftairs 
of the town ; published, in 1S50, a map of the same ; 
and since 1S40 has kept a list of the deaths in town, to 
the present time. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edward 
and Rhoda Locke. She d. May 12, 1S34, a. 33, leav- 
ing one child : 

I. Rhoda Elizabeth, b. May 17, 1823. 

Married, 2*^, Dec. 29, 1S35, Sarah H. Wilson, of Mason. 



GILMORE FAMILY 



John Gilmore, with his brothers Roger and Robert, came 
from Londonderry and settled in JaftVey at an early date. He 
settled on lot 12, range 7, afterwards the residence of his son 
James, and now (1S73) in the possession of Harvey Gilmore, 
son of Roger. He and his brother Roger were the most prom- 
inent men among the early settlers. Roger Gilmore and John 
Grout made the first report of the settlement to the proprietors. 



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John Gilmore was one of the leading men ; held all 
the important town offices, and was the second repre- 
sentative chosen after the adoption of the constitntion 
in 17S4. He m. Alice FInnter, He d. April S, 1S13, 
a. 76. His widow d. March 14, 1S19, a. 78. 

I. David, b. Oct. 30, 1768.-}- 

II. Robert, b. May 26, 1770. 

III. John, b. Oct. 32, 1772 ; d. Oct. 12, 177S. 

IV. Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1774; m. Asahel Evleth ; 

r. Gotistown. 
V. James, b. Nov. 11, i776.-f- 

VI. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 29, 177S ; m. George Hen- 
ry ; r. Goflstown. 
VII. John, b. Sept. 24, 1780; d. Feb. 24, 17S1. 



Roger Gilmore, Esq., settled on lot 13, range 6. 
At his house most of the town-meetings were held, pre- 
vious to the erection of the meeting-house in i775* 
When the town was organized he was chosen tything- 
man, a very important office in those days, and auditor 
of accounts. He was for many years almost continually 
in the service of the town, and held, more or less, every 
important office. He was chosen delegate to the con- 
stitutional convention in 1791, and was the first justice 
of the peace appointed bv the state after the adoption 
of the constitution in 1784. When the first military 
company was organized, in 1775, he was chosen first 
lieutenant, and afterwards captain. He was in service 
during the Revolutionary war. He m., i"', Ann 
Hunter; m., 2'^, Molly, dau. of Jonathan and Molly 
(Fitch) Blodgett. His first wife d. Nov. 22, 1779, a 31. 
His second wife d. Jul}' 15, 1S19, a. 59. He d. Nov., 
1807, a. 69. By first wife, 7 children; by second wife, 
8 children : 

I. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1769 ; m. Alpheus Crosby, 

q. V. 
II. Robert, b. March 4, i77i.-(- 

III. David, b. Nov. 20, 1772.-I- 

IV. Jean, b. Jan. 3, 1775. 

V. Jonathan, b. Oct. 35, 1776 ; d. Sept. 4, 1777. 
VI. Ann, b. July 16, 1778; d. Aug. 14, 1778. 
VII. Jonathan, b. Aug. 18, 1779; ni. Betsey, dau. of 
Alexander Milliken, Aug. 28, 1803; re. to 
Potsdam, N. Y. 



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viii. Nancy Ann H., b. April 2, 1782; m. James 
Henderson, q. v. 
IX. John, b. April 10, 17S4; d. April 8, 1785. 
X. Jo/m. b. July 20, 17S6.+ 
XI. Harriet, b. Nov. 14, 1788; d. Oct. 27, 1857, 

unm. 
XII. Polly, b. March 24, 1792; d. Aug. 11, 1846, 
unm. 

XIII. Hervey, b. Dec. 7, i795-+ 

XIV. Selina, b. March 3, 1799 ; m. Joseph Kelly ; re. 

to Hartford, N. Y. ; d. Sept. 22, 1869. 
Three ch. 
XV. Charles G., b. May 3, 1802.+ 



RoBERT GiLMORE, from Londonderry, settled on lot 
10, range 3, afterwards the residence of John Cutter, 2 , 
now uninhabited. He left town about 1795 ; was taxed 
for the last time that year. He re. to Surry, N. H. 
He m. Elizabeth (surname unknown), and left recorded 
the birth of nine children : 

I. Jemima, h. March 6, 1778 ; d. Nov. 30, 1800. 

II. Jeremiah, b. Oct. 3, 1779. 

III. Anna, b. July 16, 1781. 

IV. Sarah, b. April 27, 1783 ; d. Aug. 7, 1786. 
V. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 4, 1785. 

VI. Sally, b. March 26, 1787. 
VII. Andrew, b. March 22, 1789. 
VIII. Aaron, b. June 20, 1791- 
IX. Asa, b. Dec. 26, 1793. 



David Gilmore, Esq., settled on lot 5, range 6, the 
place formerly owned by David Hunter, now the resi- 
dence of Marshall C. Adams. He was an active, 
leadino- man in town affairs ; a worthy man and a good 
citizen". He m., V\ Sally, dau. of Thomas and Mary 
Kenny Mower, of Jaftrey ; m., 2^ Merriel, relict of 
Paul Powers. His first wife d. June 8, 1805, a. 34. 
Second wife d. Oct. 13, 1842, a. 73. He d. Aug. 19, 
1850, a. 82. 

I. John, b. April 30, 1795 ; d. May 2, 1795. 
11. Sally, b. April 21, 1796; m. Samuel Stratton, 

q. V. 
III. David Harvey, b. .1797; m. Marinda, dau. of 
Lieut. Oliver and Polly Perkins Bailey. He 



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settled on the homestead with his fatlier ; was 
an active member of society ; was command- 
er of the noted rifle company, and colonel 
of the 1 2th Regt. N. H. M. After the death 
of his father, in 1850, he re. to Fitchburg, 
and d. there 1S69. They had ten children. 
Olive 31., b. i8o2 ; d. at Fitchburg, Nov. 20, 
1 868, a. 66 ; unm. 



James Gilmore m., Aug. 28, 1S08, Nancy, dau. of 
Lieut. Samuel and Lydia (Lincoln) Buss. He d. Sept. 
2, 1850. His widow re. with her son, George Gilmore, 
Esq., to Pittsburgh, Fa. Mr. Gilmore settled on the 
homestead of his father ; was a worthy man and a good 
citizen. 

I. Caroline., b. 1804 ; m. Col. Abner Bailey, q. v. 
II. Sumner., b. 1806; d. Aug. 26, 1828. 

III. Samuel S., m. Almeda, a dau. of Benj. M. and 

Lydia (Spaulding) Stanley; d. Nov. 17, 
1849, a. 43. One child, — George, d. Jnly 
I, 1 841, a. 4 days. His widow m. Thomas 
A. Stearns, q, v. 

IV. tlohn H., (]. June 7, 1820, a. 11 mos., 20 days. 
V. George, studied law ; r. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Robert Gilmore m. Phebe, dau. of Josiah and 
Sarah (Bowers) Ingalls, Feb. 27, iSoi. He settled on 
the homestead, and about 1816 re. to New Hartford, 
N. Y. Children b. in Jaftrey : 

1. Almira^h. Dec. 28, 1802; m. John French; 9 
children. 

II. Robert A., b. April 4, 1S04. 

III. Adaline, b. Oct. 6. 1S05. 

IV. Sally Ann, b. Oct. 25, 1807. 

V. Lyman, b. March 26, 1815 ; d. March 28, 1815. 



David Gilmore (Dea.) m. Lucy, dau. of George 
Wellington. He was an active member of the church, 
and for many years deacon. He d. April 22, 1838, a. 
66. His widow d. Feb. 17, 1868, a. 90. Three chil- 
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I. Lucy, b. Sept. 30, iSoi ; m. John S. Ripley, 

q. V. 
II. Eliza Ann, b. July 24, 1S06 ; m. John H. Shedd, 

q. V. 
III. Emily, m., Oct, iS, 1S30, Joseph W. Allen; n 

Boston, and d. there. He m., 2*^, Mrs. Lucy 

Ripley, a sister of his first wife. 



John Gilmore was for a time engaged in trade at 
East JaftVey, He m., May 15, 1S22, Nancy, dau. of 
Joshua and Mary (Crombie) Chadwick, of Rindge. He 
d. Sept. 15, 1S33. She m., 2^, Arthur Taylor, and d. 
June 29, 1S45. 

I. George, killed by being thrown from a carriage, 

July 19, 1S27, a. 44. 
II. A daughter, d. young. 

She had one child by Arthur Taylor, second husband ; 
d. young. 



Hervey Gilmore m. Mary, dau. of John and Sarah 
(Haywood) Byam. He d. Jan. 12, 1S74, a. 7S. 

I. Mary Malvina, b. 1830 ; m. Eleazer W. Heath. 
Seven children : 

(i) Walter, b. 1S5S ; (2) Dora M., b. i860 ; 
(3, 4) Addie and Ellen, twins, b. 1864 ; 
(5) Lucien W., b. 1867; (6) Elton 
J., b. 1868; (7) Allen M., b. 1869. 

II. Fernando, b. 1832 ; went to sea and never was 

heard from. 
III. George F., b. 1840; m. Anna R. . Two 

children: (i) Bertha A. ; (2) Winnie. 



Charles G. Gilmore m., Dec. 25, 1829, Pamelia, 
dau. of Capt. Moses and Rachel (Turner) Cutter; d. 
May 12, 1S38, a. 36. She m., 2^, Dea. John Sander- 
son, Sept., 1852, and d. Oct. 11, 1866. 

I. Nancy Ami, b. June 27, 1832 ; m. Jonas Rice, 

q. V. 
II. Caroline 3Iaria, b. 1835 ; d. 1839. 



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GOFF FAMILY. 

Thomas Goff was impressed into the British ser- 
vice in the time of the American Revolution. He came 
with the British troops to this country, and then desert- 
ed. His name appears on the town records as early as 
17S5. He m. Diademia, dau. of John and Mary (Mack- 
entire) Eaton, b. in Bedford, Mass., May iS, 1750. He 
d. 1S13. She d. 1816. They had two children: 

I. Robert^ b. Feb. 27, 17S7.-I- 

II. Diademia^ m. Oliver Hathorn, son of Ebenezer 
and Lucy (Proctor) Hathorn, of Jaftrey. 



Robert Goff m., 1", Oct. 27, iSio, Sally, dau. of 
John and Lucy (Lawrence) Briant, of JatiVey. She d. 
July II, 1847. He m., 2'', Nabby, widow of William 
Dutton ; was a farmer, and r, on the farm now owned 
by his son, Kendall Goff. He was a soldier in the War 
ofi8i2. He d. July 15,1858. One son, — Kendall. -|- 



Kendall Goff, b. April 12, iSii ; m., Nov. 3, 1833, 
Mary Pratt. 

I. Thomas Kendall^ b. April 6, 1837.-J- 
II. Edxoard Pratt ^ b. Jan. S, 1S40. 
III. Mary^ b. March 19, 1841 ; d. Jan. 6, 1S70. 



Thomas Kendall Goff m., i", Louisa Farnum. 
She d. May 31, 1767. He m., 2^, Sarah Sprague. Had 
by first wife, one child ; second wife, two children. 

I. Charles E.^ b. 1S67. 
II. Henry. 
III. Mary. 



GOULD FAMILY. 

Oliver Gould was son of Capt. Jacob and Dorothy 
(Goodridge) Gould, of Lunenburg, who was a descend- 
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part of Ipswich and Salem whicli was incorporated as 
tlie town of Topsfield in 1650. Zacheus is supposed to 
have come to this country in 163S, and settled in Tops- 
field in 1643. Oliver was b. in Lunenburg, Oct. 3, 
1733; married, May 3, 1759, Mary Stockwell, of 
Petersham. They resided first in Lunenburg, where 
most of their children were born. At what time he re. 
to Jaftrey is not precisely known. He settled in what 
is now called Squantum, and d. of small-pox in 1792, 
a. 59. His widow d. Jan. 8, 1820, a. 84. 

I. Oliver, b. May 30, 1760 ; re. to N. Y. state. 
II. Sarah, b. Aug.' 16, 1762 ; m. McClintock. 

III. Lucy, b. Sept. 9, 1764; m. Asa, son of Samuel 

Parker, q. v. 

IV. Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1766; re. to Ludlow, Vt. 

V. Susannah, b. 1769; m. and re. to Shutesbury, 

Mass. 
VI. Mercy, m. Enos Mayo; d. Nov. 8, 1S44. 
VII. Sibel, m. Amos Temple, of Deerfield, Mass. 
VIII. Jesse, d. 1S56. 
IX. Sewall, b. 1786.-J- 



Sewall Gould was a miller in Squantum village ; 
m. Ketura Mayo; d. Dec. 29, 1S36, a. 50. His widow 
d. Oct. 10, 1865, a. S3. 

1. Maria, b. 1801 ; m. Richard Warren, q. v. ^ 

II. Gilman, b. Dec. 25, 1802 -|- 

III. Eliza, m. Mathews ; r. Marlboro', Vt. 

IV. Emily, b. 1S08; m. John Garfield, q. v. 
V. Sarah Angeline, b. 1819; r. Jaftrey; unm. 

VI. Lucius A., m. ; r. in Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Oilman Gould m. Mersylvia Walton, of Temple ; 
settled in Peterborough, and in 1875 re. to Harrisville, 
where he now (1880) resides. 

I. Sewall A., b. Feb. 28, 1829 ; m. C. T. Clark, 

of Richmond, Va., May 26, 1857, by whom 
he had a son and a daughter. She was b. 
Sept. 25, 1833 ; d. at Richmond, Dec. 28, 
1862. He m. again, and r. in Chicago. 

II. Gilman T., b. Nov. 24, 1S36; m Augusta G. 

Barnard, of Danvers, Mass., April 10, 1858. 
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Rebellion, in the Second Regiment, Co. G., 
. N. H. V. ; promoted to first lieutenant, 
Feb., 1865; d. March, 1S77. His wife d. 
1S75. Two children, 
in. Daniel W., b. Aug. 10, 1S3S; m., Oct. S, 1S63, 
A. Maria Symonds, of Rindge, b. March 31, 
1S34. On the outbreak of the Rebellion he 
enlisted in the service of the United States, 
a member of Co. G., 2d Regt. N. H. V. ; 
was wounded in the battle of Williamsburg, 
and lost an arm. He represented the town 
of Peterborough in the state legislature in 
1872 and '73, and was appointed inspector 
in the custom house, Boston, 1S75, which 
office he now holds. 
20 IV. Sarah Eliza^ b. Jan. 10, 1841 ; m., Oct. 8, 

1863, Winslow Royce ; r. in Harrisville. 



GOWING FAMILY. 

James Gowing came from Lynnfield, Mass., 1777. 
He settled on lot 16, range 2, now uninhabited. He was 
b. Jan. iS, 1736; m. Lydia Wellman, b. May 7, 1835. 
He d. June 6, 1S05, falling dead on the road near his 
house. His widow d. Jan. 4, 1S26. He was of 
Scotch and his wife of Welch descent. Mr. Gowing 
was a man of some note in town, held the offices of 
moderator, selectman, tythingman, &c. Twelve ch. : 

I. Lydia^ b. Aug. 13, 1760; m., 1794, Joab Ev- 
leth, who was b. in Princeton, Mass., 1764 ; 
settled in Dublin, and d. Aug. 29, 1847. 
She d. Sept. 30, 1830. Five children: (i) 
Joseph, m. Seba Barns. (2) William, m. 
Sarah Lawrence. (3) Oilman, m. Laura 
Pratt. (4) Lydia, m. Abraham Stanley. 

(5) Augusta, m. Isaac White, of Nelson. 
II. Samuel^ b. Jan. 6, 1762 ; r. Vt. 

III. James, b. April 16, 1763; settled in Dublin; 
m., i^\ 1792, Abigail Greenwood; m., 2"^, 
Mrs. Lucy Wilder. Thirteen children, — 
twelve by first wife: (i) Anna, m. Rufus 
Piper. (2) Elmira, m. Jackson Greenwood. 
(3) Moses G., m. Lucy Derby. (4) Alme- 
rin, m. Sarah Sanders. (5) Harriet and 

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uel Tvvitchell. (8) James and (9) Jonathan, 
d. young. (10) Abigail, m. Charles W. 
Pierce. (11) James, d. young. (12) Har- 
riet, unm. (13) James R. 

5 IV. JSenJamin, b. Jan. 4, 1765; m. Polly Emery; 

r. Vermont. 

6 V. William, b. March i, 1767; m., i'', Abigail 
Miller; m., 2^, Lucy Adams. He d. Oct. 
25, 1854. Three children: (i) Margaret, 
m. Daniel Chapman. (2) William II., m. 
Laura Hale. (3) Moses, m, Mary Jewett. 

VI. Azeal, b. June 10, i'j6^.-^ 

VII. Levi, b. May 16, 1771 ; m. Achsah Hill; r. 
Vermont. 

VIII. Rosanyiah, b. May 10, 1773 ; m. Oliver Hale, 
r. Vermont. 

10 IX. Simeon (twin), b. July 3, 177^ ; m. Mary 

Frost.-f- 

11 X. Thirza (twin), b. July 3, 1775; m. Samuel 
White, of Peterborough ; d. March 18, 
1851. Two children : (i) Irene, b. 1808. 
(2) James G., b. 1810 ; m. Sarah S. Gibbs ; 
three ch. 

12 XI. Joseph, b. Dec. 12, 1777; m. Hepsibah Fair- 
banks ; d. Jan. 26, 1838. Eight children: 
(i) Asa P., b. 1808; m., i'', Agnes Robbe, 
and 2'^, her sister, Catherine Robbe ; d. June 
30, 1872 ; two children, — Lizzie R. ; Fred- 
erick, d. 1851, a. 3 mos. (2) Joseph M., 
m. Harriet Brown ; r. Batavia, N. Y. (3) 
Zaman A., m. iSIary Greenwood. (4) Louisa 
H., m. James Adams. (5) Anna A., m. 
Abel Wilder. (6) Charles W., m. Julia 
Foster. (7) Lavata L., d. 1851. (8) Lydia 
R., m. Joseph W. Powers. 

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Azeal Gowixg settled on the homestead, and in 
1833 re. to New York state. He m. Mary, dau. of 
Capt. John Taggart, of Sharon ; m., 2'', Betsey Hazen, 
of Nashua. Five children : 



I. Roancy, b. June 5, 1803 ; m., Sept. 7, 1830, 
Benj. Law^rence. 



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II. Hodney^ b April 29, 1805 ; m. Rebecca Saw- 
telle ; re. to Batavia, N. Y., and to Indian- 
apolis, Ind. ; d. Jan. 9, 1877. Three ch. 

III. Hoxilana, h. April 12, 1807 ; d. Dec. 6, 181 1. 

IV. Hansom, b. Jan. 26, 1810; m. Lucy Ann 

Smith ; re. to Pembroke, N. Y. Eight ch. 
V. Hoswell, h. May 2, 1812; m. Jane Brooks, of 
Hancock ; re. to Hudson, Mich., and d. 
'' Oct. 7, 1874. Three ch. 



Simeon Gowi^'G m., Sept. 4, 1803, Polly Frost, dau. 
of Benj. Frost ; re. to Grafton, Vt. 

I. Simeon, h. March 20, 1804; d. Feb. i, 1805. 
II. /Simeon, b. Nov. 19, 1805 ; d. May 31, 1806, at 
Windham, Vt. 

III. Cyrus, b. July 10, 1807 ; d. at Brandon, Vt, 

Feb. 26, 1808. 

IV. Mary, h. May 15, 1809; m., Jan. 19, 1832, 

Elias O. Dart, of Weathersfield, Vt. Two 
children : 

1. Mary E., b. Feb. 2, 1834, at Haverhill, 

N. H. ; m. Lovell B. Rowe, of 
Bethel, Vt. Two ch. : (i) Mary 
E., b. April 20, 1855 ; m. Augus- 
tus A. Newell, June 22, 1873, of 
Stockbridge, Vt. (2) Edgar C, 
b. Sept. 17, 1859. 

2. Harriet M., b. April 14, 1841. 

V. J3enjami?i F., b. Oct. 13, 1810, at Brandon, Vt. ; 

m., Dec. 29, 1835, Sarah E. Hubbard, of 
Weathersfield, Vt. One ch. : 

I. George H., b. Feb. 24, 1837; d. Dec. 
I, 1853. 

She d. Dec. 18, 1872. He m., 2*^, Oct. 15, 
1873, Mrs. Rosetta M. Shattuck, of Bethel, 
Vt. 
VI. Juliana, b. July 21, 1812; d. March 16, 1813. 
VII. Lorenzo, b. Aug. 30, 1814 ; d. March 9, 1815. 
VIII. Yerona, b Jan. 8, 1816 ; d. Aug. 19, 1818. 
IX. Cyrus, b. April 10, 1818 ; d. June 24, 1820. 
X. Henry W., b. April 24, 1821 ; d. Jan. 20, 1822. 
XI. Oliver K., b. July 26, 1823 ; d. in Boston, Oct. 
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33 XII. Lewis^ b.July 2, 1825; d. July 16, 1825. 

34 XIII. Fanny, b. Dec. 12, 1829; m. Marion C. Rowe, 
of Bethel. He d. Nov. i, 1S76, a. 58. One 
ch,, — George E., b, July 23, 1S54. 



GRAGG FAMILY. 

Hugh Gragg was a resident of Jatlrey previous to 1780 ; d. 
1S14; m. Lucy , and had eight children ; 

(i) Jenny, b. Feb. i, 17S0. (2) William, b. Aug. i, 1781. 
(3) Jerusha, b. April 9, 1783. (4) Fanny. (5) Polly, m. 
Charles Butters. (6) Stephen. (7) Betsey. (8) Levi. 



GREEN FAMILY. 

In 1774 Hiram Green signed a petition against the 
annexation of a portion of the town of Jaffrey to Peter- 
borough and Sharon. 



Nehemiah Green came, probably, from Mason to 
Jaffrey previous to 1778, and settled on lot 16, range 6, 
now owned by Samuel W. Pierce. He was chosen 
that year one of a committee to procure preaching. 
He was a shoe-maker by trade, as well as farmer. He 
was a member of Mr. Ainsworth's church ; and the 
baptism of a son, Amaziah, is on the church records. 
He re. to Cavendish, Vt., about 1795- 



Eleazer Green, and Sarah his wife, warned from 
town in 1786. 

Simeon Green came from Pepperell to Jaffrey about 
1777; re. to Townsend, Mass., about i79i' He m. 
Mary Shattuck, of Pepperell ; d. Sept. 16, 1813, in 
his eighty-third year. She d. June 27, 1810, in her 
eightieth year. He settled on lot 13, range 4, now the 
property of Michael Fitzgerald. 

Solomon Green, son of Simeon, came to Jaffrey with 
his father, and re. with him to Townsend. He m. 
Sarah Hilton, of Lunenburg; and d. May 31, 1S03, a. 
39. His widow d. Sept. 2, 1850, a. 82. Nine ch. : 

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14, 1814, Nancy, dau. of Calvin Eaton, of 
Lunenburg ; r., first, Townsend, then re. to 
Lunenburg. On the death of his youngest 
brother, lie went to Tallahassee, Florida, to 
settle his estate, and d. there, Jan. 18, 1842. 
II. Solomon^ b. atJaftVey, 1790; m. Emily Potter, 
1S13 or '14; d. April 16, 1868, a 78; r. 
Townsend. 

III. Iial2yh, b. at Townsend, Sept. 21, 1791 ; m., i^*, 

Nov. 7, 1S20; m., 2*^, May 6, 1S30; d. May 
23. 1 848, at Palmer, Mass. 

IV. Samuel^ b. May 24, 1793; m., i", March 9, 

1820; m., 2^^, Dec. 3, 1S27; r., first, in 
Palmer, seconti, in Springfield, Mass. 
V. Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1795 ; m., 1819, Robert 
Jefts ; r. Mason ; re. to Townsend, where he 
died. 
VI. Asahel^h. July 27, 1797; m. Nancy, dau. of 
Abijah Shattuck, of Pepperell, b. June 6, 
1806; d. Feb. 10, 17S7; r. Lunenburg, 
Mass. 

VII. Asher, b. Sept. 29, 1799 ; m., i", Rebecca Hall, 
of Pepperell ; m., 2'', Mrs. Lucy (Hutchinson) 
Gay, of Pepperell ; r., first, in Fitchburg, 
second, in Townsend (where she d.), third, 
in Dorchester. 

VIII. Rebecca, b. March 5, 1801 ; m., Sept. 26, 1830, 
Andrew Shattuck, of Pepperell, son of Abi- 
jah ; r. Shirley nine years ; re. to Townsend 
Harbor, where he d. Oct. 5, 1S44, a. 42. 
M., 2**, Walter Russell, of Ashburnham, 
May I, 1845 ; r. Cambridgeport four years ; 
re. to Ashburnham, where he d. May 5, 
1856, a. 66. M., 3'^, Hosea Green, of Ash- 
burnham, Feb. 15, 1858; r. Ashburnham. 
IX. Almn^ b. July 26, 1S03 ; a carpenter by trade ; 
re. to Tallahassee, Fla. ; was extensively 
engaged in the building of that city ; d. 
about 1S40, a. 36. 

Susannah Greene m. Rufus Sawyer, March 15, 
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Polly Greene m. Laban Skinner, Nov. i, i795- 
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GRIFFIN FAMILY. 

Dudley Griffin was an early settler in Jaffrey. He settled 
on lot 3, range 8, in school-district No. 5. He was among the 
first who enlisted in the Revolutionary war ; was in the battle 
of Bunker Hill ; sustained losses in the engagement, for which 
he was remunerated. He appears to have been a man of prop- 
erty, being one among ten of the highest tax-payers in town. 
He re. to Canada about 1803. M. Esther Bowers, of Groton, 
Mass., Nov. 24, 1773. Thirteen children: 

(i) David, b. Dec. 2, 1774; (2) Lucy, b. Jan. 29, 1776; (3) 
Hepsey, b. Feb. 14, 1779? d. Feb. 17, same year; (4) Joseph, 
b. Jan. 30, 1780; d. Feb. 17, 1780; (5) Jonathan,h. May 9, 
1783; (6) Dudley, h. May 16, 1785; (7) Permason, b. July 
23, 1787; (8) Silas, b. vSept. 8, 1789; (9) Sarah, b. March 3, 
1791 ; (10) Daniel, b. Jan. 31, 1793; (11) Polly, h. Jan. 17, 
1795 ; (12) Joseph; (13) Edxoard, b. Nov. 2, 1798 ; d. Aug. 3, 
1800. 



GROUT FAMILY. 

John Grout, the first settler in Jaffrey, was born in 
Sudbury, Mass., Oct. 14, 1704. He was the son of 
Jonathan, the son of John Grout, who settled, first, in 
Watertown ; second, in Sudbury, where he d. in 1697, 
a. 81. 

He m. Joanna Boynton ; settled, first, in Lunenburg, 
where his children were born ; re. to Rindge, and from 
thence to Jaffrey, and settled on lot 20, range 10. He 
is represented as having received a classical education, 
and was a lawyer by profession. In connection with 
Roger Gilmore, he made the first report of the progress 
of the settlement to the Masonian Proprietors, at Ports- 
mouth. He d. in 1771, two years before the incorpora- 
tion of the town, and was buried, according to tradition, 
where the meeting-house was afterwards built, in 1775. 
He had thirteen children : 

1. Hilkiah QA^].), b. July 23, 172S; m. Submit 
Hawks ; settled near Fort Hinsdale, where 
his wife and three children were taken by 
the Indians, and carried captive to Canada, 

in 1755- 

3 II. Johanna, b. Jan. 8, 1730; m. Parker. 

4 III. John, b. June iS, 1731 ; d., a lawyer, at Mont- 
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IV. Elijah, b. Oct. 29, 1732; m. Molly Willard ; 

d., 1807, in Charlestown, N. H. 

V. Joel (Hon.), b. March 6, 1735 ; ni. Sarah Hud- 

son ; d. in Richmond, 1797. 
VI. Jonathan (Hon.), b. July 23, 1737; elected in 
1789 member of congress ; m. Sarah Page ; 
had thirteen children. He d. at Dover, Sept. 
8, 1807. 

VII. >SaraA, b. Nov. 28, 1738; d. Oct. 27, 1S17; m. 

Capt. Ephraim Stockwell. 

VIII. Patience, b. Aug. 23, 1740 ; m. Wm. Judevine ; 

r. Charlestown, N. H. 

IX. Peter, b. Oct. 9, 1743 ; r. West. 

X. Abigail, b. March 23, 1745 ; m. Col. Nathan 

Hale, of Rindge; d. Sept. 14, 1838. 
XI. Josiah, b. Nov. 28, 1748. 

XII. Solomon, b. June 27, 1751 ; m. Ruth Putman, 
of Charlestown, N. H. ; settled in Jaflrey, 
on lot 13, range 9 ; was road surveyor in 
1774; selectman in 1776. 
XIII. Jehoshaphat, b. Aug. 7, 1753 ; m. Anna Parker ; 
d. at Keene, Sept. 6, 1S06. 



GUY FAMILY. 

LuTHKR Guy settled in Jaftrey about 1813 ; m. Olive ; 

d. Jan. 3, 1828, a. 41. Six children : 

(i)) Samuel ; (2) Johti, d. at sea ; (3) Olive ; (4) Marshall ; 
(5) Luke ; (6) Luther, d. Jan. 21, 1828, a. 8 mos. 



HADLEY FAMILY. 

Abraham Hadley r. in the Mineral Spring village, 
on the east part of lot 7, range 5. He left town about 
1S06. M. Eunice , and had eleven children : 

I. William, b. April 9, 17S1. 

3 II. Deborah, b. June 28, 1783 ; m. John Priest. 

4 III. Eunice, b. May i, 1786; m. Oliver Wright. 

5 IV. Abraham, b. March 31, 1788. 

6 V. Isaac, b. March 18, 1790. 

7 VI. Jacob, b. April 15, 1792. 

8 VII. Elizabeth, b. May 28, 1794. 

9 VIII. Peter, b. May 20, 1796 ; d. May 3, 1797 ' 
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X. Peter, b. May 3, 1798. 
XI. Aaron^ b. July 17? 1801. 



HALL FAMILY. 

Nathan Hall, son of Dea. Nathan Hall, of Brad- 
ford, was b. Aug. 23, 1748 ; came to Jaftrey about 1775, 

and settled on lot 16, range 5 ; m. Eleanor , and 

left a birth record of five children : 



I. Mary^ b. March 31, 1771. 
II. Nathan^ b. March 28, 1773. 

III. Eleanor, b. " 

IV. Jonathan, b. May 2, 1775. 
V. Betty, h. Sept. 12, 1777. 



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HARDY FAMILY. 

Nathaniel Hardy m. Sarah ; settled on lot 

4, range 6. 



I. Samuel, b. July 22, 1778. 

II. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1781. 

HI. Molly, b. Jan. 19, 1783. 

IV. John, b. June 7, 17S4. 



HALE FAMILY. 

Enoch Hale (Col.) was a descendant of Thomas 
Hale, b. at King's Walden, Herts, England, May 15, 
1606. He was a resident of Newbury, Mass., in 1635 
and 1682. He had a son, Thomas, who m. Mary 
Hutchinson, of Salem, and a grandson, Thomas, who 
m. Sarah Northend. The last Thomas had a son, Mo- 
ses, the father of Enoch, who was b. at Rowley, Mass., 
Nov. 28, 1733. Moses came to Rindge, with his fam- 
ily, in 1760. Enoch settled in Jaftrey in 1768, and in 
1770 re. to Rindge, and was a resident of that town till 
1784, when he re. to Walpole, and from thence to 
Grafton, Vt., where he d. April 9, 1813, a. 79. While 
in Jaftrey he made a report of the settlement of the 
town to the Proprietors. In the town of Rindge he 
was a very prominent man in town aftairs ; was magis- 
trate, town-clerk, and selectman, and was much em- 
ployed in the military and state affairs. He was coun- 
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detachment of which, under his command, was sent 
for the defence of Rhode Island. He m. Abigail, dau. 
of Jonathan and Abigail (Gould) Stanley. Had eight 
children : 

I. Joshua^ b. Aug. 24, 1764; m. Sally Cutler; d. 
July 22, 1S25, at Wells River, Vt. 

II. Lxicy^ b. April 29, 1766; m., i^', Hezekiah 

Wetherbee ; m., 2**, Jona. Lake; d. 1S57. 

III. Daniel,h. in Jaflrey, July 19, 1768; d. Aug. 

12, 1768. 

IV. Hannah^ b. in Jaffrey, June 10, 1769 ; m. Jon- 

athan Lake; d. 1838. 

V. Daniel^ b. April i, 1772 ; d. Jan. 6, 1773. 

VI. Sherbur7i,h. Dec. 30, 1773; m. Callia Cutler; 

d. June 18, 1S25, at Woodstock, Vt. 
VII. Enoch, b. May 30, 1777; d. June 16, 1777. 
VIII. Enoch, b. Feb. 24, 1779; m. Bathsheba Stone; 
d. 1 82 1, at Clarendon, Vt. 



Oliver Hale, or Hail, as first spelled in the town 
records, came from Leominster, and was in town when 
organized in 1773. He settled on lot 13, range 8. In 
1774 he was chosen tj-thingman ; fence-viewer in 1783 \ 
and selectman in 17S6. He m. Mary Wilder. He d. 
about 1807. Eleven ch. : 

I. Luke, b. Aug. 17, 1773; m. Mary, dau. of Sam- 
uel and Sibel (Page) Stanley, March 12, 
1796; re. to Brandon, Vt, and d. there in 
1843. Three ch. 
II. Oliver, b. Sept. 18, 1775 ; m. Rosamond, dau. 
of James and Lydia (Wellman) Gowing, in 
1801 ; re. to Southerland, Canada East, and 
d. there. 

III. Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1777; m. Whitcomb ; 

r. Henniker. 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1779 ; m. Campbell ; 

r. Henniker. 
V. Sarah, h. Feb. 11, 1782 ; d. unm., in Brandon, 

Vt. 
VI. Josiah, b. Nov. 23, 1783 ; m. Rhoda Green ; r. 
Brandon, Vt. ; was a physician by profes- 
sion. 
VII. /Susannah, b. Jan. 23, 1786; m. John Gibson; 
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don, Vt. 

IX. Hannah, b. April 11, 1790; m. Abel Whit- 

comb, of Henniker. 

X. Luther, b. March 3, 1792 ; d. in Charleston, S. 

C, unm. 
XI. Thomas, h. July 15, 1794; m. Julia, dau. of 
Joseph Lincoln ; re. to Sheftbrd, Canada 
East, and d. there. 



(Family) Hale was reported by Grout and Gilmore 
as one of the nine first families that settled in Jaffrey. 



John Hale came from Leominster with Samuel and 
Jacob Pierce and Ephraim Whitcomb ; settled with 
them in the south-east part of the town, and m. a sister 
of Ephraim Whitcomb. After a short residence he left 
town. 



HAMMON FAMILY. 

Jacob Hammon came from Waltham to Jaffrey in 
182 1 ; settled on the farm of Jonas Brooks, lot S, range 
4, now uninhabited ; was twice married ; had one child 
by first wife ; tw(? children by second wife. He d. Aug. 
25, i860, a. 85. Olive Newell, his second wife, died 
Aug. II, 1859, ^' ^*^- 

I. Jacob, by first wife, b. 1801 ; settled on lot 6, 
range 5, formerly known as the Samuel Jos- 
lin farm, now without inhabitants ; m. Su- 
sannah , and had one child, — George 

H., b. Nov. 3, 1844 ; he re. from town about 
1850. 

II. Sophia, m. and re. West. 

III. Jane, m. and re. West. 



ROBERT HARKNESS 

came from Lunenburgh to Jaffrey previous to 1793 ; paid tax 
that year; settled on lot 15, range 5 ; m. Sarah, dau. of John 
and Priscilla French. He d. Nov. 16, 1S07, a. 57. She m., 2"^, 
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HASTINGS FAMILY. 

Ira Hastings, from Marlborough, came to Jaffrey 
in 1S35 ' settled, first, on lot 9, range 3, second, on lot 
5, range 5 ; r., 1S73, in East Jaftrey. He m. Rebecca, 
dau. of John and Mary (Batchelder) Cutter. Two 
children : 

I. Martha A. Melissa, b. July 16, 1837 ! ^- Sept. 

2S, 1855. 
II. Mary A. Malmna, b. Sept. 19, 1840; m. Josiah 
M. Darling, of Dublin, June, 1863. 



HARPER FAMILY. 

Lieut. John Harper was one of the pioneer settlers 
of tlie town. His name appears in the report of Grout 
and Gilmore, and subsequently that of Enoch Hale. 
The headstone in the Centre burying-yard bearing the 
earliest date was erected in memory of Mrs. Jean Har- 
per, wife of Air. Andrew Harper, who " departed this 
life Nov. y" 29, 17771 in the 65 year of her age." The 
relationship is unknown. 

When the town was organized he was chosen field- 
driver, and afterwards constable. When the alarm 
reached the town produced by the advance of the Brit- 
ish from Boston, Mr. Harper was one of the first to 
tftke up the line of march to tke scene of conflict ; and 
soon after his arrival, April 23, he enlisted for three 
months, and was appointed lieutenant of Capt. Philip 
Thomas's company, from Rindge. He was in the bat- 
tle of Bunker Hill ; met with losses in that engagement 
for which he was afterwards remunerated. 

He settled on lot 9, range 7i which was afterwards in 
possession of his son, William Harper, now (1873) the 
farm of Seth D. Ballon. 

He m. Elizabeth Proctor, and had eleven children. 

He re. to Watertown, N. Y., and d. there. 

John, r. Whitestown. 

Oliver, r. Whitestown. 

Betsey, m. Hugh Smiley, q. v. 

Anna^ d. in Jafirey. 

Lucy, m. Jonathan Sawyer ; r. Whitestown. 

Polly, m. Joseph Sawyer; r. Whitestown. 

William, m. Mary Poor, of Dublin : d.-f- 
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IX. Esther, m. Samuel Rogers ; v. Ohio. 
X. Jane, m. Moses Fairbanks, of Dublin; d. Oct. 

5' 1S73. 
XI. Olive, m. Job Rogers ; r, Ohio, and d. there. 



William Harper m. Mary Poor, of Dublin ; d. Feb. 
38, 1823, a. 38. 

I. Mary Ann, his dau., d. Dec. 26, 1818, a. i 

year. 
II. William, b. Feb. 23, 1819. 
III. 3fary Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1820. 



HATHORN FAMILY. 

The origin of the Hathorn family we have been unable to 
learn. In 1774 the names of Elias and Ebenezer Hathorn ap- 
pear on a petition signed by the inhabitants of Jaffrey at that 
time against the annexation of four hundred rods from the east 
part of the town to Peterborough and Peterborough Slip. His 
brother, Collins Hathorn, came soon after, as his name appears 
in the transcript of a road, March, i775- 

Ebenezer Hathorn was a soldier in the French 
and Indian war of 1755, and, after the surrender of Fort 
William Henry by the English, he was taken prisoner 
by the Indians, and afterwards made his escape by his 
strategy and fleetness. He was a blacksmith by trade ; 
settled on lot 18, range 7, and carried on the business 
with his brother Collins, and also manufactured steel- 
yards. He afterwards re. to lot 15, range 7, now the 
residence of Dea. Liberty Mower. In 1775 he was 
elected constable, and in 1777 and 1796 highway sur- 
veyor, and in 1796 was one of the auditing committee. 
We have found no record of his marriage or death, nor 
the birth of his children. 

Collins Hathorn settled near Ebenezer. He was an 
enrolled soldier in 1784, and also 

Collins Hathorn, Jr. He d., probably, previous to 

1793. 

Elijah Hathorn was taxed 1794 to 1802, inclusive. 

Eleazer paid a tax in i795- 

Ebenezer, Jr., b. 1762; m. Lucy Proctor, dau. of 
Oliver and Ehzabeth Proctor; d. June 11, 1847, a. 85. 
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Francis, on the tax-list in 1S04, '5, and '6. 

Oliver paid taxes from 1S16 to 1821, inclusive ; he m. 
Diademia, dau. of Thomas and Diademia (Eaton) GofT; 
one child, — Sally, m. Rufus P. Smith ; r. Fitchburg. 

Ebenezer Hathorn, 3d, r. for a time on the home 
farm, now ow^ned by Dea. Liberty Mower ; he re. to 
the Mineral Spring village, where he d. Oct. 4, 1S65, 
a. 77. He m. Mrs. Mary Chapin, adopted her daus., 
Sophia M., Maria E., and Caroline. She d. April 10, 
1S61, a 69. 

Henry, d. Dec. 23, 1S47, a. 24. 

MARRIAGES. 

Polly m., Aug. 28, 1788, Almond Bourdy. 

Sally m., 1788, Ebenezer Jaquith. 

Keziah m., 17S8, Jesse Jaquith. 

Anna m., Sept. 14, 1792, Elijah Ware. 

Hepsibath m., May 5, 1795, Moses Sawyer. 

Pamela m.. Sept. 19, 1797, Erastus Benton. 

Olive m., March 12, 179S, Eliakim Davis. 

Betsey m., May 22, 1803, Benj. Nutting. 

Peggy m., Nov. 8, 1809, Moses Stearns, of Lexington. 

Diademia m., Oct. 26, 1S2S, James Poor, of Am- 
herst. 

Sophia M. m., Sept. 11, 1838, Ceo. W. Waters. 

Maria E. m., April i, 1841, Charles Cutter. 

Caroline S. m., Oct. 13, 1S47, J°^^ Whittemore, of 
Fitzwilliam. 

Betsey m. Isaac Nutting. 

List of tax-payers in Jafirey belonging to the Hathorn 
family. 

Ebenezer was taxed till 1S18. 

Widow Sara, probably the wife of Collins, 1793" 
1796. 

Elijah, 1794-1802. 
Eleazer, i795- 
Fi-ancis, 1S04-1806. 
Ebenezer, Jr., 181 1, 181 3. 
Oliver, 1816-1821. 
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DEATHS. 



Ebenezer Hathorn, Jr., d. Dec. 23, 1847, a. 85. 
Lucy Proctor, his wife, d. Oct. 3, 1824, a. 57. 
Henry Hathorn, d. Dec. 23, 1847, ^- ^4* 
Ebenezer Hathorn, 3d, tl. Oct. 4, 1865, a. 77. 
Mary Chapin, his wife, d. April 10, 1S61, a. 69. 



HAYWOOD FAMILY. 

James Haywood came to Jaftrey previous to 1779 ; 
was chosen highway-surveyor that year. In 1780 he 
was chosen selectman ; and was a member of the 
church, with his wife Keziah, when incorporated in 
1780. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and in 1784 
his name was enrolled in the company of militia belong- 
ing to Jaftrey. 



Benjamin Haywood was b. in Chelmsford, Mass., 
Oct. 22, 1753. He was the son of James, the son of 
Benjamin, a descendant of John, who settled in Con- 
cord, Mass., and was m. in 1656. He had a family of 
sixteen children, and d. in 1707. Benjamin, a descend- 
ant, settled in Billerica ; afterwards re. to Chelmsford, 
and settled on a farm which is now owned by his 
descendants. James, his son, b. Dec. 13, 1724? ni. 
Sarah Emery. Benj., his son, came to Jaftrey about 
1780, settled on lot 21, and one hundred acres of lot 20, 
range 8, and eight acres of lot 21, range 9, on which he 
raised a frame house, June 7, 1782. He was a farmer 
and blacksmith, and for several years occupied a shop 
under the old elm tree on the Prescott farm. He after- 
wards built a shop on the ledge, across the road from 
the new house now (1S73) occupied by Alfred Sawyer. 
Benj. Haywood m., i", Jan. 21, 1783, Hannah Robbins, 
who d. July 26, 1783, a. 18 yrs., 3 mos., 7 dys. ; m., 
2"^, Jan. 27, 1785, Sally Flag, of Concord, Mass., b. 
May 12, 1751, d. May 5, 1827. He d. Feb. i, 1829, a. 
76. Five children : 

I. Benjamin^ b. Oct. 21, 1785.-!- 

II. Joseph^ b. Jan. 16, 17S7; d. Oct. 17, 1837; m. 
Jerusha Fairbanks. She d. Oct. 28, 1858, 
a. 6^. He was a goldsmith by trade. 

in. Timothy, b. Feb. 8, 1789; d. Nov. 28, 1S19, in 
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N. Y. One dau., — m., and d. i860, in Rock- 
ford, 111. He was a blacksmith. 

IV. James, b. Oct. 7, 1790; d. in Brocton, Chautau- 
qua Co., N. Y. He was one of the first 
settlers in Stockton, and the first man who 
opened a store in that town. He was also 
a blacksmith. Had ten ch. 

V. e/o/m, b. Oct. 20, 1791 ; d. Fel . 22, 1792. 



Benjamin Haywood m. Polly, dau. of Josiah and 
Patty Sawyer, of Peterborough, Nov. 22, 1795. She 
d. July 33, 1842, a 46. M., 2'', 1843, Betsey W. 
Wright, of Westford. She d. May, 1875. He d. Feb. 
3, 1853, a. 67. Seven children : 

I. Adeline^ b. Jan. 25, 1818 ; m. Harvey Sawyer, 

q. V. 
II. Jinfus, b. March 6, 1820.-}- 

III. JIary A., b. Sept. 26, 1823 ; d. Aug. 17, 1830. 

IV. Albert, b. Aug. 10, 1825.-}- 

V. Ijtike, b. March 2, 1831 ; d. Oct. 17, 1833. 

VI. Abbie, b. Oct. 23, 1S34; m., Oct. 23. 1862, 

Freeman F., son of Jona. J. Comstock, q. v. 

VII. Ellen, b. March 26, 1838; m'., Jan., 1859, G'^" 

man H. Avery ; r. in Peoria, 111. Three 

sons, — two living. 



RuFUS Sawyer Haywood m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
Oliver Prescott. May 6, 1841 ; r. Fredonia, N. Y. ; was 
paymaster in the war of 1866; served during the war, 
holding the rank of colonel by brevet. Three ch. : 

I. Oliver, b. April 19, 1843 ; d. Dec. 9, 1843. 
II. Oliver, b. Sept. 2, 1844; d. Sept. 3, 1845. 
III. Eddie A., b. Jan. 26, 1861. 



(11) Albert Haywood m. Frances, dau. of Joseph and 
Sarah (Parker) Joslin ; r. in Fredonia, N. Y. Four 
children : 



I. Senjamin, b. May 14, 1844. 
II. Cassius jR'iifus, b. April 18, 1847. 
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HENDERSON FAMILY. 

James Henderson, b. 1769; re. from Boston to 
Westford, Mass., in 1S04. He re. to Jaftrey in 1S06, 
having, Sept , 1805, received a deed of a tract of land 
in lot 10, range 6, of Samuel Buss, on which he built a 
house and store the following winter and spring. He 
opened his store in 1806. In 1S18, after the death of his 
wife, he leased the same to William Ainsworth, Esq., 
and re. to East JaflVey. In 1833 he sold the same to a 
Mr. Robbins. The buildings were burned. He m., 

i^', Martha , who d. at Jaffrey, Oct. 12, 1816, 

a, 44; m., 2'', Nancy Ann H. Gilmore, dau. of 
Roger and Molly (Blodgett) Gilmore, Feb. 5, 1828. 
She d. April 15, 1832, a. 50. In 1S33 he took up his 
residence in Boston, and Marlborough, Mass., where 
he d. May 11, 1849, ^' ^°' Children by first wife : 

I. William Tlenry^ b. in Boston, April 18, 1800; 

r. Boston. 
II. Caroline^ b. in Boston, Nov. 11, 1801 ; m. Col. 
Wm. H. Wood, of Marlboro', Mass., now 
Hudson, Nov. 5, 1826. He d. 

III. Frederick A., b. in Boston, Aug. 14, 1803 ; a 

merchant ; r. Boston. 

IV. tfames, b. at Westford, June 17, 1805 ; d. Oct. 

19, 1848, at Juliet, 111. 
V. Martha (twin), d. at Jaffrey, April 4, 1836, 

unm., a. 31. 
VI. Elizabeth^ b. at Jaffrey, March 19, 1807; m. 
John Holman, of Wilbraham. Mass. She 
d. Oct. 5, 1848. 
VII. Harriet^ b. June 11, 1809 ; m. Joseph Reynolds : 

r. Westfield, O. ; now (1873) a widow. 
VIII. j/wZta, b. Nov. 27, [811; m. Russell Reynolds 
(a brother of Jos.) ; r. in Clyde, O. 
IX. Moses lloofZ, b. in Peterborough, Dec. 27, 1814 ; 
graduated at Western Reserve College ; d. 
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HODGE FAMILY. 

Three brothers from Lonilonderry, Scotch-Irish, 
settled, one in Peterborough and the other two in 
JatlVey. The original name was Hogg. The name 
was afterwards changed to Wilder antl Hodge. The 
JatVrev settlers, Joseph and William, assumeil the name 
of Hodge ; Simpson, who settled in Peterborough, that 
of Wilder. Joseph settled on lot 10, range 9, in the 
south part of the town ; and William, on lot 17, range 
6, now East JartVev. In 1773, when the town was or- 
ganizetl, William Hogg was chosen tield-driver ; and in 
1774, Joseph Hogg was chosen constable. William m. 
Nancy; had one son, — William, b. 1776; d. Feb. 2S, 
1S27. He d. about 17S0. William, his son, m. Sally 
Searl, of Temple ; had one dan., — Elmina. He d. Feb. 
28, 1S27. His widow m. Benj. Prescott, Jr. The 
widow of William Hodge, Sen'r, m. Jonathan Dean. 



Joseph Hodge m. Elizabeth Alexander, of Leomin- 
ster, Mass. ; d. Aug. 16, 1S31, a. 90. His widow d. 
Nov. 13, 1 84 1, a. 84. 

I. Polly, m. Ezra Wilder, Jr., of JatVrey ; re. to 

Vermont. 
H. Hetsei/, m. Oliver Wilder, brother of Ezra. 
HI. Agnes, m. Elijah T. Smith, of Fitzvvilliam. 
IV. t/erusha, d. in infancy. 
V. Jerusha, m. Ira Ingalls, son of Simeon. 
VI. Joseph, b. 1787.-}- 
VII. iSalh/, d., a. 26. 

VIII. Joanna, m. William Savage, of Greenfield. 
IX. WillUnJi, d. young. 
X. iSimpson, b. Feb. 19, 1797.-I- 
XI. John, b. Feb. 13, 1779.-}" 
XII. Eunice^! b. Sept., 1S02 ; m. Jacob Priest. 

Joseph Hodge m., i'*, Eunice Hutchinson, who d- 
Nov. 6, 1S28, a. 31. M., 3**, Nabby Twiss, who d- 
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I. William, d. Oct. 20, 1844. 

II. Samuel, b. 1824; m. Mary B. J. Smith, Nov. 
27, 1856. She (i. April 19, 1867, a. 31. 
Four ch. : (i) Charles S., b. 1859. (2) 
Mary A., b. 1861. (3) Eva E., b. Nov. 13, 
1865. (4) Abbie F.,^b. 1867. 

III. Joseph Jackson, d. at Sherburne, Mass., Feb. 

22, 1874, a. 46. 

IV. Almira L., b. 1833. 
V. Abigail E., b. 1836. 



Simpson Hodge m. Elmira, dau. of Levi and Sarah 
(Nichols) Johnson, Dec. 3, 1822. She d. May 8, 1861, 
a. 61. 

I. Harah A., b. 1824. 
II. Jonas F., b. 1827; m. Lydia F. 



April 6, 1876. Ch. : (I) Harlan F., b. 
1849; m. Mary C .Streeter ; one ch., — Ger- 
tie, b. 1872. (2) Maria F., b. 1852; m. 
Charles A. Baldwin, (3) Lillie, b. 1861. 

III. Abner W., d. Aug. 23, 1831, a. 4. 

IV. T^ydia F., b. 1830. 
V. Andrew J., b. 1835. 

VI. Albert W., b. 1836. 
VII. Emily E., b. 1838. 



John Hodge m. Polly Page, of Rindge ; r. home- 
stead. 

I. Floira,h. 1826; m. Col. George Briant, q. v. 
II. George W., b. 1828 ; m. H. Augusta Knowlton ; 
d. June 1 1, 1857. 

III. Amasa F. /S.,h. 1830; m. Emily F., dau. of 

Abel and Mary (vSpaulding) Cutter. She d. 
March 18, 1872. M., 2'^, Mrs. Page, of 
Peterborough. Ch. by first wife: (i) Will- 
iam S., b. March 7, 1854. (2) Freddie A., 
b. Feb. 9, 1858. (3) Emma M., b. Oct. 26, 
1864; d. March 3, 1866. 

IV. Jjemuel E., b. 1837. 
V. John, b. 1841. 

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HOUGHTON FAMILY. 

Qiiite a number of persons by the name of Houghton appear 
on the town records, durhig the last part of the hist century 
and the first of the present. 

Silas Houghton, in 177S, from Sterling, Mass., was 
warned from town. 

2 Polly Houghton, in 1791, m. Squire Britton. 

3 James Houghton was a tax-payer from 1793 to 
1804, inclusive. 

4 James Houghton, Jr., in 1793, m. Polly Hall. 

5 Houghton, Sept. 14, m. Lota Dole. 

6 David Houghton, March 3, 1798, m. Ann Briant ; 
re. to Albany, N. Y., 1804. 

John Houghton, a brother of Capt. Rufus Hough- 
ton, settled in school-district No. 11, about 179S; paid 
taxes in 1799; 'i^tl was chosen school-agent that and 
the following year. He afterwards re. to district No. 6, 
and left town about 18 10. He was a brick-mason by 
trade 

Jonathan Houghton, a brother of John, was a 
highway-surveyor in 1802; was taxed in 1797, and for 
the last time in 1806. 

Rufus Houghton (Capt.) settled on lot 15, range 5, 
also in other places. He appears to have been a prom- 
inent man in the affairs of the town — a teacher of the 
public schools; constable from 1799 to 1801, inclusive; 
selectman in 1802, '6, and '7 ; grand juror in 1807 ; and 
one of the auditing committee in 1808 ; was taxed from 

1795 to 1809, inclusive. He m. Dorothy , and 

left a birth record of six children : 

(i) Rufus, b. Sept. 19, 1796. (3) Dorothy, b. July 
4, 1799. (3) Dmnaris, h.}v\\y 18, 1801. (4) Betsey, 
b. April 29, 1803 ; d. Aug. 8, 1804. (5) Abigail, b. 
March 22, 1805. (6) Betsey, b. Feb. 23, 1807. 



HORTON FAMILY. 

Joseph HoRTON came to Jaflfi-ey about i777' ^^^ 
chosen highway-surveyor in 1780; settled on lot 5, 
range 9 ; was twice married ; had several children ; and 
d. May 13, 1841, a. 93. On the same headstone, in 
addition to his death, is inscribed the name of his first 
wife, Hannah, and the names of three children, Joseph, 
Hannah, and Ebenezer, without the date of their deaths. 



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In the town record of births, the following names are 
recorded : 

I. Hannah^ b. Aug. 25, i777- 

11. Ebenezer^ b. March 28, 1779 ; m., Dec. 15, 1802, 
Ruth Foster, of Templeton, Mass. 
By second wife, Mary : 

III. Sarah, b. March 26, 1782 ; m., Sept. i, 1S03, John 

Buswell, of Rindge ; r. Mt. Holly, Vt. ; d. 1S65. 

IV. Asa, b. Sept. i, 17S3 ; m. Susan, dau. of Joseph 

Breed; re. to Mt. Holly, Vt., in 1S12. 
Nine ch. : (i) Susan ; (2) Cyrus ; (3) Asa ; 
(4) Louisa; (5) Joseph; (6) Mary; (7) 
Julia Ann ; (8) Vienna ; (9) Harriet. 



Cyrus Horton, son of Asa, b. iSio; m., I'S Sally 
Horton ; m., 2<*, Dolly Robbe. Thirteen children : 

(i) /Sara^^., b. 1837. {2) Cyrics E.,h. i^z^. (3) 
Wilber, b. 1839. (4) ^^<^«^2/ Louisa, b. 1840 ; m. George 

Potter, of New Ipswich. (5) Elizabeth, m. Dean ; 

r. Mt. Holly, Vt. (6) Nathaniel, b. 1842 ; m. Mary, dau. 
of Edmund and Polly Burpee. By second wife : (7) 
Ilona Rosette, b. 1844. (8) Ariel Andrews, b. 1S48. 
(9) Asa Kenny, b. 1849. (10) Susan Vienna. (11) 
Freeman Edward. {\z) Joseph Preston, (i^) Ada May. 



HOWE FAMILY. 

Adonijah Howe (Dr.), son of Abner and Sarah 
Howe, was b. in Brookfield, Mass., in i757 ' came to 
Jaftrey and settled there, as a physician, in 177^1 ^^ the 
age of 19. His brother James, and two sisters, settled 

in Lebanon. One m. Kendrick, and the other 

m. Allen. He also had another sister, who m. 

Storrs, and one who m. Arnold, and set- 



tled in Mansfield, Conn., and one who m. King, 

settled in Canterbury, Conn. His mother came with 
him to Jaflrey, and m. there a second husband, Samuel 
Parker, and d. Dec. 30, 1795, a. 59. Dr. Howe m., i^ 
Sarah, dau. of Noah and Lydia (Kent) Ripley, sister 
of Rev. Dr. Ezra Ripley, of Concord, Mass., who d. 
Dec. 13, 1800, a. 40; m., 2"^, Persis Wood, of Concord, 
who d. Sept. 5, 1S34, a. 71. He d. July 31, 1832, a. 74. 
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I. Abner, h. Oct. 14, 1780; m. Sarah, dau. of 
Joseph and Sarah Thorndike ; d. May 18, 
1826. Nine children. [See Collejje Grad- 
uates.] 

II. Lydia., b. March 7, 17S3 ; m. Solomon Proctor ; 
r. Cavendish, Vt. Three children. 

III. Adonijah^ b. June 21, 1784. -|- [See page 103.] 

IV. Luke^h. March 28, i787.-f- [See College Grad- 
uates.] 

Sally ^h. July 8, 1789; d. Jan. 26, 1790. 

Sally, b. March 15, 1791 ; d. March 29, 1840; 
unm. 

Lticretia, b. Feb. 13, 1794; d. Jan. i, 1796. 

James, b. Aug. 13, 1796; m. Fanny Nason, ot 
Harvard, Mass., and d. at Pepperell, Mass., 
July 19, 1840. Six children. [See College 
Graduates.] 

Mary (second marriage), b. 1806; m. Asa 
Crosby ; r. Rockford, Illinois. Three chil- 
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Adonijah Howe m. Mary, dau. of Peter Woodbury, 
of Francestown, May 15, 1807. He d. Aug. 7, 1815, 
a. 31. [See page 103.] Two children : 

I. Mary Eloisa, b. 1808 ; m. John Fox, m. d., q. v. 
II. Elizabeth, b. 1813; d. July 31, 1837, ^- ^4 ' 



Luke Howe, m. d., m. Mary (Woodbury) Howe, 
widow of his brother, Adonijah Howe, Jan. 26, 1819 ; 
he d. Dec. 24, 1841, a. 54. His widow d. Jan. 18, 
1875, a. 88. [See College Graduates.] Two children : 

I. Isabel W., b. Dec. 22, 1819; m. John Fox, m. 

D.,Jan. 3, 1843. 
II. Adonijah W., b. 1825 ; m. Martha Butterfield ; 
r., first, in Dunstable ; second, Lancaster, 
Mass. [See page 102.] Ten children : 

(i) Woodbury ; (2) Mary Dunster ; (3) 
Mary Elizabeth ; (4) Edward Dexter ; 
(5) Emma I. ; (6) Charles L. ; (7) 
Helen W. ; (8) Fanny B. ; (9) Fred- 
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HUNT FAMILY. 

The families by the name of Hunt who settled in Jaffrey are 
descendants of William Hunt, who was born in England abeut 
1605, emigrated to this country, and settled in Concord, Mass., 
in 1665. He was twice married, and d. in Marlborough, Mass., 
1697. His eldest son, Nehemiah, m. Mary Toll, and had 12 
children. His son, John Hunt, m. Mary Brown ; had 9 chil- 
dren. Dea. Simeon Hunt, of Concord, son of John, m. Mary 
Raymond. Ephraim, who settled in JafFrey, and Simon, who 
settled in Acton, were his sons. 



Ephraim Hunt m. Tabitha Raymond, and Simon 
m. Lucy Raymond. Ephraim was an early settler. In 
the report of Grout and Gilmore, Family Hunt is men- 
tioned, and in the report of Enoch Hale, at a later date, 
we find the name of Ephraim Hunt, owner of mills on 
lot No. 21, range 10, now known as Squantum village, 
now (1873) owned by Annett & Murdock. In 1791 he 
re. to Rindge, and d. Dec. 21, 1821. He was b. in 
Concord, May 28, 1736. 



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Tabitha^ b. July 3, 1757 ; m. Nathaniel Ingalls, 

of Rindge. 
Hepsiheth^ b. July 10, 1761 ; m. Nathan Page ; 

re. to Jackson, Me., and d. about 1840. 
James, b. April 10, 1766. 
I^aul Haymond, h. Nov., 176S. 
Ephraim, b. March 25, 1771 ; m. Fersis, dau. 

of John Perry; he d. Sept. 2, 1856; shed. 

Feb. 16, 1832. One child. 



Nathan Hunt, son of Simon and Lucy (Raymond) 
Hunt, of Acton, Mass., was b. July 17, 1760; m. Abi- 
gail, daughter of Moses and Abigail (Emerson) Hale, 
of Rindge, b. Feb. i, 1768; d. Sept. 13, 1842; he d. 
Jan. 18, 1853, a. 93. Ten children: 

I. Abigail, b. Nov., 1788; m. Reuben Streeter, a 
clothier ; r. Chester, Vt. Five children : 
(i) Rhoanna, d. young; (2) Nathan, m. 
Alice Parker ; d. in Boston ; (3) Alice, m. 

Whitington, r. Boston ; (4) Charles, a 

tailor, r. Boston; (5) Cora, d. Aug. 27, 
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III. Grata^ b. June 26, 1793 ; m. Benj. Cutter, q. v. 

IV. Moses, b. Nov. 9, 1795 ; m. Maria Rouse ; r. in 

New York. Seven children : (i) Elizabeth 
A., b. 1826, d. 182S ; (2) John ; (3) Eliza- 
beth, m. Wm. B. Robinson, of New York ; 
(4) Moses ; (5) Frances, d. 1835 ; (6) 
Amanda, m. Edward Salmon ; (7) William 
Henry, d. in the Union army. 

V. Harriet, b. June i, 1798; m. Ezra Bennett, of 

Rindge. Seven children: (i) Harriet; (2) 
David ; (3) John ; (4) George ; (5) Maria ; 
(6) Mary Ann ; (7) Fanny, d. in Whately, 
Mass. 

VI. Sally, h. Sept. 3, 1800; m. David French; r. 

New Ipswich ; he d. in 1852. One child, — 
Pamela T., b. 1852. 

VII. Fanny, b. Dec. 3, 1S02 ; m. William H. Salis- 

bury, of Groton, Mass. ; d. Jan. 5, 1868, in 
Sharon, Mass. 
VIII. John Edioards, b, Nov. 24, 1805 ; m. Elizabeth 
White, of Boston. He kept a public house 
on Commercial street, and the Albion House, 
Tremont street, Boston ; re. to New York, 
and was the proprietor of Hunt's Hotel ; 
has been in the U. S. Custom House, New 
York. Four children : (i) Julia, b. and d. 
in Boston ; (2) Julia ; (3) John Edwards ; 
(4) Nathan Henry. 

IX. Elvira, b. March 24, 1S08 ; m. George A. Wil- 

lard, of Ashby ; a farmer ; r. in Ashburn 
ham. Nine children : (i) Elvira; (2) Ma- 
ria, d. ; (3) Catherine ; (4) George ; (5) 
Caroline ; (6) Lizzie ; (7) Abby Jane ; (8) 
Ann Maria ; (9) Sarah Frances. 

X. Raymond, b. May 18, 1810; m. Marie Antoin- 

ette, dau. of Zadoc Chapman, of Dublin and 
Jaftrey.+ 



Natiian Hunt m., Jan. 10, 1814, Violentia Hodg- 
man, of Scranton; d. April 23, 1869. She d. July 2, 
1838, a. 38. 



I. Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1821 ; m. Appleton ; 

re. 111. 
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III. Julia Ann, b. May 2, 1S25 ; m. James Cogs- 

well, of Brighton. 

IV. Edward Pay son, d. April 4, 1832, a. 11 mos. 
V. William Sylvester, d. June 23, 1S48, a. 21 yrs. 



Raymond Hunt m. Maria A. Chapman, Nov. 25, 
1S2S ; r. Boston. Eight children : 

I. Christiana Chapman, b. Sept. 20, 1830; d. in 

1848. 
II. Helen 3Iar, b. Dec. 10, 1S32 ; m. Joseph W. 

Donett, of Boston. 

III. Marie Antoinette, h. Sept. 10, 1834 ; d. Sept. 

12, 1838. 

IV. Eaymond B., b. Dec. 16, 1836 ; d. Sept., 1S37. 
V. Cynthia A., b. Aug. 3, 1838 ; d. Nov. 3, 1855. 

VI. Edwin Ruthven, b. Jan. 14, 1840 ; enlisted in 

the Union army. 
VII. Esther M. M. Chapman, b. Dec. 18, 1842. 
VIII. Benjamin Cutter, b. Sept. 4, 1845. 



Paul Hunt, son of Simon Hunt, of Acton, Mass., 
m., Nov. 17, 17S9, Betsey Parkhurst, of Chelmsford, 
Mass., who d. Aug. 24, 1839, a. 75. He d. June 6, 
1852, a. 87. 

I. John Parkhurst, b. Sept. 27, 1790 ; r. Saratoga, 

and d. 
II. Clarissa, b. Oct. 15, 1791 ; m. Capt. Eldad 
Prescott, of Jaflrey, March 27, 1816, q. v. 

III. Betsey, h. ]\\\y ^, 1793; m. Capt. Eldad Pres- 

cott, q. v. 

IV. Paul, b. April 15, 1795. + 

V. Burocsy, b. 1799; m. William Pomeroy, of 
Winchester; d. 1876; r. Warren, N. Y. 
Three children, — one son, two daughters, 
all d. 
VI. Addison, b. Feb. 18, 1803 ; r. Saratoga, N. Y. ; 
m. and d. 



Paul Hunt m. Ann Jewett, of Temple, N. H. 

I. Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 27, 1827; m., April 17, 

1850, David Barker, of Temple. 
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III. Oliver ParJcJiurst, b. May 2, 1830, Sarah A. Up- 

ham, of Dudley, Mass. 

IV. Adoniram Judson^ b. April 25, 1832 ; d. May 

19, 1S32. 
V. Samuel Augustus^ h. Sept. 15, 1834; d. Aug. 

16, 1839. 
VI. William Pomeroy, b. Jan. 13, 1837; ^' Mary 

Upham, of Dudley, Mass. ; r. Detroit, Mich. ; 

re. to Minnesota. 
VII. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1843; ™- 

Morse. Five children: (i) Etta E; (2) 

Fred S. ; (3) Ervin C. ; (4) Lillian A. ; (5) 

Oliver H. 



INGALLS FAMILY. 

Edmond Ingalls, from Lincolnshire, England, settled in 
Lynn, Mass., in 1629; m., and had a family of nine children; 
d. 1648. Josiah, a descendant, settled in Rindge in 1760; was 

deacon of the church in that place ; m. Eunice ; had 

six children : 

Ebenezer Ingalls, his eldest son, settled west of 

the mountain in Jaftrey ; m. Mercy ; one son, 

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tied in Jaftrey, on lot 7, range 10, in 17S7 ; m. Sarah 
Bowers, Jan. 25, 1750. Eleven children: 

I. John, b. at Rindge, Dec. 15, 1771 ; d. Feb. 23, 

1772. 
II. James, b. March 5, 1773 ; d. July 24, i775- 

III. Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1775 ; d. Sept. 25, 1777. 

IV. Phehe, b. Feb., 1778 ; m. Robert Gilmore, q. v. 
V. Josiah, b. April 5, 1780; m. Lois Capron, of 

Marlborough ; d. in Fitzwilliam, March 18, 
1855. She d. March 20, 1855. No chil- 
dren. 
VI. James, b. Feb. 27, 1781.-I- 
VII. Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1783 ; m. Moses Sawyer, of 

Sharon. She d. Nov. 16, 1771. 
VIII. Deborah, b. Aug. 27, 1785; m., i". May 9, 
1816, Rev. Charles Mavery ; he d. Sept. 25, 
1830, a. 38 ; m., 2**, Robertson Perkins, of 
Fitzwilliam ; he d., and she d. Feb. 16, 
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I. Sarah Maria, b. Feb. 7, 1818 ; m. John 
Smith, of Rindge. 

IX. Flint, b. April 27, 1789; d. 1834. 
X. Simeon, b. Sept. 22, 1791 ; d. young. _ 

XI. Charles, b. Sept. 23, 1794; re. to Keene ; d. in 
Windsor, Vt., 1873. 



Simeon Ingalls, b. Aug. 24, 1749, third son of Jo- 

siah, settled in JaftVey ; m. Mercy \ d. ni Rindge, 

1790. Two children : 

I. John, b. Feb. 24, 1779 ; d. June 2, 1806. 
II. Ira, b. Feb. 11, 1781 ; m. Jerusha, dau. ot 
Joseph Hodge. 



Tames Ingalls, m. Rebecca, dau. of Daniel and 
Alice (Shedd) Twiss, of Taffrey ; d. in Rindge, April 7, 
1830. She d. April 9, 1868. Five children : 

I. Abigail, m. John Kendrick, of Dover, Mass. 
II. Caroline, m\ George Chessman. 

III. James M., r. Marlboro', Mass. 

IV. Amos, d. 1864. 

V. Lucy, m. James M. Small, Nov. 5, 1846; r. 

JaftVey. 
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JAQUITH FAMILY. 

Benjamin Jaquith came to Jaffiey previous to 1779 ; 
settled on lot' 20, range 6 ; was field-driver in 1785, and 

highway-surveyor in 1787 ; m. Phebe , and left a 

birth record of three children : 

I. Lydia, b. Nov. 3, 1780. 
11. Reuben, and (in.) Asa, twins, b. Aug. 15, 1783. 



Ebenezer jAqLiiTH, SOU of Abraham and Hannah 
Taquith, was b. Dec. 24, 1732; m., Jan. 19, 1758, 
Esther, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther French, b. f eb. 
22, 1736 ; both of Billerica, Mass. ; came to Jaftrey, and 
settled on lots 13 and 14, range 9. He d. Dec. 29, 
1S02, a. 70. She d. May 7, 1823, a. 87. 



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III. Esther, b. Sept. 22, 1762 ; m. William Marshall, 

q. V. 

IV. tfesse, b. Nov. 27, 1764; m. Keziah Hathorn, 

17S8. 
V. Hannah^ b. Nov. 12, 1766 ; m. Jonathan Emery, 
17SS. 

VI. Olive, b. Oct. 19, 1768 ; m. Samuel Emery. 

VII. Abigail, b. July 31, 1773. 

VIII. Betsey, b. July 15, 1777 ; m. Henry Thompson. 
IX. liisjKih, b. Nov. 16, 1779; m. Joel Wright, of 

Troy; d. May 7, 1863, a. 84. 
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Ebenezer Jaquith m., June 23, 17S6, Sarah 
Hathorn, dau. of Collins Hathorn, b. Aug. 9, 1767 ; set- 
tled on the homestead ; d. June 19, 1844, a. 85. She d. 
May 19, 1834, ^' ^7- ^^ ^^^ ^ soldier in the Revolu- 
tion. 



Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 17S6; m. Luther Hemming- 

way ; d. Feb. i, 1S64, a. 78. 
Esther, b. Dec. 32, 1787; d. Nov 21, 17S9. 
Ebenezer, b. June 25, 17S9; re. to the state of 

Maine. 
Collins, b. March 4, 1791 ; m., Sept. 16, 181 6, 

Aliriam B., dau. of Whitcomb and Miriam 

Bond Powers ; a large shoe dealer ; r. 

Keene ; re. to Oakfield, N. Y. Eleven ch. 
Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1792.-]- 
Luhe, b. Jan. 30, 1794 ; re. to Me. 
Asa, b. Aug. 38, 1797. 
John, b. Aug. 3, 1799 ; d. Aug. 5, i8o3. 
Ira, b. April 19, 1802 ; d. unm. 
Seth, b. July 13, 1S04.-I- 26 xi. Infant son, 

d. Aug. 26, 1805. 27 XII, Infant son, d. 

Feb. 14, 1807. 
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1. Olive, d. Oct. 2, 1S08, a. 19. 11. Eliza, d. 
Oct. 4, 1796, a. 5 yrs., 7 mos., 16 dys. 

III. Esther, b. March 9, 1794 ; m., i'', Silas Pierce ; 

2*^, Joseph Pierce. 

IV. David, b. 1795.-]- 

V. Billy, d. Dec. 5, 1800, a. 3 yrs., 8 mos., 20 dys. 
VI. Samuel, d. Dec. i, iSoo, a. i yr., S mos., 19 

dys. 
VII. Sally, d. May 6, 1803, a. i yr., 11 mos. 



Joseph jAQtiiTH m., Jan. i, 1822, Hannah Gleason, 
of Weston, 'Mass. He d. Feb. 3, 1859, a. 46. Ch. : 

I. Henry, b. Oct. 20, 1822 ; d. Sept. 2, 1867. 
II. William, b. Jan. 22, 1824; d. Nov., 1876, at 
Springfield, Mass. 

III. Sumner, b. Sept. 9, 1825. 

IV. Marshall, b. Sept. 10, 1827. 

V. Albert, h. March 2, 1829; m., April 8, 1856, 

Emily Wilder, of Hancock ; r. in Hancock. 
Children : 

1. Walter A., b. March 27, 1857. 

2. Lucetta E., b. Jan. 3, 1859. 

VI. Susan A., b. Dec. 30, 1830. 
VII. Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1832. 

VIII. George, b. Aug. 11, 1834; d. in the Union 
army, 1863. 
IX. Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1836. 



Seth Jaquith m. Anna, dau. of Asa Robbins, of 
Nelson ; d. March 27, 1866, a. 62. She d. Jan. 9, 1878. 

I. Levi. 
II. Sarah. 

III. Asa S., b. 1830; m. Ellen F. Wilber, of Ches- 

terfield. 

IV. Horace, d. June 4, 1837, a. 5. 

V. An iyifant son, d. April 6, 1835, a. 2 dys. 
VI. Azero. 



Elijah Jaquith m. Sarah Crosby; d. Nov. 19, 
1866, a. 58. 

I. Lewis Sylvanus, b. Dec. 5, 1833 ; m. Abbie, 
dau. of Orlando Cragin ; d. May 31, 1873. 



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II. Enieline Seraphine, b. May 19, 1835 ; m. David 
W. Lacy. 

III. Amanda Theresa^ b. Oct, 26, 1S37; '""-i Sept. 

9, 1S52, Orlando B. Cragin ; r. Gardner, 
Mass.' 

IV. Jerome Bonaparte^h.'^ov. z^^ 1S39; '• Pbila- 

delphia. 
V. Lafayette Morton^ b. Aug. 28, 1841 ; d. Jan. 7, 

1850. 
VI. Anna Josephine^ b. Dec. 7, 1844; m., and r. in 

Columbus, O. 
VII. Edvmrd Byron ^ b. Sept. 20, 1847; ''• Norwich, 

Conn. 
VIII. Walter Herbert, b. Oct. 22, 1S51 ; r. Boston. 



David Jaquith m., Dec. 29, 1817, Sally, dau. of 
Rufus and Susannah (Green) Sawyer. He d. June 
25, 1859, a. 64. She d. July 4, 1853, a. 56. 

I. Samuel, b. Dec. ^9, 1818; m. Marv, dau. of 
Samuel and Polly (Felt) Nay, 'of Peter- 
borough, N. H. He d. 1879. Two ch. : 

1. Emma, b. Sept. 17, 1S45. 

2. Ella S.,b. Feb. 13, 1S56: d. at Wil- 
ton, May 22, 1864; r. Vineland, N. J. 

II. Rosyra,h. April 5, 1821 ; m. Feb., 1846, Aaron 
S. Libbey, of Maine; r. Boston. 

III. David A., b. June 7, 1826; m., i*', Lizzie Ty- 

ler; m., 2^, Eliza A. Tyler, of Boston. 

IV. Sally Augnsta, b. June 7, 1S26; m„ July 20, 

1856, John Howland ; r. Boston. 
[David and Sally, twins.] 
V. Syrena Saioyer,h. June 29, 1828; m., Jan. 3, 
1850, George W. Buss, of Peterborough. 



JEWELL FAMILY. 

Jacob Jewell was b. in Marlborough, Mass., Sept. 
6,1767; came to Jaffrey in 1808; settled in school- 
district No. ID, on the farm of Silas Adams, afterwards 
owned by John Pierce. He was a descendant of 
Thomas Jewell, b. in England atout 1600; came to 
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Mr. Jewell was not only a farmer, but a large dealer in 
cattle, and drove large numbers annually to the Bright- 
on market. He re. to tlie Bates farm, now (1873) 
owned by Dea. Isaac S. Russell. He m. Mary Smith, 
who d. Marcli 10, 1S40, a. 74. He d. June 21, 1S44, 
a. 76. 

I. Mary, b. 1787; d. young. 

II. Sophia, b. Sept. 16, 1788; m. Thomas French, 
Jr., q. V. 

III. Betsey, b. Sept. 26, 1790; m. Itliamar Law- 

rence, q. V. 

IV. Abigail, h. ^\\\y 10, 1792; m. Shubael Cleave- 

iand. Twelve ch. 
V. Isaac, b. May 23, 1794.4- 
VI. Mary W., b. May 2, 1799; m. Ralph Jewett, of 

Pepperell, Mass., Nov. 4, 1S44. 
VII. Roxanna, b. Sept. 9, 1800; m. Col. Oilman 

Mower, q. v. 
VIII. Dexter, b. June 24, 1803.-!- 
IX. Almira, b. Dec. iS, 1805 ; m. John Perry, of 

Dublin, q. v. 
X. Cordelia, b. May 20, 1808; m. Reuben Pierce, 

q. V. 
XI. Charles A., b. Feb. 2, 181 1.+ 

IsAAc Jewell (Capt.) m., i'', Sally Nutting, Jan., 
1820, who d. May 27, 1844, a. 46 ; m., 2"^, Abigail, dan. 
of William and Jane (Wright) Davidson, and widow of 
Capt. Moses Cutter, June, 1849 ; re to Medina, Mich., 
from thence to Hudson, where he d. Dec. 25, 1875. 
Seven ch. : 

(i) Fanny Parker, m. Asaph Pierce; (2) Isaac 
Parker, d. March 23, 1837 ' (3) ^^'^^'^'^ 
Jackson; (4) Mary W., m., and d. Oct. 11, 
1855 ; (5) JElbridge G. ; (6) Sarah, b. 1840, 
d. 1841 ; (7) Adelbert. 



Dexter Jewell m. Sally, dau. of Col. Josiah and 
Rebecca (Cutter) Mower. He d. April 29, 1873, a. 
69. She d. May 16, 1873, a. 65. 

I. Samuel Dexter, h. Jan. 18, 1831.-J- 
II. Liberty Mower, b. Nov. 9, 1836 ; m. Martha A. 
Lebourveau, 1862. 



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III. Sarah E., b. Dec. 27, 1839 ; m. Wilbur F. Whit- 

ney, of Ashburnham, Mass., 1S66. 

IV. Ellen E; b. March 28, 1842; d. Nov. 15, 1865. 
V. Jacob A., h. June 19, 1844. 

VI. Mary i?., b. July 19, 1848. 



Charles A. Jewell ni. Lydia Ann, dan. of Benja- 
min M. and Lydia (Spaulding) Stanley, of Jaftrey. 

I. Horace B., b. May 12, 1833. 

II. Ellen A., b. Aug. 18, 1835. 

III. Ann JZ, b. Sept. 6, 1837. 

IV. Charles J.., b. Sept. 8, 1839. 

V. Emily S.^ b. Aug. 20, 1S45. 
VI. George J/., b. May 7, 1847. 

VII. EalpJi Jewett, b. Jan. 20, 1852. 



Samuel Dexter Jewell m. Mary F., dau. of Na- 
thaniel and Mary B. (Averill) Cutter, April 15, 1859. 
She d. Oct. 5, 1873. 

I. Willis Bradford^ b. Aug. 9, 1857. 
II. Ernest S., b. April 19, 1S64. 



JEWETT FAMILY. 

The ancestors of the Jewett family, who settled in New 
England, were Maximilian and his brother Joseph. They 
came from Bradford, Yorkshire, England, about 163S. The 
name was written originally, Juet, Juit, Jewit. They settled 
in Rowley, Mass. Ezekiel, son of Maximilian, settled in the 
same place, and m. Faith Parrot, by whom he had ten ch. He 
was a deacon of the church, and representative. Thomas, his 
second son, m. Hannah Snow, and settled in Boxford ; had five 
children, — one son and four daughters. Ezekiel, his son, m. 
Martha Thurston, of Newbury, by whom he had twelve ch., 
three of whom settled in Rindge. 

Jonathan Jewett, son of Ezekiel, b. in Boxford, 
March 12, 1739, m. Martha Belcher, of Wrentham ; r. 
in Rindge ; re. to Jaffrey about 1772, and settled on lot 
5, range 7, now the farm of Jona. J. Comstock, his 
grandson. He d. at sea, while on a voyage to Maine, 
April 28, 17S6. His widow d. March 19, 1S28, a. 94. 
They had nine children : 



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I. Benjamin^ b. Oct. 12, 1763 ; m. Ruth McBride ; 

r. Utica, N. Y. 
II. Samuel^ b. Nov. 17, 1765.-1- 

III. David, b. April 6, 1767; settled on the home- 

stead ; m. Lucy Clark, of Sullivan ; d. Aug. 
27, 1S19. She d. Nov. 16, 1851, a. 77. 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1868; m. Artemas Cha- 

pin ; r. Oneida Co., N. Y. 
V. Jonathan^ b. April 19, 1770; d. Aug. 25, 177S ; 

r. Ohio. 
VI. Henry^ b. June 13, 1772 ; m. Martha Howe; r. 

Ohio. 
VII. Hannah (twin), b. June 13, 177*^ ' '^^- Joseph 

Osburn ; r. Sangerfield, N. Y. 
VIII. Martha, b. April 13, 1774; ni. Wni. Comstock, 
q. V. 
IX. 3£oses, b. July 2, 1777 ; ni. ; r. Ohio. 



Samuel Jewett m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. James and 
Sarah (Lamson) Gage ; r. New Hartford, N. Y. She 
d. Feb. 12, 1861, a. 92. Nine children : 

I. Samuel, b. Jan. 13, 1795 ; d. Aug. 4, 1S61. 
II. Sarah, b. May 9, 1797 ; unm. 

III. David L., b. Oct. 3, 1799 ; m. Ann. Kelley ; d. 

Aug. I, 1S55. 

IV. Abigail, b. April 2, 1801 ; d. Oct. 7, 1S45, unm. 
V. Betsey, b. Nov. 28, 1802; d. Dec. 29, 1833, 

unm. 
VI. Benj. F., b. Aug. 21, 1805 ; m. Sophia S. 
Hastings. 
VII. James, b. Aug. 17, 1807; m. ; d. Aug. 25, 

1870. 
VIII. Mary An7i, b. Feb. 2, 1810; d. March 11, 1863, 
unm. 
IX. Phebe, b. Nov. 5, 1812 ; unm. 



Oliver Jewett came from Littleton, Mass., to Jaf- 
frey about 1798 ; settled on lot 10, range 5; a brick- 
maker by trade ; m. Mary, dau. of Lieut. William 
Turner. He d. June 13, 1842, a. 73. She d. July 26, 
1841, a. 71. 

I. William Turner, b. Nov. 28, 1798; a school 

teacher ; d. in New York state. 
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III. Mary^ b. Jan. i, 1803 ; m. Abel Shedd, q. v. 

IV. Roxana, b. Dec. 5, 1804; d. Jan. 22, 1S42. 
V. Naomi^ b. Nov. 18, 1806; d. Nov. 14, 1S45. 

VI. Oliver^ b. May 27, 1810; m. Eliza Heming- 
way. -[- 
YU. George W.. b. Feb. 25, 181 2; m. Adeline 
Adams. He d. Nov. 5, 1857. 



Ezra Jewett m. Elvira Maynaid. He d. June 2, 

1841. 

I. Eliza Ann, b. Feb. 6, 1827; m. George Mar- 
shall, of Dublin. 
II. Maria Elmra, b. Dec. 21, 1828 ; m. Luther W. 
; . Dnrant,^ 

III. :Prttdenee Augusta, b. Jan. 30, 1830; m. Eli 

Hannaford ; r. St. Alban's, Vt. 

IV. Julius Clinton, b. Nov. 26, 1832 ; d. June 29, 

1836. 

V. Amanda Emeline, b. May 22, 1833 ; m. Stillman 

A. Eaton, of South Reading. 

VI. An infant daughter, d. Jan. 18, 1836, a. i d. 
vii. Julixis Clinton, b. May 4, 1837 ; d. Oct. 4, 1861. 

VIII. Naomi Josephine, b. April 21, 1841 ; d. Oct. 2, 
1 841. 

Oliver Jewett m. Eliza Hemingway, dau. of Capt. 
Luther and Betsey (Cummings) Hemingway, May 21, 
i8ti ; re., 1857, to Marlborough. 

I. Clara E., b. Oct. 23, 1847 ; m. Lavater M. Flint ; 

r. Marlborough, 
n. Otis E., b. Feb. 11, 1849; d. Aug. 2, 1850. 
III. Willie A., b. Dec. 27, 1851. 



JOHNSON FAMILY. 

Levi Johnson was b. in Leominster, Mass., Jan. 29, 
1767 ; m. Sarah Nichols, of Leominster ; re. to Jaftrey 
in 1794, to Dublin, 1836. She d. Oct. 19, 1856, a. 83. 
He d. Dec. 12, 1856, a. 89. He followed the business 
of farming, and the manufacturing of horn combs. 
Fourteen ch. : 

I. Sally, b. Nov. 18, 1790; d. March 19, iSio. 
II. Levi, b. March 12, 1794; d. Sept. 4, 1796. 



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4 I III. A child, b. Feb. 2, 1795 ; d. Feb. 4, 1796. 

5 IV. Sardis, b. April 26, 1796; m. Charlotte Good- 
rich, of Bedford, Mass. ; had two ch., d. in 
infancy ; r. in Mont Vernon, N. H. He d. 
April 22, 1865. 

6 V. Cynthia, h. May 14, 179S; m. Mark D. Per- 
kins, of Mont Vernon. Shed. 1867. 

7 VI. Elmira, b. June 23, 1800; m. Simpson Hodge, 
q. V. 

VII. Polly, b. June 29, 1802 ; d. March 19, 1810. 
9 VIII. Betsey, b. July 20, 1804; d. March 19, 1810. 

10 IX. Julia, b. July 17, 1806; m., May i, 1834, Will- 
iam Darricott, of Dublin. Ch. : (i) Sarah 
Jane; (2) Bessie M. ; (3) Julia; two ch. 
(twins), d. in infancy. 

11 X. Azubah,h. July 20, 1808; m. John Powers, of 
Leominster. Ch. : (i) Sarah F. ; (2) Al- 
bert ; (3) Ellen S. ; (4) Charlie ; (5) George 
M. She d. June, 1869. 

12 XI. Mary, b. Aug. 21, 1810; m. Charles Sinclair, of 
Leominster. Ch. : (i) Charles H. ; (2) 
George ; (3) Mary Frances ; (4) James ; 
(5) William ; (6) child, d. in infancy. 
She d. Sept., 1861. 

13 XII. Sarah, b. Nov. i, 1813; d. Oct. 5, 1813. 

14 XIII. Levi N'., b. Jan. 17, 1815 ; m., i'', Susan M. 
Pierce. She d. Dec. i, 1852, a. 37 ; m., 2*, 
Rebecca Farnum, of Peterborough. He d. 
March 12, 1858, a. 43. Four ch., three by 
first wife, one by second wife : 

15 I. Frances A., b. April 3, 1843 ; d., a. 5 
mos., 3 days. 

16 2. Charles Addison, b. 1845 ; m. Ann 
Grossman. One ch., — Albert L., b. 
March 23, 1876 ; d. 

17 3, George E., d. Nov., 1852, a. 14 weeks, 
I day. 

18 4. Mary T., d. Sept. 22, 1854, a. 11 days. 

His second wife m. second husband, Elijah 
A. Robbins, of Peterborough. 

19 XIV. Sarah J., h. July 18, 1820; m., Nov. 7, 1844, 
Jonathan Wetherbee, of Leominster ; r. in 
Princeton. Ch. : 

(i) George F. ; (2) Charles E. ; (3) Al- 
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20 Eliphalet Johnson, son of Isaiah, and grandson of 
Judge Johnson, of Biidgewater, Mass., was b. at 
Stoughton, Mass., March 14, 1758; m. Hepsibah, a 
descendant of Col. Oliver and Sarah Perkins i\ppleton, 
who came from England and settled in Ipswich, Mass. 
She was b. at Ipswich, Jan. 5, 1759 ; d. at Fitzwilliam, 
March 9, 184S. He d. at Fitzwilliam, Aug. 18, 1834. 
Nine children : 

21 I. Thomas^ b. July 23, 1784; d. at St. Domingo, 
1803, a. 19. 

22 II. John, b. March 9, 1785 ; a merchant and chem- 
ist; r. Providence, R. I., and d. there. Two 
children. 

23 III. Samuel, b. July 29, 1786; a merchant; r. Port- 
land, Me. ; d. May, 1S25, leaving a wife and 
son. 

24 IV. Lucinda, b. Sept. 27, 1789; d. at JafiVey, Aug. 
16, 1863. 

25 V. Betsey, b. Dec. 13, 1791 ; d. 1793. 

26 VI. James, b. Jan. 13, 1793 ; d. Oct. 15, 1821 ; r. in 
Marion Co., Miss. ; a tanner by trade, and 
one of the judges of the court. 

27 VII. Olivia, b. June 11, 1795. For ten years she 
taught school in New York city, and a num- 
ber of years in Richmond, Va. She m. 
Rev. William Mylne. 

28 VIII. Electa, b. at Jaftrey, May 4, 1801 ; m. Nathan 
Blodgett, q. v. 

29 IX. Eliphalet, b. Aug. 28, 1803; a merchant; r. 
New Orleans. 



JOSLIN FAMILY. 

Two brothers by the name of Joslin came from England to 
this country, and settled in Lancaster, Mass. Joseph, one of 
their sons, settled in Leominster and d. there. 



Samuel Joslin, his son, came to JafTrey previous to 
1793, and settled on lot 6, range 6, now uninhabited. 
He m. Betsey Wilder, and d. Nov. 17, 1815, a. 64. She 
d. Dec. 14, 1821, a. 63. Three children: 

Betsey, r. Oberlin, Ohio. 
Thomas, r. Oberlin, O. 
Lucy, m. Millot Ellis, q. v. 



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John JosLiN (Capt.), b. in Leominster; came to Jaf- 
frey previous to 1787 ; settled on lot 8, range 5 ; kept a 
public house. At a later period he became the propri- 
etor of the Monadnock Mineral Spring House. In 1824 
he re. to Marlborough, N. H., and spent the remainder 
of his life with his nephew, David Joslin. He was a 
man highly respected, held many town offices, and was 
a captain in the militia. He m., and d. Dec. 22, 1836, 
a. 78. His wife d. Aug. 22, 1841, a. 79. They had 
no children. 



Joseph Josi.in (Dea.), son of Joseph, was b. in 
Leominster, Mass., March 21, 1766; came to Jaffrey 
previous to 1793. He settled on lot 15,. range 75 now 
the farm of Caleb K. Martin. He was a very industri- 
ous man, deacon of the Baptist church, and held in high 
estimation by his fellow-citizens. He m. Lucretia 
Wilder, Feb. 14, 1788. Her death resulted from being 
accidentally thrown from a chaise while on a visit at 
Charlton, Mass., Aug. 24, 1826. She was b. in Leom- 
inster, Feb. I, 1769. He m., 2'', Mrs. Spear, of New 
Ipswich. He d. Sept. 11, 1852, a. 86. 

1. /Sukey, d. April 23, 1791. 

II. Lucretia, b. Jan. 16, 1795 ; d. Jan. 15, 1864, a. 
69 ; unm. 

III. Joseph, b. Jan. 26, 1798.-J- 

IV. Wilder, b. Aug. 21, iSoo.-j- 

V. Vashti, b. Oct. 16, 1802 ; m. Amasa Wyman, 
of Woburn, Mass., Dec. 29, 1840 ; he d. June 
16, 1857, ^' ^2 ; m., 2^, Samuel P. Parker, Oct. 
29, i860; he d. March 18, 1870, a. 69. She 
now (1876) r. Jaffrey. 

VI. Emily, b. Nov. 16, 1805. 

VII. Austris, b. May 5, 1808 ; m. Dr. Willard 

Adams, son of Thomas Adams, of Marl- 
borough, N. H. Dr. Adams was b. in New 
Salem, Mass. : settled, first, in Wells, Me. ; 
re. to Woburn. and from thence to Swanzey, 
N. H. 



Joseph Joslin m. Sarah D. Parker. He was a man- 
ufacturer of boots and shoes, a finished workman, and 
had no equal in fashionable work in this vicinity. He 
d. Feb. 12, 1775, a. 77, much lamented. 



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I. Francis. 
II. Sarah Lucretia, m. Charles Cutter, q. v. 

III. ^«n e/;, b. 1830; m. Alonzo Bascomb, Esq., 

q. V. 

IV. Ellen P., b. 1837 ; m., Feb. 22, i860, Charles 

Mason, of Sullivan. 
V. Joseph -£?., b. 1840; in service during the rebel 
war; d. Mi^y 9, 1866, a. 26. 



Wilder Joslin m., Sept. 24, 1827, Fanny Nichols, 
b. in Hopkinton, N. H., Feb. 4, 1803. She d. Oct. 16, 
1853, ^' S^- ^^ settled in Massachusetts, and was for 
a time one of the workmen employed in the erection of 
the monument on Bunker hill. He afterwards re. to 
JaftVey, where he now resides. 

I. Augustus Wilder^ b. June 21, 1828; m., March 
3, 1853, Lucy Malinda, dau. of Orlando 
Cragin. One child, — Herbert Augustus, b. 
Feb. 23, 1S58. 

II. Albert Nichols, b. Feb. 23, 1830; d. in the 

army. 

III. Otis Malcolm, b. Nov. 28, 1831 ; m. Mary A. 

Partridge, of Gardiner, Mass. One child, — 
Alfred Hutchinson ; b. in Somerville. 
IV. Theodore Cooledge, b. April 31, 1834; *""• Mary 
H. Ellsworth, Sept. 6, 1855, who was b. in 
Troy, N. Y., April 13, 1836. Four ch. : 

1. Fannie Otis, b. Aug. 30, 1856. 

2. George T., b. Oct. 22, 1859; ^- Sept. 
22, i860. 

3. Mary T., b. April 6, 1862 ; d. Oct. 26, 
1862. 

4. Willie Ernest, b. March 26, 1869; d. 
same day. 

V. Joseph Randolph, b. Nov. 14, 1835 5 "^m ^"^^ 

r. Union Square, N. Y. 
VI. Henry Harrison, b. July 8, 1840 ; d. 
VII. Levi Willard, h. Oct. 9, 1847 ; r. Fitchburg. 



KIMBALL FAMILY. 

Joseph Kimball became a resident of JafFrey in 
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tied in the south part of the town. He m. Lucy Robin- 
son, who d. Sept. 23, 1853, a. 94. He d. Oct. 9, 1813, 
a. 64. 

I. Mehitable, b, 1791 ; m. Stephen Cutter, q. v. 
II. Lucy,h. 1799; r. JaftVey. 



KINGSBURY FAMILY. 

Benjamin Kingsbury (Dea.), son of Benjamin and 
Jedediah Kingsbury, of Walpole, Mass., and grandson 
of Nathaniel Kingsbury, of Dedham, Mass., wash. Oct. 
30, 1742; re. to Rindge, 1792; to Jaffrey, 1800; re. 
back to Rindge in i8i6. Late in life he studied divin- 
ity, and was afterwards a public preacher. He m., 
I'S Dec. I, 176S, Abigail Sawin, who d. Oct. 6, 1793 ; 
m., 2*^. Sept. 3, 1794, Lucretia Locke, who d. in Tem- 
ple, Nov. 6, 1843. He d. June 10, 1827. 

Children by first wife : 

I. Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1769. 

II. Abigail, b. Aug. 17, i777- 

III. Senjarnin^ re. to N. Y. or Pa. 

IV. Nancy, m. Woolsoncraft. 

V. Jedediah, d. 1840, unm. 

Children by second wife : 

VI. Lucretia, b. Sept. 8, 1795; d. Aug. 12, 1839, 

unm. 
VII. Lucinda (twin), b. Sept. 8, 1795 ; d. Aug. 12, 

1839. 
VIII. Nathaniel, b. June 28, 1798. He entered Mid- 
dlebury college, 1816, and Harvard Univer- 
sity, 1817; was there two years; was en- 
gaged in teacliing in Georgia and Massa- 
chusetts a few years ; studied medicine, and 
received his medical degree at Brunswick, 
Me., in 1829. He practised medicine first 
in Rindge, and re. to Temple in 1834. He 
became a distinguished physician, and as 
such had few equals. He was the leading 
physician in this section, and of wide influ- 
ence as a counsellor and man of business. 
He represented the town in the state legisla- 
ture, and was a member of the state senate. 
He m., I'', 1827, Catherine Sawin, who d. 
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widow, whod. Oct. 15, 1834 ? ^'^■■>3^^ Nov. 3, 
1835, Lydia (Barnes) Patten, widow of 
Jesse Patten, who d. Aug. 10, 1837 ; m., ^^^. 
Nov. II, 1840, Ann Hazen, of Shirley, 
Mass. ; she d. He d. at Temple, March 3, 
1S70, a. 72. Two children. 

10 I. Catherine Sawin, b. March 28, 1834. 

11 II. Benjamin B., b. in Temple, May 15, 1837; 
graduated at Bowdoin college, 1857. 



KNOWLTON FAMILY. 

Dexter B. Knowlton, b. Jan. 19, 1813 ; m., Dec. 
2, 1834, Mary A. Newell, settled in Hancock, and af- 
terwards re. to East Jaffrey. Children : 

2 I. George /)., b. Aug. 2, 1835 ; d. in the army, 
Co. I, 26th Mass. Regt. 

3 II. Mary JS., b. April 30, 1837; m., Feb. 13, 
1856, Chaplain Deeth ; d. at Sunderland, Vt. , 
July 24, 1805. 

III. Hannah jl, b. July i, 1839; '^' Chaplain 
Deeth. 

5 IV. Charles X., b. Sept. 17, 1845. 

6 V. William A.^ b. May 11, 1849; m. Mary E. 
Mansfield. 

VI. Katie E.^ b. and d. June 21, 1856. 



LACY FAMILY. 

David Lacy came from Andover, Mass., and settled 
in Jaffrey, on lot 14, range 8, previous to 1790. His 
name is among the list of highway-surveyors that year. 
He m. Charlotte, dau. of Jonathan and Molly (Fitch) 
Blodgett, Nov. 2, 1788. He d. Feb. 17, 1827, a. 68. 
Shed. July 6, 1834, a- 65. 

1. ^eisey, b. July 30, 1789 ; m. Jonas M. Melville, b. 
at Nelson, May i, 1823. He came to Jaflrey 
in 1822. In 1859 he re. to Pepperell, Mass., 
where he d. She d. at Pepperell, May 30, 
1863. Mr. Melville was a man of wealth 
and influence ; was a proprietor and benefac- 
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in the formation of the Second Congrega- 
tional Church, at East Jaffrey, and con- 
tributed much towards the erection of the 
meeting-house ; built the elegant stone man- 
sion, now the summer residence of Leonard 
R. Cutter, of Boston. 
II. Charlotte^h. Aug. ii, 1791 ; d. at Pepperell, 
May 8, 1863, unm. 

III. Polly^ b. Sept. 13, 1793; m. Joseph Saunders, 

q. V. 

IV. William, b. Nov. 9, 1795.-I- 
V. David, b. Nov. 13, 1796.-I- 

VI. /S'a%, b. March 10, 1799; m. John Saunders, 

q. V. 
VII. Harvey, b. July 8, iSo2.-f- 
VIII. Tryphosa, b. May 24, 1S04; d. Nov. i, 1834. 
IX. An infant daughter, b. Nov. 2,- and d. Nov. 5, 
1 80S. 



William Lacy m. Betsey Bronsdon, May 26, 1829; 
settled in Jaffrey, and engaged in mercantile business 
in the Ainsworth store, in company with Ethan Cutter 
and Luke Sweetzer. The copartnership was continued 
for several years, and, on dissolution, he continued the 
business in the Thorndike store, now the residence of 
Dr. Phelps. By diligence and economy, he found 
means to enlarge his trade, and, in the spring of 1854, 
he bought and stocked the Foster store at East Jaffrey, 
in which he placed his son James S. Lacy, who after- 
wards became a partner and remained as such till his 
death, June 20, 1869. In possession of unusual prudence, 
and never risking hazardous adventures, he slowly and 
surely accumulated a good estate, rendering comfort- 
able his declining years, and leaving behind him, as a 
legacy to his children, the name of an honest man. 

I. James Stone, b. March 3, 1830; m., July 22, 

1856, Dorcas C, dau. of Moses and Cozby 
(Cooledge) Perkins. He is now extensively 
engaged in trade at East Jaffrey, and is a 
prominent man in town affairs. 

II. Sophia Ursida, b. Sept. 3, 1831 ; m., Jan. 8, 

1857, William W. Slason ; r. in West Rut- 
land, Vt. Children: (i) Annette, b. Jan. 
7, 1858. (2) Celia Frances, b. April' 12, 
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d. Dec. 23, 1864. (4) Ann Maria, b. Sept. 
25, 1862; d. Oct. 8, 1862. (5) Charles 
Hiram, b. Sept. 26, 1863 ; d. Dec. 18, 1864. 
(6) Minnie Sophia, b. Oct. 23, 1864; d. 
Dec. 15, 1864. (7) James Lacy, b. Dec. 
27, 1865 ; d. Nov. 8, 1866. 



David Lacy m. Phebe Melvin. Dec. 14, 1828. She 
d. April 19, 1861, a. 58. He d. May 20, 1870. 

I. Andrew M.^ b. Sept. 20, 1829; m. Caroline H. 

Baker.+ 
II. Jonas M. Melville, b. Sept. 17, i83i.-(- 
iii. Mary A. C, b. 1835 ; m. Ebenezer W. Mcin- 
tosh, of Peterborough. She d. Feb. 19, 1861. 
a. 26. 
IV. Joseph S., b. 1842 ; d. in the Union Army. 

Harvey Lacy m. Martha Whitney, 1828. He d. 
June 6, 1843. 

I. David TF., b. Sept. 26, 1829.-)- 
II. Frances //., b. Nov. 15, 1833 ; m. Rev. John E. 
B. Jev^^ett, Jan. 10, 1854. Children : (i) 
Mary Minot, b. March 15, 1857. (2) Mar- 
tha Frances, b. Jan. 27, 1859; ^^* Dec. 9, 
i860. (3) Ella Frances, b. July 4, 1862. 
(4) Bessie Melville, b. Nov. 19, 1871, at 
Pepperell, Mass. 
III. George, b. June 26, 1836.-I- 



Andrew^ M. Lacy m. Caroline H. Baker, Sept. 6, 

1853- 

I. Ida Phehe, b. July 22, 1855, at Jaffrey. 
II. Elmer Euge7ie, b. March 29, 1869, at Rindge. 



Jonas M. M. Lacy m. Mary J. Tarbox, Oct. 4, 1855. 

I. Mary J., b. Nov. 13, 1856. 
11. Effie, b. April 11, 1863 ; d. April 15, 1863. 
III. Susie G. P., b. March 9, 1867. 



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II. Harry 6'., b. Sept. 24, 1865. 
III. NedM., b. Nov. 17, 1868. 



George Lacy m. Sarah M. Hodkins. 

I. George E., b. June 20, 1865, at Winchendon. 
II. Nettie M., b. April 14, 1867', " 

III. Elton TF., b. June 19, 1870, " 



LAWRENCE FAMILY. 

John Law^rence, b. at Wisset, England, came to this coun- 
try, and settled in Watertown, Mass., about 1636. He was 
twice married, and had thirteen children by first wife, and two 
by the second. He d. in Groton, July 11, 1667. 

Benjamin Lawrence, fifth generation, was b. at 
Groton, Sept. i, 1746; m. July 3, 1778, Rebecca 
Woods, of Pepperell; re. to Jaftrey about 177S, and 
settled on lot 16, range 3, previously owned by Daniel 
White, and now in possession of Frederick J. Law- 
rence, a great-grandson. 

The Lawrence family is one of distinguished English 
origin. Robert Lawrence, of Lancashire, England, b. 
A.*b. 1 150, so distinguished himself in the war of the 
Crusades in the Holy Land, that he was knighted " Sir 
Robert of Ashton Hall," and obtained a coat of arms. 

Mr. Benjamin Lawrence was an oflScer, and served 
in the Revolutionary war. He was a strong man, bod- 
ily and mentally, and a successful farmer. They were 
the parents of ten children, all of whom reached the 
age of maturity, and in their turn became parents of a 
numerous progeny. He d. June 9, 1824, a. 77. His 
widow d. Sept. 30, 1830, a. 75. 

I. Ephraim, b. April 9, i779--f 
11. Artemas, b. Feb. 13, 1781.+ 

III. Moody, b. Jan. 15, 1783.+ 

IV. Joshua^ b. Jan. iS, 1785- 
V. Ithamar, b. April 8, 1787.+ 

VI. Rebecca, b. April 8, 17S9; m., Sept., 1817, 
Stephen F. Warner ; r. Pembroke, N. Y. 
She d. Jan. i, 1848. Seven children: 

I. Sarah F., b. June, 1818; m. William 
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2. Benjamin L., b. 1820; d. 1846. 

3. Mary T., b. 1822 ; d. Nov., 1846. 

4. Hannah L., m. Wm. Walters; r. Bat- 
tle Creek, Mich. 

5. Stephen W., r, Springfield, Pa. 

6. Isadore I., b. Jan., 1831 ; d. Nov., 
1848. 

7. Lucy A., b. June, 1833 ; m. Levant R. 
Brown, m. d., Lowell, Mich. 

VII. Milla^ b. Sept. 18, 1791 ; m. Cyrus Brown, 
Dec, 1810. He d. Oct., 1846, a, 61. She 
d. April 18, 1849, a. 57. Children: 

1. Joshua L., b. Aug., 1812; m., i**, 
Eliza Ann Colby, 1835; d. 1836; m., 
2**, Diana Osburn, b. 1842 ; r. Batavia, 
N. Y. ; attorney-at-law. 

2. Abigail W., b. Dec, 1814; m. Daniel 
W. Noble ; d. in Pembroke, N. Y. 

3. John W., b. May, 1817; m. Roxanna 
L. Noble ; r. in Pembroke, N. Y., 1835. 

4. Harriet M., b. Aug., 1819 ; m. Joseph 
M. Gowing ; r. Batavia, N. Y. 

5. Martha, b. March, 1821 ; m. Robert 
Durham ; r. Pembroke, N. Y. 

6. Cyrus, b. 1824, d. 1849. 

7. Sarah T., b. Sept. 3, 1827 ; m. Nathan 
W. Stowell ; r. Lancaster, N. Y. 

8. Edward Dana, b. June, 1830; d. July, 
1850. 

9. Levant R., b. March, 1832; m. Lucy 
A. Warner, a physician ; r. Lowell, 
Mich. 

10. George T., b. and d. Oct., 1834. 

VIII. Manasseth^ b. Jan. 21, 1794.-!- 
IX. Sarahs b. Nov. 2, 1796; m. William Evleth, of 
Dublin ; r. Gilsum, N. H., Alexandria and 
Pembroke, N. Y. She d. April 18, 1880. 
X. JSenjamvi, b. Dec, 1799; m. Roancy Gowing; 
r. Pembroke. 



Ephraim Lawrence m. Nancy Bruce, Sept., 1804, 
of Berlin, Mass. He d. in Windham, Vt., April 18, 
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29 I. Sahra, b. 1805 ; m. Cobb ; d. Aug., 1856. 

30 II. Rufus, b. Oct., 1S07 ; m., 1831, French ; 

r. Windham, Vt. 

31 III. Mary, b. 1809; m. Mack; r. Windham, 

Vt. 

32 IV. Joshua, b. 1811 ; m., 1831, Achsah Jewett ; d. 

33 Nov., 1856. 
V. Eli, b. 1813; m. Hastings; r. Windham. 

VI. Artemas, b. 1S15 ; m. Woodward ; r. m 

Windham. 
VII. Harriet, b. 1817 ; d. 1834. 
VIII. Sarah, h. 1820; d. Oct., 1821. 
IX. Henry, b. 1821 ; m. Ann Gilbert; r. Ashburn- 
ham, Mass. 

X. George, h. 1823 ; m. Smith ; r. Grafton, 

Vt. 
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Artemas Lawrence m., 1804, Lucy, dau. of Capt. 
Samuel and Lucy Spoftbrd Adams. He d. May 15, 
1841. She d. Jan. 4, 1852, a. 67. He was an active 
business man, carried on the business of blacksmith- 
ing in JaftVey Centre, and was one of the company that 
built the Cheshire factory. Two children : 

I. Zucy S., b. April 8, 1805 ; m., i^', Henry Bar- 
rett, in 1823 ; m., 2'^, Smith Seymour; r. in 
Jamestown, N. Y. 
II. Mary Ann, b. Sept., 181 1 ; m. Richard Fen- 
ton ; r. Jamestown. 



Moody Lawrence m., i'*, Sept., 1805, Dorcas 
Briant; m., 2^ Mrs. Polly (Pratt) Spaulding. His 
first wife d. Aug. 3, 1810, a. 29; second wife d. Jan. 
4, i860, a. 84. He d Dec. 29, 1856. He was an inn- 
keeper, auctioneer, sexton, and deputy-sheriff. He had 
five children by first wife : 

I. Lucy B., b. Nov. 29, 1806 ; m. Norman Jenks. 
He d., and she lives with a daughter in Van 
Buren, Ind. 
II. Grace, b. Aug. 25, 1808; m., 1828, Samuel 
Stearns ; he d. She lives in Lynn, Mass. 

III. Ayer,h. Feb. 15, 1810; m., 1830, John Felt; 

r. Woodstock, Me. 

IV. Calvin, d. March 10, 1812, a. i day. 
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Ithamar Lawrence settled on the homestead ; m., 
1°*, Betsey, dau. of Jacob and Mary Smith Jewell. She 
d. May 6, 1830, a. 39. Children by first wife : 

I. Sylvester B., b. Feb. 9, 1813.4- 
II. Mary Ann, b. June 16, 1814; d. May 7, 1841. 
HI. John S., h. May 23, i8i6.-|- 

M., 2**, Mrs. Rebecca Emery, dau. of Col. Josiah and 
Rebecca (Cutter) Mower, June 11, 1834, ^Y whom he 
had three children : 

IV. George F., b. April, 1832 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. 

of Ethan and Elizabeth (Blodgett) Cutter ; 

r. Boston. 
V. Elizabeth J., b. Jan., 1834: m., 1855, Lewis 

Glazier ; r. in Ashburnham, Mass. 
VI. Benjamin F., b. Feb., 1838.4- 

Ithamar Lawrence d. Jan. 27, 1S50, a. 63. 



C26) Manasseth Lawrence m., i^*, Dec. 14, 1819, Mary 

Morse; r. Alden, N. Y. She d. 1852. He m., 2^ 
Mrs. Mary Abbot ; r. Pembroke, N. Y. Eight chil- 
dren : 



I. Emily H., b. Nov. 24, 1820; d. March 23, 1841. 
II. Mary M., b. June 25, 1822 ; m. Abraham 
Thomas; d. Oct. 31, 1848. 

III. Rebecca IF., b. March 23, 1825 ; m., 1846, Hi- 

ram Root, Mount Morris, Mich. 

IV. William C.,h. March 12, 1827; m., April 6, 

1856, Frances H. Smith ; r. Montrose, Iowa. 
V. Eunice J., h. Jan. 8, 1829 ; d. Feb. 15, 1852. 
VI. Cyrus B., b. Nov. 19, 1830 ; m. Nancy Derby ; 

r. Flint, Mich. 
VII. Ann E., b. June 19, 1832 ; m. John Torrey ; r. 

Flint, Mich. 
VIII. Ellen A., b. June 17, 1835 ; m. John Brookins ; 
r. Flint. 



Sylvester B. Lawrence m. Mary R. Emery ; r. 
Hudson, Mich., where they both d. Nine children : 

(i) Albert. (2) Charles. (3) Calvin. (4) Loren A. 

(5) . (6) Henry. (7) Clara F. (8) 

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the homestead. He d. April 9, 1876. She d. July 2, 
1S73, a. 50. 

I. Carra JE'., m. Lucius Cutter, q. v. 
II. Ella F., 111. Albert A. French, q. v. 
III. Frederick J., m. Clara A. Cutter, dau. of Nehe- 

miah and Emily Bailey Cutter ; r. on the 

homestead. One child. 



Benj. F. Lawrence m. Sarah E., dau. of James D. 
and Betsey P. (Livermore) Sawyer. One child, — 
Walter F., b. 1870. 



Peter Lawrence, b. in Ashby, Mass., May 26, 
1768 ; came to Jaffrey about i779 i was appointed post- 
master in iSoo ; m. Mary Spaulding, of Townsend, 
Mass. ; re. from Jaftrey in 1801 ; d, April 16, 1827. 
Six children : 

(i) Mary, b. May 24, 1795. (2) Frances, b. Nov. 
37, 1796. (3) Eliza, b. July 9, 1798. (4) 
Sumner, b. at Jaflrey, Aug. 27, 1800. 



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LITCH FAMILY. 

Thomas Litch was b. in L'eland, and came to this 
country when quite young; settled in Lunenburg, 
Mass. ; ni. Jane Kennedy ; d. Feb., 1802. He had three 
children, — Samuel, Betsey, and Samuel. Samuel, his 
son, m. Betsey . Four children : 

I. Samuel, b. in Lunenburg, July 9, 1779.-I- 
H. Betsey, b. March 10, 1781 ; m. Abner Spofford, 

q. V. 
in. Thomas, b. July i, 17S1 ; m. twice, and was the 
parent of a large number of ch., one of 
whom was a seaman. He d. in Charles- 
town, Mass. 
IV. Jonas, re. to Fredonia, N. Y. One ch., a son. 



Samuel Litch settled in Jaftrey, on lot — , range — , 
in 1S06 : m., June 13, 1808, Martha, dau. of Lieut. 
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1841, a. 51 ; he d. July 3, i860, a. 81. At the age of two 
years he re. with his father to VVinchendon, Mass. 
When nine years of age, his father was killed by a limb 
while felling trees. He then went to Weathersfield, 
Vt. , and lived with his grandfather, and worked on a 
farm. His means of education were extremely limited. 
He had no opportunity to attend school, but few books, 
and no opportunity for study till his day's work was 
completed, and no light, even then, but the fire, or a 
torch-light of his own manufacture out of pine knots. 
With these limited means, by patience and perseverance 
he made such literary acquirements as to be enabled, at 
the age of eighteen, to become a public school-teacher. 
He taught his first school in Winchendon, under the 
following circumstances : For the first time in his life 
he attended a district school in Winchendon, and the 
teacher of that school, failing to give satisfaction, was 
dismissed, and Mr. Litch had the distinguished honor 
of being his successor by a vote of the scholars. He 
afterwards became a distinguished teacher, and was 
master of his profession. He had a power of govern- 
ment, and a knowledge of the branches then taught, 
that but few possessed. For many years he was the 
leading teacher in town ; taught the school in his own 
district nineteen years, and the one in the centre of the 
town a large number, besides schools in other districts. 
Many of the sons and daughters of JaftVey have attended 
his schools and received his instruction, and will long 
remember Master Litch. He was for many years an 
active member of the superintending school-committee. 
The first report of that committee on record was signed 
by Laban Ainsworth, Samuel Litch, and Luke Howe, 
1820. We find, in the possession of the family, certifi- 
cates of his appointments on that committee till 1846. 
We find, also, a certificate dated, — 

Winchendon, Jan. 19, 1S03. 

Thiss may certify that, in the opinion of the sub- 
scriber, Ens. Samuel Liech is qualified to teach English 
Grammar, Arithmatic, and Writing, as taugh in com- 
mon English Schools. 

Levi Pilsberry, Pastor. 

Mr. Litch received the commission of ensign from 
Gov. Strong, of Mass., May 27, 1802. Mr. Litch took 
a deep interest in the public schools ; wrote many inter- 
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lyceums and other public meetings, — one giving a full 
account of the early schools, books used, method of 
teaching, with a description of the early school-houses. 
He also published school-books, — a primary school 
geography, an astronomy, and a concise treatise on rhet- 
oric, a novel thing for that day. He also had a taste 
for poetic effusions, with which he spiced his essays. 
In early life he was troubled with an impediment in 
his speech, which made it impossible to pronounce 
many words. His father was a cooper ; and one day, 
while engaged at his trade, he placed him upon a bar- 
rel and requested him to say boot. He tried, but failed. 
His father then told him he would give him a pair of 
boots (a tempting offer in those days) if he would say 
boot He made the attempt, and, with the greatest 
effort, succeded ; and he not only obtained a pair of 
boots, but full power of speech. The impediment was 
entirely removed. He was the parent of five children: 

6 I. Maria Josephine^ b. Sept. 11, 181 1; d. April 
22, 1843. 

7 II. Louisa Augusta^ b. July 16, 1814; d. Aug. 18, 
1819. 

III. Caroline America^ b. June 23 ; d. Feb. 21, 1853. 

IV. Almira i., b. May 16, 1827 ; m. Fred. M. 
Hollingworth ; d. in Charlestown, Mass., 
Feb. 4, 1S63. 

10 V. Malvina A., b. March 18, 1833 ; m. Henry 

Chamberlin, of Holden, Mass., Aug. 18, 
1859 ; r. on the homestead. Two ch. : 

1. Samuel Litch, b. Aug. 8, 1S60. 

2. Martha Stevens, b. March 4, 1861. 



MARSHALL FAMILY. 

William Marshall came from Tewksbury, Mass., 
during the Revolution, and settled on lot i, range 10; 
m. Esther, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther Jaquith. She 
d. June 29, 1803, a. 41. He m., 2^, Sarah, dau. of John 
and Susannah (Hastings) Carter, and widow of Isaac 
Kimball, of Temple. He d. April 5, 1828, a. 71. She 
d. April 28, 1852, a. 82. Mr. Marshall was a thrifty 
farmer, a worthy man, and a good citizen. Eight ch. : 

I. William, b. Sept. 28, 1783; m. Harring- 
ton, of Troy ; re. to Greenfield, Mass. ; d. 
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II. Esther, b. Jan. 7, 17S5 ; m., Sept. 22, 1818, 
Naomi Spaukiing, of Temple. One son, — 
Jonathan Spaulding, living in Temple. She 
d. May 28, 18S0. 

III. Abigail, b. July 30, 17S7; m. Benj. Davidson; 

r. Fitzwilliam ; d. there Feb. 5, 1820. Two 
ch. 

IV. Abel, b. Aug. 17, 1789.-!- 
V. Betsey, h. Jan. 3, 1793; m. 

Winchendon, Mass. ; d. 
Nine ch. 
Children by second marriage : 
VI. Thomas Hastings, b. Dec. 2, 1806; m. Abigail 
S. Havvkes ; d. Dec. 16, 1872. [See Col- 
lege Giaduates.] 
VII. iSusan, b. Dec. 16, 1808 ; m. Lyman Spaulding, 
q. V. 



Phineas Ross, of 
April 20, 1874. 



Abel Marshall m., i*', Roxana Rice. She d. Nov. 
5, 1841, a. 46. M., 2**, Laura A. Pratt, a widow. She 
d. Aug. 24, 1856, a. 49. He d. Jan. 27, 1871. Six 
children : 

I. Sarah a., m. Elisha Chaplin; r. Fitzwilliam. 
II. Addison A., b. 1827. 

III. Abby, m., Nov. 26, 1849, Moses Chaplin; r. 

Fitzwilliam. 

IV. Betsey, m. A. Haskell, of Troy, Sept. 10, 1852. 

V. Lydia Ann E., b. 1841. 

VI. George H., d. July 11, 1864, a. 19 — killed by 

lightning. 
VII. Mary, b. 1848. 



Silas Marshall, brother of William, came to Jaf- 
frey at an early date. He settled on lot i, range 8 ; was 
road surveyor in 1779, selectman in 1786, and consta- 
ble in 1789. It seems quite probable that he left 

town soon after. He m. Eunice , by whom he 

had nine children : 

1. Silas, b. Aug. 6, 1769. 

II. Elsie, h. March 22, 1771 ; d. March 4, 1790. 

III. Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1773. 

IV. Thaddeus, b. Feb. 5, 1775. 
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VI. Elizabeth^ b. Nov. 16, 1778. 
VII. Rhoda, b. Feb. 29, 1780. 

VIII. Thomas, b. Feb. 16, 1782. 
IX. John^ b. Mai-ch i, 1785. 

MATHEWS FAMILY. 

John Mathews was impressed into the British ser- 
vice during the Revolution. On his arrival in this 
country he deserted and joined the American army. 
After the close of the war he received a pension for mil- 
itary service. He lived in East JaftVey ; m. Sarah 
Wesson ; d. June 26, 1822, a. 70. His widow d. Feb. 
5, 1845, a. 84. 

I. John, b. Aug. 5, 1784. 
II. Isaac, b. Nov. 13, 1790. 

III. James, b. Feb. 19, 1792. 

IV. Stephen, b. Feb. 16, 1794. 

V. William, b. Feb. 24, 1796.-}- 

VI. Thomas, b. April 2, 1799; m., and r. in Peter- 
borough in 1844 ; re. West.-j- 

VII. Ar villa, d. unm. 



William Mathews m., 1°*, Phebe French ; she d. 
at Peterborough, Dec. 10, 1835, a. 39. Two infant ch. 
d. in Peterborough. M., 2"^, Elvira Russell, of Rindge, 
dau. of Simeon, June 7? 1836. She d. Aug. 12, 1842, 
a. 35, leaving four children. M., 3**, Sarah Craig, who 
d. Dec. 13, 1 85 1, a. 39. He r. first in Peterborough, 
and afterwards in New Ipswich. His three wives lie 
buried in Peterborough village cemetery, and five 
ch. : 

An infant son, d. Oct. 6, 1830, a. i day. 

A71 infant son, d. April i, 1834, '^- ^ ^'^Y- 

An iiifant son, d. April 12, 1837, a. 5 weeks. 

Edxoard, d. Dec. 14, 1840, a. i yr., 7 mos., 21 days. 

Henry, d. Feb. 24, 1842, a. 6 mos., 4 days. 

Eliza Jane, b. 1819; m. James Butler, who d. Sept. 
6,1871,3.59. Three children: (i) Hat- 
tie G.,b. 1S55; (2) Flora T., b. 1S60; (3) 
Alfred, b. 1865. 



Thomas Mathews, a shoemaker by trade, r. in Pe- 
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MAYNARD FAMILY. 



John Maynard, the emigrant, with his son John, settled in 
Sudbury, Mass., in 1630. John, Jr., was 8 years of age at the 
time of his arrival. He m., 1656, Mary Gates, and in 1660 
settled in Marlborough, Mass., and became a leading man in 
that place. She d., and he m., 2*^, 1675, Sarah B. Keyes ; had 
ten children. 

David, his son, b. 1660, m. Hannah Nair ; had eleven chil- 
dren. 

Jesse, his son, m. Fhebe Fisk ; had three children. 

Lemuel Maynard, his son, m. Sarah Craig; settled 
first in Townsend, Mass. ; re. to JaflVey about 1785 > 
had eight children : 

I. Jesse^ settled on the homestead ; he wasb. Feb. 
9, 1765. His father d. May 4, 1808, a. 65. 
In 1815 he re. to Burlington, Vt., where he 
d. His mother d. at the same place. While 
in JaftVey he was for a time deacon of the 
church. 

3 II. e/b/m, re. to Springfield, Vt., and d. there. 

4 III. Amos, re. to Madison, N. Y. 

5 IV. Par^-er, b. July 31, 1769.-]- 

6 V. Lemuel, b. May 10, 1773 ; a MethocHst minister ; 
lived and d. in Surry, N. H. 

VI. Moses, b. Oct. 10, 1775 ; re. to Madison, N. Y. 
Dr. Edward Maynard, of Washington, D. C, 
is his son. 

VII. Elias, b. Oct. 11, 1779; re. to Boston and d. 
there. 

VIII. Hannah, b. Oct. 11, 1779; married Ebenezer 
Thompson, and d. in Boston. 



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June 6, 1796, Peggy, dau. of Capt. John and Agnes 
(Miller) Taggart, of Sharon. Capt. Maynard was a 
highly-respected citizen, and for a time held the office 
of captain of the JafFrey and Rindge cavalry company 
with distinguished honor. He d. May 20, 1836, a. 66. 
She d. Nov. r i, 1S50, a. 75. They had eight children : 

10 I. Sally, b. Oct. 4, 1799 ; m. Capt. Abijah Pierce, 
q. V. 

11 II. John Miller, b. May 12, 1801 ; m. Harriet H, 
BuUard. of Mason. He d. at Lowell, Mass. 
He was a prominent railroad man. Five 
children: (i) John Edward, b. Nov. 22. 
1829. (2) Julia Ann, b. June 21, 1832. 
(3) Ellen A., b. Feb. 2, 1834. (4) George 
P., b. April 29, 1838. (5) Harriet A., b. 
March 28, 1846. 

12 III. Lucinda, b. Feb. 6, 1804; d. Aug. 6, 1811. 

13 IV. Elvira, b. July 23. 1806; m., i'', Ezra Jewett. 
q. V. ; m., 2^, Capt. Abijah Pierce, q. v. 

14 V. Jesse, b. Aug. 21, 1809; m., April 23, 1835, 
Augusta M. Marshall, of Dublin ; re. to 
Waukegan, 111. Children: (i) Sarah J. 
(2) John H. (3) Augusta M. (4) Mar 
shall P. 

15 VI. Parker, b. May 27, 1812; d. March 10, 1847. 

16 VII. Lucinda, b. June 2, 1816; m., Oct. 6, 1835, 
William E. Mansur, of New Ipswich ; re. to 
Chicago, 111. Children: (i) James P. (2) 
Helen M. (3) Abby L. (4) Maria E. 
(5) Frank R. 

17 VIII. Eliza, b. May 9, 1818 ; m., Feb. 5, 1840, Edwin 
F. Perkins, of Jaffrey. Children: (i) Ade- 
line E., b. July, 1841. (2) Ella M. 



MELVILLE FAMILY. 



Jonas Minot Melville, son of Josiah and Sarah (Minot) 
Melville, was b. in Nelson, N. H., in 1791 ; re. to Jaffrey about 
1822 ; was a tax-payer that year. He settled at Jaffrey village, 
now East Jaffrey, and built a house east of the river, and after- 
wards the stone mansion now the summer residence of Hon. 
L. R. Cutter, of Boston. The name of the family was origi- 
nally Melvin. In 1811 it was changed, by an act of the legisla- 
ture, to Melville. He was the eldest of four children, — Jonas 
M., Lydia, Josiah, and Henry. His father d. in 181S, Jan. 8, 



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a. 60. Mis mother d. July 30, iSii, a. 49. His father left a 
large estate to be divided among his chililren. This inheritance 
enaliletl him to become a man of power and inHuence, antl to 
engage in any important public enterprise that was presented. 
In the religions society he was an active member. He lent his 
aid in the erection of the brick church in the centre of the town ; 
was the principal leader in making an enlargement of the same. 
He also took a deep interest in the growth and pros])erity of the 
village now East JalVrey. He was instrumental in the erection 
of the Second Congregational meeting-house in that place, and 
the formation of that society and church. He was also an ac- 
tive leader in procuring a charter for an academy, and contributed 
very liberally in aid thereof, for which it was named Melville 
academy, in honor of the ilonor. He took a deep interest in 
the railroad enterprise, and was among the lirst who took stock 
in the Cheshire Railroad. He was one of the active men in 
procuring the Monadnock Bank charter, and was one of its 
directors. May i, 1S23, he m. Betsey, dau. of David and 
Charlotte (Blodgett) Lacy. ' In 1S59, ^^^ ^'*^' *^ Pepperell, 
Mass., and d. there. His wife d. Alay 30, 1S63, *^' 74- ■'^'^ 
children. 



MILLIKEN FAMILY. 



In 1774, Samuel and William Milliken signed a petition 
against the annexation of a part of Jatlrey to Peterborough and 
Sharon. They afterwards became residents — one of Peter- 
borough, and the other of Sharon. 

Alexander Milliken came from , and set- 
tled in JaftVey, on lot 5, range 5. He m. Betty Emery, 
dau. of Dea. Daniel Emery; d. Oct. 9, iSii, a. 56. 
His widow d. May 9, 1823, a. 64. He built the large 
brick tavern near the base of the Grand Monadnock 
mountain, — the first brick house, probably, built in 
town, — and was proprietor of the same till the time of his 
death in iSii. His son John remained in possession 
of the premises till the death of his mother in 1823. 
The property was then sold to Tilly Whitcomb, and by 
him, in 1825, to John Felt. They had ch. per town 
record : 



I. JoJm^ b. Dec. 27, 17S1 ; d. March 10, 17S3. 
II, Molly, b. April 24, 17S4; m. Moses Hill. 
III. Betty, b. Nov. 29, 1786; m., May 20, 1S03, 
Jona. Gilmore. 



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IV. John^ b. Feb. 26, 1790.-I- 

V. Amasa, b. Oct. 20, 1792; m. Sophia Hill. 
Two children : (i) Arvilla. (2) Louisa. 

VI. Alexander^ d. 1796' 
VII. Nahhy. d. iSoo. 
viii. Nobby, b. 1S02 ; m. Edward Bailey, q. v. 



John Milliken (Capt.) m. Dolly Stevens, June, 
iSio. In 1825 he re. to Vermont; from thence to 
Mich, and 111. Three children : 

(i) James, b. 1816. (2) Charles S., b. 1819. (3) 
George, d. 



MOWER FAMILY. 

Thomas Mower came from Topsfield, Mass., to Jaf- 
frey, previous to 1780. He was one of a committee 
to procure preaching in 1780. He m. Mary Kenney, 
and d. Oct. 9, 1798, a. 62. His widow d. Feb. 15, 
1816, a. 86. Children : 

I. Thomas, m. Phebe . One child, — Ezra 

T., d. July 16, 1793, a. 6 weeks. 
II. Josiah, b. 1769.4- 

III. Deborah, m., June 4, 178S, Hezekiah Chaplin. 

IV. Betsey, m., 1789, Towns. 

V. Lois, m., 1789, Samuel Jaquith. 

VI. Sally, m., May 18, 1794, David Gilmore. 
VII. Polly, m. May 28, iSoi, Joel Wright. 
VIII. Hannah, m. David Chadwick. 



JosiAH Mower (Col.) m. Rebecca, dau. of John and 
Rebecca (Browning) Cutter, of New Ipswich. He d. 
May 5, 1S52, a. 83. She d. Sept. 22, 1S67, a. 93. He 
was a captain in the militia, and colonel of the Twelfth 
Regiment. 

I. Rebecca, b. March 7, 1799; m. Zachariah Em- 
ery, q. v. M., 2**, Ithamar Lawrence, q. v. 
II. Josiah, b. May i, i8oo.-f- 

III. Gilman, b Feb. i, i8oi.-|- 

IV. Liberty, b. Jan. 21, 1803.-]- 

V. Watson, b. June i, 1806; drowned while bath- 
ing, near Boston. 
VI. Sally, b. April 7, 1808 ; m. Dexter Jewell, q. v. 



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JosiAH Mower (Dea.) m. Louisa Severance. Four 
children : 

I. Nahum W., b. 1829; m. Lydia A. Three ch., 
(i) Clara A. ; (2) Frank W. ; (3) Mary L. 
II. Thomas S. 

III. Enos. 

IV. William H. 



Oilman Mower (Col.) m. Roxana, dau. of Jacob 
and Mary Smith Jewell. She d. Feb. 22, 1873, a. 72. 

I. Sophia JR., h. April 13, 1826 ; m. Amos E. Fer- 
ry, 1846. 
II. Sarah A., b. Jan. 20, 1829; m., i^', Joseph 

Whitney ; m., 2*^, Nathaniel Holmes. 
HI. Mary E., b, Sept. 4, 1830; d. March 14, 1842. 
IV. Oilman J.,h. Oct. 3, 1S32 ; m. 
V. Calvin A., b. March 23, 1834; d. March 14, 
1842. 

Liberty Mower (Dea.) m., i^', Dec. 29, 1829, 
Emily, dau. of Samuel and Lucy (Emery) Buss, who 
d. July 14, 1845. a. 41; m., 2"^, June 3, 1846, Mary 
Ann, her sister. Children by second marriage: 

I. Ellen -£*,, b. May 16, 1847 ; m., Dec. 31, 1874, 

William Moore, of Peterborough. 
II. Samuel H., b. July 31, 1S49. 
III. Willie e/i, b. June 23, 1855. 



McNEE FAMILY. 

William McNee was b. in Ireland, 1711 : m. Mary Esless 
Brownly, and emigrated to this country ; settled in Peter- 
borough, and d. Dec. 23, 1789, a. 78. His wife d. Oct., 1759, 
a. 48. He m., 2"^, widow Sarah Smith Bell, who d. Jan. 31, 
1814, a. 98. Four children by first wife. 

His son, William, m. Betsey Russell ; settled in Dublin ; re. 
to Peterborough in 1765 or '66; settled on the homestead, and, 
like his father, was elected deacon of the church. He d. April 
13, 1810; shed. 1815 ; nine children. 

The name McNee was changed to Nay, as it appears on the 
records. 



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William Nay (third gen.), b. Ma , 1763 ; m. Lydia 
Sawyer. In 1798 lie i"^- to JaftVey, and settled in 
the south part of the town ; paid taxes there from 1798 
to 1804, inclusive. Two or three of his children were 
b. there. He returned to Peterborough, and d. June i, 
1S13, a. 50. She d. Aug. 28, 1850, a. 82. 

I. William^ b. 17SS; m. Rebecca Foster; re. to 

Indiana ; twelve ch. 
II. Ly(Ua,h. July 15, 1791 ; m. Walter Gilbert; d. 
N. Y.;i856, a. 65. 

III. Samtiel., b. Feb. 24, 1794; m. Mary Felt. 

IV. Asdal, b. March i3, 1797; m. Polly Milliken ; 

re. to N. Y., and d. Oct., 1830, a. 33. 
V. Cynthia^ b. Feb. 5, 1799; m. Cyrus Frost, 

q. V. 
VI. Gardner, b. Aug. 9, iSoi ; m. Amelia Symonds ; 

r. 111. 
VII. Arvilla, b. Nov. 28, 1804; m. N. B. Buss; d. 
vni. Jefferson, b. May 26, 1S08 ; m. Sally Loring ; 
he d. 1837. 



Samuel Nay (Maj.) settled in Sharon ; was a promi- 
nent leading man in that place ; was moderator of their 
town-meeting, town-clerk, six years representative to 
the General Court, a member of the Constitutional Con- 
vention in 1850, was county commissioner, and justice 
of the peace. He m., i^', April 13, 1815, Mary, dau. 
of Oliver Felt, who d. Dec. 24, 1861, a. 69. He m., 2**, 
April 2, 1863, Mrs. Elizabeth (Flint) Gray, b. in Han- 
cock. 

L Harriet, b. Dec. 24, 1815 ; m. Horatio N. Por- 
ter ; one child, — Samuel N. Porter, d. d. s. ; 
r. Peterborough. M., 2*^, John Bullard ; one 
child; d. 

II. Samuel, b. May 19, 1818 ; m. Nancy Vose ; r. 
Antrim. 

III. if/ary, b. July 10, 1820; m. Samuel Jaquith, 

q. V. 

IV. Marshall, b. April 2, 1823 ; m. Sarah Wells. 
V. Sarah, b. June 20, 1827 ; m. S. I. Vose ; d. Oct. 

25, 1875. 

VI. Henry H., b. Sept 4, 1832 ; m. Mary J. Shedd, 
dau. of George Shedd ; d. Aug. 23, 1858, a. 

26. She d. March 6, 1867, a. 28.' 



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NEWELL FAMILY. 

Jacob Newell was b. in Scituate, Mass. ; came 
to JaftVey, and m. Keziah L., dau. of Whitcomb and 
Keziah Loring Powers. Before marriage lie led a sea- 
faring life, and was taken prisoner by the British in the 
War of 1S12. He d. March 4, 1834, ^- 74- ^^'s widow 
d. Sept. 22, 1872, a. 84. Children : 

I. Mary A.^ b. May 8, 1814; m. Dexter Knowl- 

ton, q. V. 
II. Elizabeth, r. Jaftrey. 

III. Hannah, m. Timo. G. Temple ; r. Milford. 

IV. George, d. Dec. 9, 1S36, a. 18. 

V. Jane, b. Jan. 17, 1820; m. John Stone; r. in 

Peterborough. 
VI. James, m. Elizabeth Wheeler ; r. in Sharon. 
VII. Jacob, m. Deborah Emery, of Rindge ; d. in the 
army, at Baton Rouge, La., April 5, 1863, a 
40. Children : 
(i) George. 

(2) Frances H., d. April 6, 1856, a. 6 
w., 4 days. 

(3) Henry C, d. Nov. 6, 1865, a. 8 years, 
8 mos. 

VIII. Josiah P., m. Catherine Porter; d. 
IX. WilUatn, m. Jane Deeth ; re. to Vermont; in 
Co. H., U. S. Sharpshooters ; pro. to cap- 
tain. 
X. Harriet A., d. Sept. 19, 1854. ^- ^S- 



James Newell, a brother of Jacob, d. Dec. 2, 1830. 
His daughter m. Dea. Nathan Moors, of Sharon, N. H. 



NUTTING FAMILY. 

Simeon Nutting, an early settler, was road survey- 
or in 1779; he settled on lot 22, range 8, afterwards 
owned by Benjamin Nutting, 

Benjamin came from Groton, Mass., previous to 
1 781 ; was chosen field-driver that year. He settled 
first on lot 13, range 10 ; sold the same to Isaac Bailey, 
and re. to lot 22, range 8, where he lived till his death, 
about 1804. ^^ "''•' ^''' Lucy Wyman, who d. about 
1791 ; m., 2**, widow Nathan Boynton, Oct. 14, 1792. 
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Children by first wife : 

I. Benjamin^ m., May 22, 1803, Betsey Hath- 

orn. 
II. tTonas, b. 1775.-I- 

III. Joshua^ b. lySi.-j- 

IV. Iteuben.-\- 

V. Betsey, b. 1789; d. Nov. 14, 1809, ^- ^o yrs., 2 

mos. 

Children by second wife : 

VI. Jeremiah, b. March 7, 1795 ; d. Aug. 17, 1857. 
VII. Sally, b. May 27, 1798. 
VIII, Lucinda, b. June 12, 1800. 



Jonas Nutting settled on lot 17, range 5 ; m. Jane, 
dau. of Lieut. William and Jane (Wright) Turner. She 
d. Nov. 13, 1814, a. 41. M., 2**, Nancy Kittredge, who 
d. Jan. 19, 1847, a. 66. He d. Feb. 26, 1822, a. 47. 

Children by first wife : 

(i) Lvcy. (2) Rachel. (3) William T. (4) Eliza 
Jane. (5) Joshua. (6) Emily. (7) Jonas. 

Children by second wife ; 

(8) Charles. (9) John. (10) Harriet. (11) Hosea. 



Joshua Nutting m. Martha French, who d. Aug. 
27, 1861, a. 80. He d. March 10, 1844, a. 63. Five 
children : 

(i) Martha. (2) Mary Ann., m. Dexter Patrick; d. 
Oct. 28, 1845, a. 28. (3) Sally. (4.) Lo- 
rinda, b. 1822. (5) Buke II., b. 1827. 



Reuben Nutting m. Dec. 4, 1808, Sarah Walton, 
of Rindge, b. July 13, 1788; settled on the homestead 
of his father; re. to New Ipswich about 1836. Chil- 
dren b. in Jaftrey : 

(i) Isabella, b. Sept. 28, 1809. (2) Benjamin, d. 
Sept. 6, 181 2, a. 9 days. (3) Rebecca IF., 
b. June I, 1818; d. Sept. 29, 1819. (4) 
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William Turner Nutting, son of Jonas, m. Grata 

. He tl. Sept. 8, 1869, a. 67. She d. May 6, 

1879, a. 68. 

(i) Caroline, b. Jan. 12, 1834; m. Oren Prescott, q. 
V. (2) Cordelia, b. 1835 ; d. March 22, 
i860. (3) Hannah, d. Nov. 9, 1839, ^' ^4 
mos., 8 chiys. (4) Alonzo, d. Jan. 25, 1843, 
a. 140105. (5) Alonzo, b. 1844; d. Nov. 
12, i860, a. 16. (6) Jonas, b. 1848; d. 
April 6, 1852. 



Charles Nutting, son of Jonas, m. Nancy S. Towns, 
b. 1815. 

(i) Adeline M.,h. 1839; d. 1867. (2) Charles ZT., 
b. 1841 ; d. April 24, 1875. (3) Adaliza X., 
b. 1843 ; m. Roderick R. P. Adams, Sept. 
25, 1 86 1. (4) Edward, b. 1S44. (5) George^ 
b, 1847. (6) Arabella, \i. 1848; m. Edwin 
J. Russell, of Rindge, July 3, 1866. (7) 
Martha C, b. 1851 ; m. Xenophon Shedd, 
Jan. 5, 1S74. (8) Ella A., b. 1857. (9) 
Fred H.,h. 1859; d. Nov. 30, 1875. 



Luke H. Nutting, son of Joshua ; m. Mary Ann 
Upton. 

{\) Frank n.,h. \^^^. {2) Fred H.,h. 1^60. (3) 
Mary E., b. 1864. (4) Willie E.,h. 1865. 
(5) Alice P., b. 1870. 



Isaac Nutting came from Groton, Mass. ; paid 
taxes. in 1803. He settled on lot 20, range 6, which he 
purchased of Nathan Cutter ; sold the same to Jonas 
Pierce, and bought the farm of Josiah Priest, lot x8, 
range i. He was drowned in the Frost pond while 
bathing, July 10, 1825, a. 44. He m. Betsey, dau. of 
Ebenezer Hathorn, who d. May 18, 184^^, a. 63. Nine 
children : 

I. Ebenezer, h. May 22, 1806; m. Sophia Byam 
Gilmore ; d. in Worcester, Mass. ; two chil- 
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II. Hepsey Elizabeth, b. July 22, 181 2; m., i'', 
Charles Blodgett ; m., 2^ Lyman Percival. 
He d. at Peterborough, Aug, 10, 1877, a. 78. 
Four children, 

III. Mary, b. Aug, 23, 1813; m, Jacob Bohonnon ; 

r. Danbury ; d, Dec. 4, 1866, 

IV. Abel, b. March 13, 1815.-4- 

V. Frances, b. June 13, 1817 ; m. Edward, son of 

Ralph Emery. 
VI. Susan, b, Dec. 30, 1S18; m, Patrick Daly, 
VII. Isaac, b. May 25, 1820; m. Susan Marvle.-|- 
VIII. William, b. Sept, 4, 1S22, 
IX. Asa, b. Feb. 23, 1824; m. Maria Moore. One 
child, — Marian A., b, 1S54 ; m,, Nov. 3i, 
1878, Wallace Clarke, of Peterborough. 



Abel Nutting m, Mary A, Turner, of Peterborough. 
He d, March 8, 1848, She d, Aug, 8, 1S47, a, 33. Six 
children : 

I. 3fary (7., b, Aug. 13, 1835; m., i'*, Benjamin 

Swan; m,, 2'^, Joseph Holliston. 
II. DcMd, b. 1837. 

III. Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 20, 1839 ? "''•' ^"j James 

Merrill ; m., 2^, George Prescott. 

IV. Edward D., d. Jan, 20, 1864, a. 21. 
V. Abby Ann, m. John Miles. 

VI. Abel. 



Isaac Nutting m. Susan Marvle. He d. Sept. 18, 
1875. Four children : 

I. Sarah C, b. 1844. 

II. George II., h. 1S46. 

III. Adelbert. 

IV. Marcellus, b. 1849. 



OBER FAMILY. 

Samuel Ober was an inhabitant of Jaffrey during 
the Revolution, and was a soldier in that war. He r. 
in District No. 6. In 1784 his name was on the roll of 
the miHtia, and he was highway surveyor the same 

year. He m, Hannah , and left a birth record 

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Saninel, h. Jan. 26, 17S1. 
Jxindal, b. Feb. 15, 17S3. 
Po/Zy, b. April 30, 1787. 



OSGOOD FAMILY. 

William Osgood was a soldier of tlie Revolution ; 
on the roll of the militia in 17S4; held town office in 
17S6. 



OAKS FAMILY. 

Beriah Oaks, b. in Massachusetts in 1797 ; came to 
JaflVey about 1849; paid tax that year. He re. on the 
Davis place, lot 1, range 2, west of the mountain ; left 
town 1853 or '54. He m. Polly , and had chil- 
dren : 

I. Appleton, b. in Vermont, 1S27. 

11. Joel, b. in Vermont, 1832. 

III. J/trrj/, b. in Mass., 1835. 

IV. Amanda, h. in Mass., 1837. 



OLMSTEAD FAMILY. 
Henuv Olmstead paid poll tax in 1S52, '53, and 



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O'BRIEN FAMILY. 

Pktkr O'BiuEN paid tax in 185 1 ; Edmund in 1S57. 
John O'Neal, Patrick Osha, 1S57. 



PAGE FAMILY. 

David Page was b. in Bedford, Mass., Feb. 7, 1766 ; 
came to JatVrey about 1S02. He was a merchant, and 
kept a store in Jat^rey in 1S03, '4, and '5. It was on 
the site of the brick church in the centre of the town, 
and was burnt in 1S05 or '6. In 1808 he re. to Middle- 
bury, Vt., and in 1828 to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he 
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prominent leading man ; was moderator of their town- 
meeting, town-clerk, selectman, and representative. 
He also held the office of major in he Twelfth Regi- 
ment N. H. Militia. He m. Elizabeth Minot, dau. of 
Minot, of Concord, Mass., by whom he had 



I. Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1792. 

II. Abigail, b. Sept. 26, 1793. 

III. David, b. July 8, 1795. 

IV. 3Iary Minot, b. Aug. 19, 1796; d. Nov. i. 

1796. 

V. William, b. Sept. 16, 1798. 

VI. An infant son, d. March 27, iSoo. . 

VII. Thomas B., b. March 30, 1S02, 
VIII. Christopher, b. Jan. 13, 1804. 



Jonathan Page, son of Elias, b. in Rindge, March 
6, i8i6, m. Lorinda H. Porter ; settled in Jaftrey, on 
lot 4, range 10, in 1839. Ten children : 

(i) Mary Ann, h. 1845. (2) Olive M.,h. 1847. 

(3) Jane A., b. 1848. (4) Lydia M., b. 1850. 

(5) Harvey, b. 1853. (6) Harriet, b. 1856. 

(7) Adeline, b. 1859. ^^) Lizzie, b. 1861. 

(9) John, b. 1864. (10) Clara M., b. 1869. 



PARKER FAMILY. 

Abraham Parker, a native of Marlborough, in 
Wiltsclaim, England, came to this country and was a 
resident of Woburn, Mass., in 1644. Nov. 18, in that 
year, he m. Rose \\'hitlock. He was admitted a free- 
man in 1645 ; re. to Chelmsford, Mass., about 16153, 
with three brothers, Jacob, James, and Joseph, and d. 
there, Aug. 12, 1685. His wife survived him, and d. 
Nov. 30, 1691. Children: 

I. Anna, or Hanna, b. at Woburn, Oct. 29, 1645 ; 

m. Nathaniel Blood. 
II. John, b. Oct. 30, 1647 ; m. Mary Danforth ; d. 
April 14, 1699. 

4 III. Abraham, b. March 8, 1650; d. Oct. 20, 1651. 

5 IV. ^i.bi'aham, b. Aug., 1652 ; m. Martha Lemmons. 

6 V. Mary, b. at Chelmsford, Nov. 15, 1655, m. 
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VII. Tsaac,h. Sept. 13, 1660; in. Esther Fletcher; 

d. Feb. 22, 1 688 or '9. 
VIII. Elizabeth^ b. April 10, 1663 ; m. James Pierce ; 
d. March 5, 1688. 
IX. Jjydia^ b. Feb. 7, 1665 ; m. John Kidder. 
X. Jacob, b. March 24, 1669. 



Moses Parker m. Abigail Hildreth. Children: 

I. Abigail, b. May 8, 1685 ; m. Benj. Adams. 
II. 3Ioses, d. July 28, 1702. 

III. Aaron, h. April 9, 1689; m, i", Abigail 

Adams ; 2*^, Dorothy Fletcher ; d. Dec. 19, 

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IV. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 26, 1691 ; m. Ebenezer Par- 

ker. 

V. Joseph, b. March 25, 1694; d. April 22, 1738. 

He was lieutenant of a snow-shoe company, 

formed in 1724 to operate against the 

Indians ; and was the father of Lt. Col. 

Moses Parker, who was mortally wounded 

at Bunker Hill, and d. a prisoner in Boston. 

VI. Benjamin, b. Ajiril 14, 1696. 

VII. Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1698 ; m. Benj. Chamberlain. 



Aaron Parker m. Abigail Adams. Children by i'' 
wife : 



I. Aaron, b. Aug. 19, 1713 ; m. Mary ; d. 

Sept. 30, 1762. 
II. Samuel, b. Jan. i, 171 7 ; m., i'', Sarah Fletcher ; 

2^, Mary (Proctor) Robbins ; 3'^, Mrs. 

Fletcher; d. Aug. 7, 1795.-}- 

III. Moses, h. May 16, 1718. 

IV. Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1720; m. John Senter. 
V. Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1723 ; m. Oliver Proctor. 

VI. Lucy, b. Jan. 1 1, 1725 or '6 ; m. Stephen Corey. 
VII. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, 172S; m. Gershom Proc- 
tor. 
VIII. Isaac, b. May 20, 1731. 
IX. Joseph, b. Jan. 2, 1735. 

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Samuel Parker m. Sarah Fletcher. Children by 
I'' wife : 

I. Samuel, b. Feb. 27, 1739; d. in Maine. 
II. Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1740; m. Solomon Button. 

III. Joseph, b. May 20, 1742 ; m. Susanna Fletcher ; 

d. Sept., 1807. 

IV. Silas, h. Jan. 23, 1743 ; d. at Mt. Desert. 

V. Leonard, b. Nov. 10, 1745 ; d. at Holland Pur- 
chase. 

Children by 2^ wife, Mary (Proctor) Robbins. 

VI. Jfary, b. Feb. 14, 1749; m. Thomas Wright; 

d. July 16, 1823. 
VII. Jonathan, b. March 28, 175 1 ; unm. ; d. March 

20, 1820. 
VIII. Ahel, b. ISIarch 25, 1753 ; m. Edith Jewett. He 
d. May 2, 1831. Slied.Oct. 23, 1848, a. 96. 

IX. Elizabeth, b. May 9, 1755 ; m. Tenney. 

X. Lydia, b. July 13, 1757 ; unm. ; d. Feb. 7, 1774. 



Abel Parker m. Edith Jewett. Nine children : 

I. Edith, b. July 20, 1778; d. Feb. 23, 1784. 
IL Ahel, b. Sept. 18, 17S0; unm. ; d. Oct. 28, 1807. 

III. Edmund, b. Feb. 7, 1783 ; m., i^', Susan Cut- 

ter ; she d. July 28, 1826. M., 2^, Sarah 
King Leland Boynton. He d. Sept. 5, 
1856.-!- [See Coll. Graduates.] 

IV. Silas, b. Feb. 11, 1785 ; d. March 21, 1785. 
V. Asa, b. March 12, 1786; m. Fanny Jewett.-|- 

VI. Isaac^ b. April 14, 1788 ; m. Sarah Ains- 

worth.-|- 
VII. Calvin, b. July 23, 1790; d. Aug. 17, 1790. 
VIII. Luther, b. Oct. 10, 1791 ; d. Oct. 25, 1791. 
IX. Joel, b. Jan. 25, 1795 ; m. Mary Morse Parker; 
d. Aug. 17, 1875. Three ch., two living. 
[See Coll. Graduates.] 



Edmund Parker m., i^', Susan, dau. of Joseph and 
Rachel (Hobart) Cutter. Ch. by 1^' wife : 

I. Charles Edmund, b. Aug. 14, 1813 ; graduated 
at Dartmouth college in 1834 ; m. d. at Yale 
college in 1837; '^•' ^*'' Sarah E. Parker; 
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II. Mary Ann m. John Prentice ; r. Chicago, III. 

III, William d, at Amherst, Jan. 4, 1840, a. 19. 

IV. One ch. by 2**, wife ; d. young. 



Asa Parker m. Fanny, dau. of Dr. Stephen and 
Nancy Colburn Jewett, of Rindge, b. March 6, 1788. 
He settled on the homestead of his father. On his 
death he re. to the centre of the town ; and d. Oct. 15, 
1833. His widow d. Jan. 4, 1866. Mr. Parker was a 
prominent man. In his early days he was a distin- 
guished school-teacher; held the commission of captain 
in the Jaflrey and Rindge cavalry company ; held many 
important town offices ; was a member of the state 
senate in i826-'7- He was afterwards appointed reg- 
ister of probate for the county of Cheshire, which office 
he held till the time of his death. He was a man 
highly esteemed and respected by his fellow-citizens. 
Five children : 

I. Calvin Je^cett, b. Jan. 18, 1809; m. Abigail 
Kendall, of Dublin. She d. He d. in Bos- 
ton, April 4, 1859. Children: (i) Joel K., 
m. Clara C. Willard ; one ch. (2) Adaline 
S. (3) Mary L., m. Joel Bullard, May, 
1866 ; d. Sept. 23, 1866, at Worcester, Mass. 

(4) Flora E., m. Worcester, 1865 ; d. 

July 25, 1866. 

II. Clem€7itine, b. Jan. 4, 181 1 ; m. Daniel B. Cut- 
ter, M. D., q. V. 

III. Adaline, b. Sept. 15, 1S15 ; m., 1835, Milton 

Kilburn, of Fitzwilliam. He d. Feb. 16, 
1863. Children: (i) John Wood, b. in 
Rockford, 111. ; d. Oct. 22, 1851. (2) Sarah 
Frances, d. 1858. (3) George. (4) Henry. 

(5) Adda. (6) Clara A. (7) Charles. (8) 
Asa. 

IV. George /S., h. Feb. i, 1820; d. in the army at 

Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 18, 1862. Two 
children : (i) Charles F. (2) Theodore H. 
V. Columbus C, b. Oct. 24, 1833 ; m., 1853, Fran- 
ces, dau. of James and Chloe (Murdock) 
Wilson, of Royalston, Mass. ; settled, first, 
in Rockford, 111., second, in Winchendon ; a 
merchant in that place. Two children : 
(i) Ida Frances, b. at Rockford, June 3, 



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1855; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Female 
Seminary, i8'j^\ has since '^een a teacher in 
Wellesley Female College, Wellesley, Mass. 
(2) Mary Edith, b. June 12, 1S64. 



Isaac Parker m., Nov. 17, 181 2, Sally, dau. of 
Rev. Laban and Mary (Minot) Ainsworth. She d. 
May 27, 1857. He d. May 27, 1858. They had eight 
children, — four sons and four daughters. 

I. Sarah M. m. Dea. Ezra Farnsworth, of Groton, 

Mass. ; r. Boston, where she d. 
11. William M. m. and d. 

III. -£(?WJarf?^ graduated at Dartmouth college in 

1S46 ; M. D., Jefferson Medical College. 

IV. Edith, m. Ellery wStedman, m. d. 

V. Henry 31., d. ; was a lawyer by profession ; r. 

Boston. 

VI. Isabel m. Rev. George A. Oviat. 

VII. Francis J. was a colonel in the rebel war. 
VIII. Mary 



Samuel Parker was an early settler; b. in Groton, 
Mass. ; came from New Ipswich to Jaffrey ; settled on 
lot 19, range 3, afterwards the fiirm of Capt. Parker 
Maynard. He m., i^ Abiah Cook ; m., 2\ Mrs. Sarah 
Howe, April 15, 1792, mother of Dr. Adonijah Howe. 
She d. Dec. 30, 1795, a. 59. He d. Nov. 26, 1806, a. 
77- Ch. by first wife : 

I. Samuel m. Sarah Bullard, of Dublin. 
II. Abigail m. Ebenezer Champney, of New Ips- 
wich. 

III. Asa, b. 1757 ; m. Lucy Gould, dau. of 01iver.+ 

IV. Eunice m. Eli Ames, of Groton. 

V. Ebenezer m. Lydia Richardson, of Groton ; left 

town in 1800. 

VI. Phebe m. Benj. Bancroft, of Rindge. Four ch. 

VII. Daniel m. Jenny Cochran, of Peterborough ; re. 

to Waifsfield, Vt., thence to Brookfield, Vt. ; 

left Jaffrey in iSoo. 

VIII. Amos m. Ruth ; d. Feb. 27, 1797, a. 26. 

IX. Nathan, unm. 

X. Mercy m. Benj. Champney, of New Ipswich. 
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(Stockwell) Gould. He d. April 13, 1838. She d. 
Nov. 8, 1844, a. 80. 

77 I. Asa, b. at Jaftrey ; re. to Cuba, W. T. ; d. 1819. 

78 II. Oliver, b. ; re. to Baltimore, Md. 

79 III. Nathan, b. 1794; re. to Baltimore; d. 1851. 

80 IV. Abner Howe, b. 1796 ; re. to Guiana, S. A. 

81 V. Lncy, b. 1798; r. Jaffrey, 1873. 

82 VI. Abigail Champney, b. 1797 ; d. 1859. 

83 vii. Mary Stockwell, b. 1801 ; d. 1841. 

84 VIII. Eliza, b. 1S03 ; r. Jaffrey, 1873. 

85 IX. Abiah CooJc, b. 1808; d. 1873, 

86 X. Edxoin Lewellyoi, b. iSii ; m. Cassandra Lews- 

dale ; re. to Baltimore, Md. ; d. 1868. 



HENRY PAYSON. 

Henry Payson, son of Rev. Seth Payson, d. d., of 
Rindge, was b. March 22, 1792; m., Jan. 20, 1821, 
Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wyman) Cutter, 
b. at Bolton, Mass., Nov. 5, 1792. He came to Jaffrey 
in 1815 ; opened a store under the firm name of Wilder 
& Payson, in the building then known as the Thorndike 
store, now the dwelling-house of Dr. Phelps. Li 1817 
the firm was changed to H. Payson & Co., which con- 
tinued in trade till 1824, when he re. to Boston. He 
was highly esteemed as a citizen, and was the leading 
trader in town. He was for many years town-clerk. 
While in Boston he was elected deacon of the Old 
South Church. He re. from Boston to New York city ; 
d. June 14, 1859, a. 67. Mrs. Payson r. with her dau., 
Mrs. Ayers, at Galesburg, 111., in 1871. Two ch. : 

2 I. /Sarah Cutter, b. July 2, 1822 ; m. Nelson 
Ayers, of Galesburg, 111. 

3 II. George Phillips, b. March 29, 1827 ; m. Abbie 
Harris ; r. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 



PERKINS FAMILY. 

Joseph Perkins (Capt.) came from Methuen, Mass., 
to Jaffrey in 177^ i settled on lot 2, range 9 ; m. Ruth 
He d. Jan. 28, 1821, a. 77. She d. Oct. 23, 



1815, a. 74. 



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I. Moses, b. 1769; m. Rhoda Spoftbrd.-j- 
II. Polly, b. 1771 ; m. Oliver Bail^^y, q. v. 

III. Robinson m. Peddy. Children: (i) Jared, b. 

Feb. 12, 1793; (2) Lucinda, b. June 14, 
1796; (3) John, b. Sept. 16, 1801. 

IV. Edward, b. 1777.-I- 
V. John. 

VI. Elizabeth. 
VII. Joseph. 
vm. Ruth, b. Nov, 16, 1782 ; m. John Stone. 



Moses Perkins m., i'', Rhoda, dau. of Dea. Eleazer 
and Mary (Flint) Spoftbrd, Nov. 6, 1793. She d. at 

New Ipswich. He m., z^, Mercy , who d. Feb. 

28, 1865, aged 86. He d. at Jaffrey March 27, 1854, a. 
85. Eleven children : 

I. Mary, b. March 24, 1795 ; d. Oct. 29, 1S31. 
II. Moses S., b. Feb. i, 1797.-)- 

III. Rhoda, b. Dec. 26, 1798; m. March 10, 1851, 

Aaron Hodkins. 

IV. Harriet, b. Aug. 23, 1800; d. Nov. 17, 1802. 
v. Eleazer, b. Jan. 25, 1803 ; m. Mary A. Law- 
rence ; d. March 11, 1837. 

VI. Harriet, b. June i, 1805; i^- Lucius Crone ; d. 

June, 1834. 
VII. Ruby W., b. April 27, 1807 ; m. Cyrus Trull 

and John Mead ; d. July 9, 1852. 
VIII. Aphia, b. July 10, 1809; d. Sept. 30, 1812. 
IX. Mercy, h. June 14, 181 1 ; m. Ezekiel Blake, 

Sept. 10, 1833 ; r. Chicopee Falls. 
X. Aphia, b. July 4, 1S15 ; m. John H. Smith ; r. 

Chicopee Falls. 
XI. Aaron, b. June 16, 1817; m. Maria, dau. of 
David Howe, of Rindge; r. EastJafFrey. 



Edward Perkins settled in Jaffrey, and m. Ruth 
He d. June 5, 1856, a. 82. She d. May 30, 



i860, a. 83. Ten children : 

I. Adelia, b. Feb. 14, 1801 ; m. Isaac Adams. 

II. Daniel G., b. Nov. ii, 1802 ; d. Jan. 3, 1827. 

III. Phebe, b. Oct. 33, 1804; d. Feb. 7, 1810. 

IV. Hannah W., b. Nov. 26, 1806; m., June i, 

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VI. Phebe, b. Jan. 23, iSii ; d. Feb. 7, 1S13. 
VII. Joseph^ b. Dec. 16, 181 2 ; d. June 25, 1866. 
VIII. Mary tTane^ b. Nov. 20, 1815. 
IX. Edward 6'., b. March ii, 1818. 
X. Ira, b. Jan. 11, 1821. 



Moses S. Perkins m. Cosby Cooledge. Mr. Per- 
kins was highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens ; was a 
worthy member and chief supporter of the First Con- 
gregational Church in JaftVey at the lime of his death, 
Feb. 27, 1875. Seven children : 

I. Sarah, b. Sept. 7, 1S22 ; m. M. P. Farrar ; d. 

1854. 
II. Phehe, b. Nov. 17, 1824; m. James L. Bolster. 

III. Hart, b. Sept. 26, 1828; m. Paulina P. Flow- 

ers. 

IV. Charles, b. Oct. 27, 1833 '■> i^' Sarah R. Evleth. 
V. Dorcas, b. June 24, 1835 ; m. James S. Lacy. 

VI. (Jozbie, b. June 28, 1828; m. John V. Tenney. 
VII. Mercy, b. May 24, 1840; m. Fred W. Bailey ; 
d. Dec. 8, 1867. One child,— Mary F., b. 
1868. 



Freeman Perkins was b. in Sterling, Conn., Jan. 

28, 1 791. He m. Susan A. , by whom he had 

five children. She d. Aug. 10, 1836, a. 43 yrs. 

I. Alvah J., b. in Killingly, Conn., July 9, 1815. 

II. Edwin F., b. June 13, 1817. 

III. Gustavus Erastus, b. Feb. 24, 1820, at North- 

borough, Mass. ; d. Nov. 28, 1837. 

IV. Henry G., b. at Framingham, Mass., Oct. 13, 

1823. 
V. Susan A., b. at Jaffrey, Oct. 22, 1825, 



PIERCE FAMILY. 



Daniel Pierce, a descendant of John Pierce, the 
emigrant who settled in Watertown, was b. in Lunen- 
burg, 1713; d. May 13, 175S, a. 45. Sarah, his wife, 
1717 ; d. April 13, 1795, a. 78. Seven children: 



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I. Daniel, b. Oct. 3, 1742. 

II. Reuben, b. March 17, 1747. 

III. Samuel, b. May 21, 1749,-!- 

IV. Jacob, b. Aug. 3, i75i.-(- 

V. Sarah, h. Aug. 3, 1754. 
VI. Abigail, b. April i, 1756. 

VII. Regia, b. May 13, 1758. 



Samuel Pierce came from Lunenburgh with his 
brother Jacob, John Hale, and Ephraim Whitcomb, — 
Samuel in 1773, Jacob in 1777, — and built a log cabin 
on what was called Whitcomb hill, and their settlement 
was known as the Leominster district. Samuel was the 
owner of a horse, the first one in the district, if not in 
town. Jacob Pierce and John Hale m. sisters of Eph- 
raim Whitcomb. Samuel m. Abigail Carter, b. 1751, 
who d. Feb. 28, 1777, while on a visit at Leominster. 
He m., 2^, 1778, Elizabeth Whitney. He d. Dec. 27, 
1824, a. 75. She d. Oct. 23, 1S23, a. 72. Ten children: 

I. Asaph, b. July 9, i776.-(- 
II. Sarmiel, h. May 9, 177S.-I- 

III. Betsey, b. March 29, 1779; m. Jacob Pierce, 

q. V. 

IV. Caleb, b. Jan. 30, 1781 ; m. Dec. 20, 1805, 

Lucy Gale; r. Alstead, Lyme, N. Y., and 
Mich. 
V. Annis, b. April 12, 1783; m. Benjamin Frost, 

q. V. 
VI. Abigail, b. Oct. 4, 1785 ; m. Jude Carter; r. in 

Rindge. In 1818 re. to Pennsylvania. 
VII. Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 17S7 ; m., i"', Joel Fisk, who 
d. Jan. 19, 1823'; m., 2^, James Bridges, 
Sept., 1825 ; d. in Wilton, Feb. 20, 1836. 
One child, d. young. 
VIII. Lucy, b. Nov. 28, 1789 ; d. same day. 
IX. Joseph, b. March 23, 1792.-I- 
X. Silas, b. Jan. 4, 1794; m., May 7, 1818, Esther 
Jaquith ; d. July 29, 1819. 



Jacob Pierce (Lieut.) was a man of integrity, firm 
in his religious belief, a member of the church, and a 
constant attendant on religious meetings. Afflicted 
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life, he was seated in the pulpit with the minister, 
where, with the aid of a hearing-trumpet, he was ena- 
bled to hear his sermons. He was a soldier in the 
Revolution, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He 
m. Rebecca Whitcomb, and d. Aug. 9, 1826, a. 75. 
She d. March 3, 1843, a. 89. 

I. Jacobs b. April 28, 1778; m., i'', Nov. 27, 
1800, Mary Sawtelle, of Rindge ; re. to 
Alstead ; she d. Oct. 7, 1812. He m., 2**, 
Electa Evans, of Alstead; she d. April i, 
1817. He m., 3<i, Feb. 19, 1818, Betsy 
Pierce, dau. of Samuel Pierce ; she d. May 
18, 1822. He m., 4'\ March 23, 1823, 
Sally Garfield. He was a cabinet-maker. 
II. Rebecca^ b. Dec. 2, 17S0; d. Dec. 13, 1823. 

III. ^ewjamiw, b. Feb. 2, 1782; m. Sally Erskines, 

of Winchester, Aug. i, 1813. Children: 
(i) Benjamin ; (2) Hillman. (3) Marshall. 
He re. to Richland, Oswego county, N. Y. 
He d. 1864, a. 82. Shed. Dec, 1851. 

IV. Regia^ b. Sept. 29, 1783 ; m. Alvin Jewell, of 

Winchester, Feb. 6, 1806. 
V. Deborah, b. Oct. 4, 1785; m. Oct. 19, 1S26, 

Alvin Jewell, 2^ wife. 
VI. Reuben, b. Sept. 4, 1787; re, to Bloomfield, 
N. Y. 

VII. Miriam, b. July 6, 1789; m. Benj. Hale, of 

Rindge, Oct. 29, 181 2, He d. Feb. 12, 
1832. She d. April 26, 1863. Five children: 
(i) Tryphosa. (2) Almina. (3) Benjamin O. 
(4) Jacob W. (5) Moses. 

VIII. Daniel, b. April 2, 1791 ; d. April 22, 180S. 
IX. Moses, b. Jan. 22, 1793; m. Betsey Jewett ; 

many children. He was a blacksmith. 
X. Jbsiah, b. March 15, 1795 ; d. April 11, 1795. 
XI. JVancy, h. July 10, 1796; m. Sewell Hosmer ; 

r. New Ipswich, 
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Asaph Pierce m., Feb. 10, 1797, Hannah Stickney ; 
re. to Barre, Vt., afterwards to Berlin, and from thence 
to Moretown, where he d. Feb. 4, 1840. She was b. 
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I. Phehe, b. Jan. 4, 1798; d. Dec. 8, 1S13. 
II. Samuel^ b. Dec. 23, 1799 ; his wife d. 1873 ; r. 
Moretown. 

III. Kimball P., b. Jan. 12, 1802 ; d. May 19, 1804. 

IV. Lottis^ b. Oct. 26, 1804; m. Girdon Gurley ; r. 

Berlin. 
V. Moxana, b. Jan. 20, 1806 ; m. Daniel Dodge ; r. 

Randolph. 
VI. Rebecca^ b. Nov. 13, 1807 ' '"• ^^^ Cameron ; d. 

June 20, 1872. 
VII. Hannah, b. Dec. 13, 1809; m. Uriah Howe; r. 
Moretown. 



Samuel Pierce settled on lot 18, range 2 ; built a 
fine brick house thereon, now uninhabited ; m., Feb. 21, 
1806, Hitty, dau. of Joseph Brooks, in her early days a 
prominent school-teacher. He d. April 8, 1858, a. 82. 
She d. April 7, 1866, a. SS. Ten children : 

I. Luke C, b. Jan. 11, 1807.4- \ t ' 

II. Luther B., b. Jan. 11, 1807. -f- S " ' 

III. Samuel W., b. Aug. 31, i8o8.-f- 

IV. JEuridice, h. Oct. 11, 1810; d. Sept. 2, 1863, 

unm. 
V. Charles W., b. May 27, 181 2. -f- 
VI. Posira, b. Dec. 19, 1813 ; m. Edwin F. Wheel- 
er, of Ashby, Mass., who d. in the army, Aug. 
6, 1863. She r. East JafiVey. 

1. John F., b. at Griswold, Conn., Sept. 
21, 1844; r. East JafFrey ; unm. 

2. James A., b. at Saquoit, N. Y., Mar. 
12, 1849; m., July 4, 1S72, Madeline 
P., dau. of Rev. Enville J. Emery; r. 
East Jaffrey, two children: (i) Albert 
F., b. Oct. 29, 1873. (2) John E., b. 
Sept. 20, 1875. 

3. Mary J., b. at Hornellsvllle, N. Y., 
Sept. 27, 1853; m., June 30, 1873, 
Frank P. Wellman ; one child, — Frank 
Chester, b. March 24, 1876. 

VII. Asaph, b. Nov. 17, 1S15 ; d. Sept. 10, 181S. 
VIII. Bitty, b. May 28, 1818 ; d. July 16, 1S19. 
IX. Nancy, h. Jan. 2, 1820; m. March 23, 1843, 
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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

1. Samuel Pierce, b. Sept. 9, 1844; d. in 
the army. 

2. James A., b. May 22, 1847 ; m. Mary 
Dodge ; one child. 

3. Nathaniel K., b. Nov. 24, 1855. 

4. Charles D., b. Nov. 29, 1S57. 

5. Emma R., b. Sept. 21, 1863. 

X. Asaph, b. Feb. 25, 1823 ; m. Fanny P., dau. of 
Capt. Isaac Jewell, Feb. 7, 1846; r. Michi- 
gan. 



Joseph Pierce m., Dec. 13, 1821, his brother Silas's 
widov^, Esther Jaquith Pierce. He d. at Auburn, 
Mass., April 22, 1S60. She d. March 29, 1866. Seven 
children : 

I. Frederick Sumner, b. Sept. 5, 1822 ; m., i*', 
Dec, 1848, Martha Holden, who d. May 4, 
1850, a. 26; m., 2^, Mary A. Grant, Jan. 
29, 1853 ; one dau. (adopted), Angeline, b. 
1864. 
II. Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 12, 1824. 

III. Samuel Jaquith, h. Dec. i, 1825; d. Sept. 9, 

1827. 

IV. Diantha Maria, b. June 18, 1830. 

V. Samuel Sylvester, b. July 14, 1828; m. 

Clark ; r. Worcester, Mass. 
VI. Msther Louisa, b. July 29, 1832; m. Hollis 

Clark ; r. Providence, R. I. 
VII. Silas, b. Nov, 27, 1835 ; d. Oct. 22, 1840. 
VIII. Emily, b. Sept. 29, 1837 ' ^- ^^^' '5' ^^37. 



JosiAH Pierce m., Feb. 9, 1824, Paulina Erskins ; 
re. to Mexico, Oswego county, N. Y., in 1848. Three 
children, b. in Jaffrey : 

I. Orilla R.,h. ]nn. 24,1825. 
II. Sarah M., h.' April 13, 1826; m., Oct. 5, 1847, 

Stephen Emery. 
III. Jacob A.^ b. Nov. 27, 1828; teacher of martial 
music. 

Luke C. Pierce (twin), b. Jan. 11, 1807 ; m.. May 
5, 1836, Margaret, dau. of William and Olive (Gray) 



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Smith, of Peterborough ; re. to Franklin, Mich. His 
wife d. March 9, 185 1, a. 37. M., z^ Hester E, Lem- 
mons, of Sturgis, Mich. He d. Jan. z|., 1855, from the 
effects of a blow from a broken limb of a falling tree. 
Three ch. by first wife. One son and daughter d. in 
infancy. 

III. Sarah 27,, b. Nov. 25, 1839; m., and r. Mar- 

shaltown, Iowa. 

IV. Samuel, b. April 29, 1853 ; re. with his mother, 

now Mrs. White, to Michigan City, Ind. 



Luther Brooks Pierce m., Sept. 29, 1S31, Ann 
Wilson, b. in Me. ; r. Boston. 

I. JRosina, h. Feb. 5, 1832 ; d. 
II. Martha S., b. Jan. 27, 1834. 

III. Itosira A., b. March 5, 1836. 

IV. Samuel W., h. Feb. 3, 1837. 

V. Mary JS., h. Feb. 22, 1841. 

VI. Xucinda M., b. Aug. 2, 1844. 
VII. JSliza Ji b. May 13, 1846. 



Samuel W. Pierce m., i'*, April 27, 1837, Mary, 
dau. of William and Nabby (Smith) Dutton ; r. on the 
John Stearns farm. She d. Jan. i, 1847. Three ch. 
M., 2*^, Martha Plummer, of Goffstown, Sept. 28, 1847. 
One ch. 

I. Mary Eveline, b. April 30, 1S38 ; m., Feb. 24, 

1861, Joseph F. Carr ; r. Carlisle, Mass. 
II. Henry W., b. March 21, 1842; m. Helen N. 
Butrick ; a carpenter; r. Winchendon. 

III. Albert S., b. March 15, 1845; m. Mary B. 

Chamberlin, Dec. 11, 1872; a machinist; r. 
Fitchburg. 

IV. J. Plummer, b. Feb. 25, 1S51 ; r. on the home- 

stead. 



Charles W. Pierce (Col.), m. Abigail G., dau. of 
James Gowing, of Dublin, May 27, 1835. ^'^^ was h. 
May 15, 1811. In 1838 he re. to Dublin; b-'^ame the 
proprietor of the Twitchell Mills. He d. Aug. 25, 1865. 

I. Phebe, h. Feb. 18, 1836 ; d. 



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II. Charles Henry ^ b. June 6, 1837 '■> ^* 

III. James Edwin^ b. July i, 1839 ; d, 

IV. Asaph Webster, b. Sept. 28, 1840; d. in the 

army. 
V. Harriet Almira, b. Oct. 6, 1842 ; m. John E. 

Baldwin ; r. Jaftrey. 
VI. Almon Gowing, b. Oct. 29, 1843 ; d. in the 

army. 
VII. Rufus Piper^ b. May 11, 1846 ; r. Dublin. 
VIII. Eudora Fraticina, b. Oct. 31, 1847 ; d. 
IX. Willard Holt, b. Feb. 5, 1849 ; r. Dublin. 
X. Clara Cleason^ b. March 23, 1851. 
XI. Frank Elmer ^ b. Feb. 3, 1853. 



Mary, widow of Reuben Pierce, d. Aug. 22, 1839, 

85. 

Zebediah Fierce d. March 12, 1848, a. 43. 

Phebe K. Tyler, his wife, d. July 13, 1869, a. 83. 

Miss Sally Pierce d. .Sept. 29, 1S37, ^- 5^- 



Reuben Pierce, b. 1S09 ; m. Cordelia, dau. of Jacob 
and Mary (Smith) Jewell. Two children : 

(i) Eloiza^ b. 1839. (2) ^^Hct, J"., b. 1850. 



Abijah Pierce (Capt.) wash, in Leominster, Mass., 
Oct. 7, 1788; came to Jaffrey about 1812; settled in 
school-district No. 9 ; m., i"', March 13, 1817, Sally, 
dau. of Parker and Peggy (Taggart) Maynard, who d. 
Oct. 6, 1840; m., 2**, Mrs. Elvira (Maynard) Jewett, a 
sister of his first wife. In 1830 he purchased the tavern 
stand of Zadoc Chapman, and afterwards sold the same 
to N. R. Corning; d. Oct. 23, 1870, a. 82 yrs., 16 
days. Ch. by first wife : 



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Abijah A., b. March 9, 181S ; a carpenter. 
Lewis Lorenzo, b. March 20, 1820; a carpenter 

and joiner.-|- 
Reuben P. Pierce, b. Feb. 19, 1823 ; d. Aug. 2, 

1827. 
Sarah, h. June 3, 1826 ; d. Dec. 27, 1829. 
Mary E., b. Sept. i, 1828; m. George Follens- 

bee, Aug. 29, 1846. 
Reuben P., b. June 4, 1831. 



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Lewis L. Pierce m. Christine M. Billings, dau. of 
Paul H. and Rachel Billings, May 2, 1841. Children : 

I. Sarah E., b. Sept. 4, 1S43 ; m. Charles M. 
Caldwell, of Methuen, Mass., Dec. 7, 1S65. 
II. Xenophon Judson, b. April 9, 1846. 
III. Mlerij Channing, b. Aug. 12, 1848; d. Nov. 
14, 1S64. 



John Pierce came to Jaffrey about 1816 ; paid taxes 
that year. He settled on lot 16, range 2, formerly 

owned by Silas Adams. He m. Sally ; 

April 28, 1853, a. 67. She d. Feb. 28, 1S73, a. 82. 



d. 



Jonas Pierce, son of Asa and Betsey (Pike) Pierce, 
was b. in Dublin, April 8, 1788. His father came 
from Weston, Mass., and settled in Dublin about 1786. 
After a few years he d., leaving a widow and two 
sons,— Asa and Jonas. July 29, 1790, his widow m. 
Thomas Davidson, and re. to Jaftrey. Jonas, his 
(second) son, m. Lucinda, dau. of Benjamin Bailey, of 
Taftrey, Sept. i, 181 1. She was b. July 22, 1791 ; d. 
Feb 3, 1838. He m., 2% Mrs. Polly Bowers, Sept. 11, 
1S38, who d. March 2, 1S75, a. 85. He d. May 28, 
i8s7. He was one of the prosperous farmers of Jaf- 
frey, and the parent of a large and respectable family 
of ch. 

I. Asa, b. July 17, 1812 ; m., Dec. 5, 1839, Lodisa 
Dike ; r. Maine. He d. Oct. 21, 1874. 

II. Abigail, b. Nov. 10, 1815 ; m. Fuller Dike, 
June 13, 1838; r. Me. 

III. Addison, b. March 14, 181 7 ; m., Oct. 25, 1838, 
Millie Prince. 4" 

IV. Jonas, b. April 28, 1819; m. Sarah W. Briant, 
May 4, 1843; d. in Livermore, Me., April 
12, 1S64. 

V. Be?tjamin, b. July 11, i82i.-|- 
VI. ^mos, b. May 31, 1824; m., March 11, 1845, 

Susan Whittemore ; d. in Canton, Me., Nov. 

20, 1862. 
VII. Dexter, b. Sept. 4, 1827; m., Feb. 6, 1851, 

Mary C. Buswell. He d. Aug. 19, 1875. 

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VIII. Betsey, b. Aug. 30, 1829; m. Orlando B. Bus- 
well, vSept. 26, 1849; d. April 17, 1856. 
IX. Emily, b. March 6, 1833 ; d. March 24, 1834. 



Addison Pierce m. Millie Prince, of Thompsonville, 
Conn. ; r. on the homestead. 

I. Myron X., b. Aug. 3, 1840 ; d. Sept. 9, 1842. 
II. Addison, b. Sept. 8, 1S44; m. Ella M. Follans- 
bee, March 30, 1869. 

III. Caroline Elizabeth, h. March 8, 1847; d. May 

8, 1855. 

IV. Clark Myron, b. Jan., 1853 ! '"• 
V. Caroline E., b. Jan. 9, 1855. 



Benjamin Pierce m. Lucinda, dau. of Isaac and 
Betsy (Bailey) Stratton, May 12, 1846. He settled in 
Boston ; accumulated a large estate ; re. to his native 
town, JaftVey, and purchased the Shedd place, lot 19, 
range 7, where he has since resided. In 1877 lie built 
the present Granite State hotel, a valuable addition to 
East JaftVey, and a great convenience to the travelling 
public. Mr. Pierce is a prominent man in town aft'airs ; 
has held many positions of trust; represented the town 
in the state legislature in i87o-'7i ; and is now one of 
the directors in the Monadnock National Bank. 

I. George A., b. 1849. 
II. Ada L., b. 1852. 



Dexter Pierce m. Mary C. Buswell, and settled on 
lot 21, range 6. He d. Aug. 19, 1875. She d. June 
18, 1876. Eight children : 

(i) James M., b. 1852. (2) Loren D., b. 1854. (S) 
Willie B.,h. 1856. (4) Dora, d. May 19, 1858, a. 16 
dys. (s) Jessie C, b i860. (6) Austin 0., b. 1862. 
(7) Myron E., b. 1865. (8) Jane X., b. 1869. 



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^ PATRICK FAMILY. 

The head of the family in this country was Thomas Gill or 
Kill Patrick (he was called by both names), a Scotch-Irish 
Presbyterian. 

In the centuries of earl}' Christianity, and up to the ninth or 
tenth century, the nortli of Ireland and the Scottisli shores were 
peopled by the same race, virtuall}', northern Ireland being 
known to primitive history as " Scotia." The name Patrick 
was equally common on both sides, and it is to this time. It 
is known that about the ninth century one of these Patricks 
built a church, from wliich he took the name " Kirk " or " Kill 
Patrick." Those bearing the name "Kirk" in the south, of 
"Kill" in the north of Scotland, of Kill " or " Gill " in the 
north of Ireland, are all regarded as descendants of the same 
branch — of the Kirk Patrick of Dumfries, Scotland, who built 
the church. Cille, Kill, or Gill, signifies, in the Celtic and 
Gaelic, a place of worship. Kirk, also, has the same significa- 
tion. 

The Kill or Kirk Patricks recognized tlieir fealty to the 
crown of Scotland as late as the days of Bruce, fighting under 
the banner of their chief until he won his crown. When Bruce 
wounded the Red Comyn, at Gra}' Friar's Church, Dumfries, 
in 1306, one of his followers, Sir Roger Kirk Patrick, or Kill 
Patrick (half the historians of that day wrote it "Kill "), who 
would have no doubt on such a matter, said, " I mak sikar " 
(I make sure), and slew the man outright. The crest in the 
Kirk Patrick arms is a hand holding a dagger in pale ^ distilling 
drops of blood, and their motto is, " I mak sikar." The suc- 
cessors of the Closeburn, Dumfries, estates are baronets, and 
the present head of the house is Sir Thomas Kirk Patrick. 
Dumfries was tlieir original home. During the troublous times 
in the early part of the seventeenth century, some of the fami- 
lies known as Covenanters crossed the Mull of Cantyre to An- 
trim in 162S, and were active in tlie wars terminating with the 
siege of Derry. One family of this Dumfries branch of Kirk or 
Kill Patricks was among them, and from this family descended 
Thomas Gill or Kill Patrick. A member of this Scotch fam- 
ily (Carl Kill Patrick) separated himself from them in the 
English interest, and became Lord of Osraighe. Thomas Kill 
or Gill Patrick was a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian, b. 1674, who 
came from Coleraine, county Antrim, Ireland, in 1718, with 
nine sons and one daughter, who was drowned. They came 
first to Boston, thence to Wells, York county, Maine, where 
he did not long remain, but, leaving some of his family there, 
removed with five sons to Biddeford, Maine, where afterwards 
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in Biddeford. 1762, aged 88 years. His descendants are scat- 
tered over the United States, known as Gill Patricks, Kill Pat- 
ricks, Patricks, and some drop the suffix " Patrick," and are 
known as the "Gill" family. We learn, from Eaton's "His- 
tory of Fort St. George," that on April 18, 1735, twenty- 
seven men, vScotch-Irish Presbyterians, from Biddeford, Saco, 
and Wells, entered into a contract with Col. Waldo to set- 
tle upon his lands. Among these men were Thomas, John, 
and Andrew, sons of Thomas Kill Patrick, of Biddeford. In 
1745, on account of the war, the Waldo settlers, many of 
them, left St. George, and went to Boston and neighboring 
towns. Andrew removed to Dedham. Elizabeth, the married 
sister left in Ireland, sailed for this country, and landed at Pem- 
aquid in 1732. She ever after kept house for her brother 
Thomas (a bachelor), who left his estate to her son. Thomas 
commanded the Provincial militia from about 1745 until his 
death, 1770. 

From an old record in Stoughton, Mass., this is gleaned : 
" Samuel Kill Patrick, b. 1733, was apprenticed to Joseph 
Billings at 14 years of age. Says he is the son of Andrew Kill 
Patrick, late of St. George, Knox county, Me. He lived in 
Stoughton as late as 1765." 

Andrew Kill Patrick, son of Thomas Kill Patrick, 
b. in Coleraine, Antrim Co., Ireland ; came to this 
country in 1718; and tradition says he was seven or 
eight years old when he crossed the water. He prob- 
ably d. in Dedham, Mass., for John Patrick, second 
(father of General Marsena R. Patrick, N. Y.), visited 
him there, soon after the battle of Bunker Hill. Six 
children : 



I. Samuel, b. 1733.-I- 

II. William, b. 1741 ; killed in battle. May 30, 
1778, a. 37. He m. Deborah Smith, of 
Dedham, soon after which he re. to Stough- 
ton, which was his home until his death. 
On the church records of Dedham, where 
the marriage is recorded, his name is writ- 
ten "Kill Patrick," and in early life he was 
called "Kill Patrick," but in 1777 he some- 
times signed his name "Patrick." In 177^ 
he was captain in Col. Alden's Fourth Mass. 
Regt., and was killed in the engagement 
with the Tories and Indians, at Cherry Val- 
ley, on the 30th of May, that year. He had 
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III. John, b. 1739; d. in Barre, Mass., 1S07, a. 68.-|- 

IV. Robert, had twelve ch. 
V. Jacob. 



Samuel Kill Patrick was apprenticed to Joseph 
Billings, in Stoughton, Mass., when fourteen years of 
age, and worked seven years to learn a trade. He m., 
i'', Jerusha Harris. He afterwards re. to Fitchburg ; 
thence, in 1773, to Fitzwilliam. His house was there 
destroyed by fire, and the town records were burned 
with it, for he was town-clerk at that time. His wife 
d. in 1780. M., 2^, Mrs. Relief Oakes, Winchendon, 
Mass. He professed the religion of his fathers, and 
was a man of good sense and Christian character. He 
was reserved and distant in his maimers towards his 
children, and trained them strictly to observe the Sab- 
bath, — as one daughter remarked, not allowing them 
to enter the orchard, on Sunday, for apples. He drop- 
ped the prefix "Kill" before removing to Fitzwilliam, 
and was known, ever after, as "Patrick." He re. to 
Jaffiey, Dec, 1809, and d. Aug. 6, 1817, a. 84. Eight 
children : 

I. Samuel, h. at Stoughton, Mass., April 29, 

1 764.+ 
II. Jiufi(S,h. May 4, 1766; r. in Fitzwilliam; re. 
to JaftVey ; d. Sept. 10, 1797, a. 31. He had 
a son, William. 

III, Betsey, b. Dec. 22, 1770; m. Edward Calley ; 

re. to Windsor, Vt., and d. Had a son, 
Samuel. 

IV. Daniel {t-w'in), b. Nov. 6, 1772; m. Susannah 

McLane : r. Hinesburg, Vt. ; d. Nov. 6, 
1842, a. 70. Children : John, Rufus, Eliza- 
beth, Susan, and Daniel. 

V. Sally (twin), b. Nov. 6, 1772 ; m., Oct. 9, 1793, 
Whitcomb French ; r. Dublin ; re. to Marl- 
borough, where he d. July 30, 1865, a. 92. 
Children: Whitcomb, Daniel, Jerusha H., 
Sumner, Stillman, Betsey G., Malancy B., 
Abigail, and Leander. 

VI. Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1774; m. John McLane; 
r. Lyme, N. H. ; re., in 1851, to Loveland, 
Ohio; d. Dec. 17, 1831, a. 57. Children: 
Susannah, Hannah, Stevenson, Thomas, 
Robert, Dolly, David, and Mary. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

VII. Dolly ^ b. Aug. 23, 1776 ; m., i", David Goodell, 
of Lyme ; m., 2**, Asahel Gilbert. She d. 
Jan. 30, 1856, a. 79. 
VIII. Abigail^ b. Oct, 23, 1778; d., a. 7 weeks. 



John Patrick (Lieut.), b. 1739; m., i", Sarah 
-, b. 1738. She d. April 28, 1799, a. 61 yrs. M., 



2**, Mrs. Lilley ; r. in Barre, Mass. In tlie commission 
(still preserved) given him, Feb. 5, 1776, by the gov- 
ernor and council of the province of Massachusetts Bay, 
he is styled "John Patrick, Gentleman." He was 
known by the name of "Patrick" in Barre, where he 
d. March 6, 1807, ''•• ^S yrs. 

I. Anna m. Elihu Beaman, of Wendell, Mass. ; d. 

II. John, b. 1766; d. He had children; one is 
living. 

III. Marsena R. Patrick (Gen.), b. in Jefferson 
Co., N. Y., March 15, 1811 ; graduated at 
West Point, 1835. Joining the Second Inf., 
he became first lieutenant in 1839 ' captain, 
Aug. 22, 1847; brevet-major in 1849, "for 
meritorious conduct in Mexico;" resigning 
June 30, 1850, he retired to his farm. In 
iS59-'6i, was president of the State Agri- 
cultural College. When civil war broke 
out, he was made inspector-general of the 
N. Y. militia ; brigadier-general of volun- 
teers, March 17, 1862. In Dec. he com- 
manded a brigade in Doiibleday's division, 
first army corps, with which he took part in 
the battle of Antietam. Provost marshal 
general, Army of the Potomac, Oct. 6, 
1862, to March 17, 1S65 ; resigned June 12, 
1865. President of New York Agricultural 
Society since Feb. 14, i86t ; r. at Manlius, 
N. Y. 



Samuel Patrick m., i", Sarah Davidson, of Peter- 
borough, Dec. 27, 1792. She d. Jan. 25, 1824, a. 58. 
M., 2"*, Ann Wright, who d. Oct. 24, 1853, a. 77. He 
was a merchant in Fitzwilliam, and was also a carpen- 
ter and joiner by trade. He purchased a farm in 
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until death, Jan. 10, 1S33, a. 68. He was prosperous 
for the tunes in which he lived, and was a member ot 
the Congregational Church. He was called an odd 
man, doing things in his own peculiar way, regardless 
of the opinion of others. Many years before his death 
he gave his farm to his son Samuel, 3d. Children : 

I. Joel Oakes, b. in Fitzwilliam, Nov. 8, 1793. -|- 
II. Samuel., b. in Jaftrey, Dec. 30, i795-~h 

III. William Wright, b. Dec. 24, 1797.-I- 

IV. Sally, h. Ma.y 5, 1800; m., 1819, Jona. Jewett 

Bacon, q. v. 

V. Relief, b. Dec. 6, 1803 ; m. Perkins Biggelow, 

q. V. 

VI. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1809 ; m. David Hall ; 

d. March 20, 1880 ; r. Waltham, Mass. Five 
children : 

I. Wright P., b. April 26, 1835 ; r. Cali- 
fornia ; clerk of the county, and a large 
dealer in cattle and horses ; m. ; four 
children. 

3. Davis C, b. Aug. 7, 1836; m. M. J. 
Parker ; r. in California ; a public offi- 
cer in the place where he lives. 

3. Samuel R., b. May 6, 1841 ; r. Cali- 
fornia. 

4. William H., b. April 29, 1843 ; m. ; 
owns mills ; r. Cal. ; one son. 

5. Edwin, b. Oct. 18, 1848; r. Waltham. 



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Joel Oaks Patrick m. Dec. 11, 181 7, Sally Brig- 
ham, b. Sept. 9, 1790. He was a merchant, hotel- 
keeper, and a carpenter and joiner by trade. He d 
March 31, 1870. She d. March 3, 1879, a. 8S. 

I. Dexter, b. Dec. 9, 1818; m., i", Mary Ann 
Nutting, July, 1845; she d. Oct., 1845. M., 
2'^, Eliza J. Wentworth ; r. Waltham, Mass. 
Two children : (i) Mary E,, b. July 19, 
1848 ; m., April 7, 1867, Leroy Brown; r. 
Waltham ; two children. (2) Dexter B., b. 
April 2, 1 85 1 ; m. Rosella Biggelow ; r. in 
Waltham, Mass. ; i child. 
II. Joel, b. Oct. 31, 1S20. 

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Sarah, b. Jan. 26, 1825 ; m., May 8, 1859, 
David A. Cutler ; r. East JaftVey. 



Samuel Patrick m,, June 9, 1822, Mrs. Abigail, 
widow of Samuel Twitchell, of Dublin, a brother of Dr. 
Amos Twitchell, of Keene. She had two daughters, — 
Maria W., b. April 29, 1815 ; m. Jan., 1S38, Lewis 
Thorpe, a merchant; r. Athol, Mass. ; d. Dec. 31, 1850, 
a. 35. Caroline, b. Aug. 3, iSiS ; m. Dec. 24, 1845, 
Rev. Simon Barrows; r. Templeton, Mass.; d. Dec. 
25, 1852, a. 34. One child, d. in infancy. 

Mrs. Patrick d. Sept. 16, 1S39, ^' 44- ^^ "''•' 2"^, 
Dec. 30, 1S40, Mrs. Eliza Bailey, who d. Aug. 10, 1877. 
He d. March 6, 185 1, a. 55. Eight children, — six by 
first wife, two by second wife. 

In 1818 he joined a colony from Middletown, Vt., 
which made a settlement in Ohio. His uncle, Dr. Ezra 
Clark, was among them, and the doctor persuaded him 
to commence the study of medicine. He purchased 
land and returned East to marry. The idea of a home 
in the far West (as it then seemed) away from kindred 
and friends, did not please his wife ; therefore he re- 
mained on the farm until the death of his father, soon 
after which he sold the farm, and purchased mills in 
the village now called East Jaftrey. He was a very 
social man, and exceedingly enjoyed the intercourse of 
his fellow-townsmen. They often conferred upon him 
their best town offices, and once he was sent to the 
state legislature as their representative. He was a 
member of the Congregational church. He was fond 
of books, and was well read in law, but financial suc- 
cess was not his fate. He took advantage of the bank- 
rupt law in 1840, and soon after re. to Bolton, where 
he survived his misfortunes but a few years. 

I. Elizabeth, b. in Jaffi-ey, March 31, 1823; m., 
June 21, 1849, William ■^' Lincoln, b. April 
II, 1818. He was thirty-six years superin- 
tendent of reformatory institutions for boys. 
He commenced in Boston, Mass. He aided 
in planning the Massachusetts State Reform 
School buildings in Westboro', and was their 
first superintendent. He was the first su- 
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similar institution in Ba.timore. He de- 
signed the plans of the Maine and New 
Hampshire Reform School buildings ; also, 
the Maryland Deaf and Dumb Inst, and 
other public buildings. He is now in mer- 
cantile business in Baltimore, Md. Ch. liv- 
ing: M. Lizzie, Flora M., and William R., 
Jr- 

33 II. Samuel C, h. in Jaffrey, March 31, 1S25 ; m., 

March 7, 1853, Mrs. Harriet R. Marsh, of 
Woodstock, Vt. ; b. Feb. i, 1S17, He was 
b. on the form where three generations of 
Samuel Patricks had lived before him. He 
left town in 1S41, and entered a cigar man- 
ufacturing establishment in Bolton, Mass. 
He afterwards went to Salem, Mass., thence 
to New Ipswich, N. H., where his health 
failed, and a sea voyage was advised. He 
sailed from New Bedford, for the north-west 
coast, in 1S45,— doubling the Cape of Good 
Hope on the outward voyage, and Cape 
Horn on his return. He took with him 
about seventy volumes of reading matter, and 
Bowditch's Navigation. He kept the ship's 
reckoning, and a journal, during the voyage. 
After being absent nearly three years, he re- 
turned to his former occupation. He would 
have followed the sea, probably, had he not 
received a permanent injury during the voy- 
age. He r. in Lowell, Mass., and is now a 
manufacturer of and dealer in cigars and 
tobacco. 

34 III. Abigail, b. in Jaffrey, Dec. 15, 1S29 ; d. Dec. 

36, 1830, a. I yr. 

35 IV. George, b. in Jaffrey, Nov. 16, 1831 ; d. July 

25, 1834, a. 2 yrs., 8 mos. 

36 V. mnry, h. in Jaffrey, Nov. 8, 1836; d. Dec. 31, 

1843, a. 6 yrs. 

37 VI. Mary Abbie, h. in Jaffrey, June 28, 1839; m., 
July 31, 1865, Frederick D. Morrison, of 
Md., b. Sept. 30, 1837. He is superintendent 
of white and colored "Institutions for the 
Listruction of the Blind," in Baltimore, Md. 
Ch. living, — George, Clarence. 

38 VII. Miza, h. in Bolton, Mass., Sept. 30, 1S41 ; d. 
July 18, 1S42, a. 9 mos. 



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VIII. George Henry ^ b. in Bolton, Mass., Sept. 28, 
1S43 ; received academic education in Bolton 
high school, Clinton grammar school, Lan- 
caster academy, and Westbrook seminary, 
Me. ; entered the Union army as sergeant 53** 
Mass. Vol. Militia, Sept. 6, 1S62 (at the age 
of 19), serving in the campaign of the Red 
River, Port Hudson, &c., of iS62-'3, where 
he was wounded ; afterwards joined the 36"' 
and 56"' Mass., serving in the campaign of 
iS64-'5, of the Army of the Potomac. Re- 
tained in service, after mustered out of regi- 
ment, by special order of the secretary of 
war, July 14, 1865 ; appeared before exam- 
ining board, Washington, D. C, Aug. 7, 
1S65 ; mustered out of volunteer service, and 
Aug. 15, 1865, commissioned second lieuten- 
ant 20'" U. S. C. T. ; Sept. 19, 1865, com- 
missioned second lieutenant 82*^ U. S. C, T. ; 
Nov. 6, 1865, appointed A. D. C, and Act. 
Asst. Adj. Gen, Dist. Middle, Northern, and 
Southern Florida, Staft' of Brig. Gen. John 
Newton ; Feb. 10, 1866, appointed A. D. C, 
Start" of Maj. Gen. John G. Foster, com- 
manding Dept. Fla. ; April 26, 1866, ap- 
pointed first lieutenant 82"^ U. S. C. T. ; 
May 2, 1866, appointed judge advocate, 
Dept. Fla. ; June 21, 1866, appointed adju- 
tant 82'' U. S. C. T. ; Sept. 7, 1866, 
mustered out of service ; March 17, 1867, re. 
to Montgomery, Ala., where he has since 
resided as a practising lawyer ; m., April i, 
1869, in Montgomery, Jennie M. Todd, of 
Hyde Park, N. Y., b. May 27, 1844. Ch. : 
Henry Ewing, b. July 3, 1870; Ruth 
Stoughtenburg, b. March, 1872; a son, b. 
Aug., 1877. 



William Wright Patrick m. Caroline Davidson ; 
r. Canada West; re., 1841, to Sun Prairie, Wis., where 
he d. April 6, 1867. His wife d. Aug. 16, 1855. Five 
children : 

I. William Wright, b. Jan. 29, 1828; m. Lidoma 
Winsor ; r. Brigham's Lane, Cottonwood 
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II. Mary Ann, b. July 6, 1S31 ; m. Wm. Hunter; 

r. Lowell, Dodge Co., Wis. 

III. Sarah Dorothy, b. Aug. 6, 1S34; m. David J. 

Munroe ; r. Prescott, Grape-vine Co., Arizo- 
na Territory. 

IV. Irene Caroline, b. Nov. 21, 1S39; '''^- Thomas 

A. Hawkins ; r. St. Paul, Minn. 
V. Eliza A?m, b. Sept. iS, 1S45 ; m. Otis P. Bar- 
rett ; r. Central City, Col. 



PERRY FAMILY. 

John Perry, son of John and Esther Emery Perry, 
was b. in Dublin, Aug. 39, 1S07. His grandfather, 
Ivory Perry, came to Dublin from Sherborn, Mass., 
previous to 1767, and m. Kezia Broad. He m., 2'^, Nov. 
16, 1837, Elmira, dau. of Jacob and Mary Smith 
Jewell, b. at Jaffrey, Dec. 18, 1807. Mr. Perry fol- 
lowed the business of farming, first in Dublin, after- 
wards in JaftVey, on the farm formerly owned by Judge 
Abel Parker. He is now (1880) a resident of Peter- 
borough. Seven children : 

I. Catherine E., b. Jan. 20, 1838; m. Munson 
McClenning ; r. Peterborough. One child : 
Mabel Harris. 

II. Harriet, b. May 16, 1839; ^- Oct. 10, 1839. 

III. Mary S., b. Aug. 17, 1842 ; m. Henry McClen- 

ning ; r. Worcester, Mass. 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1834. 
V. Harriet, b. Aug. 24, 1846. 

VI. Edwin, b. Aug. i, 1848 ; d. 



PHELPS FAMILY. 

Francis Phelps d. in the reign of Edward VI. 

John dwelt on Nether Tyne, Eng. 

William m. Mary Dover, and came to this country, 
and landed at Hull, Mass., May 30, 1630; settled in 
Winsor, Ct, of which he was the founder, in 1635. 

Timothy, b. Sept. i, 1639 ; m. Mary Griswold. 

Nathaniel, b. Jan. 27, 1677 ; m. Hannah Bissell. 

Solomon, b. July 29, 1716 ; m. Temperance Barker. 



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BissELL (Capt.), b. Feb. 16, 1754 ; m. Lovina Skinner. 

Alexander, b. Oct. 6, 1780; m. Rachel Steele, dau. 
of John and Sarah (Cobb) Steele, b. in Tolland, Ct., 
June 12, 1780; a descendant of George Steele, who 
came from England ; settled, first, in Cambridge, Mass., 
afterwards in Hartford, Ct. 

GuRLEY Artemas Phelps, m. d., b. in Waitsfield, 
Vt, June 30, 1822 ; came to Jaffrey in 1849 5 i^-' April 
10, 1851, Adaliza, dau. of Benjamin and Grata (Hunt) 
Cutter. She d. June 3, 1852. One child : 

I. Grace Mina^ b. April 12, 1S52. 

He m., 2**, Nov. 2, 1858, Nancy Priscilla Stoughton, 
b. Jan. 23, 1824, dau. of Asa and Anna (Stevens) 
Stoughton, of Gill, Mass. Three children : 

II. Charles Stoughton, b. Dec. 23, 1859. 
HI. Mary Eliza, b. July 7, 1862. 
IV. William Steele, b. July 12, 1867. 



POLLARD FAMILY. 



Levi Pollard, b. at Harvard, Mass., April i, 1809; 
m. Sarah Bassett, of Westmoreland ; settled on the 
Fortune lot, in Jaftrey. 

2 I. Sarah E., b. Nov. 22, 1834 ; d. March 31, 1866, 
unm. 

3 II. Lem,\). Sept. 16, 1837; "^- Louisa Leach, of 
Westmoreland. 

4 III. Joseph, b. Feb. 23, 1840 ; d. May 30, 1868. 

5 IV. Andrew, b. June 29, 1845 ; m. Louisa M. Cole, 
Sept. II, 1878. 



POOLE FAMILY. 



Ebenezer Poole came to Jaffrey about 1803 ; settled 
on lot 4, range 6 ; m. Olive Ward, who d. Oct. 9, 1846, 
a. 72. He d. Dec. 31, 1857, ^- ^3- 

I. Ifary 31., h. Aug., 1802 ; r. Brookline ; unm. 
II. Catherine, b. Sept. 17, 1803. 



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IV. Hannah C, b. March, 1805. 
V. Martha iS., b. July 11, 1807. 

VI. Caroline, h. Nov. 19, 1808 ; m. Parsons Darling ; 

d. Jan, 13, 1858. 
VII. Ebe7iezer, b. July 5, iSio. 
VIII. John TF., b. Aug. 13, i8i3.-|- 
IX. William J/., b. May 10, 18 14. 
X. Olive E. B., b. June 10, 1830. 



John Ward Poole m., i^', Edith, dau. of Abel Cut- 
ter ; 3**, Dorothy Holt, of Fitzwilliam ; 3^^, Sybil, dau. 
of John and Polly (Batchelder) Cutter, widow of Joel 
H. Cutter; and 4*, Nancy Witt, widow of James 
Howe. First wife d. July 33, 1839 ; second wife d. ; 
third wife d Aug. 31. 
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r. Jaftrey Centre. Three ch. by 



I. Joel Hohart, b. Jan. i, 1843 ; m. Feb. 35, 1868, 
Elizabeth P., dau. of Edmund and Rachel 
R. (Cutter) Shattuck. One child : 

I. Arthur Eugene, b. March i, 1S69. 

II. John Ward, b. March 31, 1846; m. 

III. Mary Cutter, b. July 9, 1S56 ; m., July 35, 1875, 

Lewis K., son of James and Nancy (Witt) 
Howe, widow of John W. Poole ; re. to Ply- 
mouth, Wis. ; and d. Sept. 7, 1877. One 
child. 



POPE FAMILY. 



William Pope (Capt.) came to Jaffrey at an early date, 
and settled on lot 30, range 6, now owned b}' Joseph Davis. 
He was in service during the Revolution, and on committees 
to procure provisions for the army ; member of the board of 
selectmen ; and held other offices of honor and trust. Of his 

origin we have no knowledge. He m. Mary , who d. 

May 7, 1831, a. 73. He d. Nov. 16, 1820, a. 80. One ch. : 



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Polly, m. Nathan Cutter, of New Ipswich, q. v. 
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Whitcomb Powers came from Hollis, and settled in 
school district No. 9 ; re. to Peterborough about 1809. 
He m., I*', Keziah Loring, of Lexington, Mass., b. 
April 19, 1761 ; d. March 6, 1790. M., 2*^, Miriam 
Bond, of Dublin, April 21, 1791 ; d. Dec. 20, 1839, ^• 
76, He d. at Peterborough, Nov. 19, 1826. Four ch. 
by first wife, and ten by second wife. 

I. Joseph, d. 
II. Whitcomb, d. 
in. Frajicis, d. 

IV. Keziah, b. 1786 ; m. Jacob Newell, q. v. 
V. Polly D., b. Jime 29, 1793; m., Nov. 3, 1830, 
Riley Goodrich, of Peterborough ; d. June 
12, 1S70. He d. Sept. 8, 185 1, a. 56. 
VI. Miriam P., b. Nov. 17, 1795; m., Sept. 17, 

1816, Collins H. Jaquith. 
VII. Nabhy, b. IVIay 22, 1798 ; d. Nov. 9, 1800. 
VIII. Petsey, b. June 21, 1800; m., Dec. 11, 1823, 
Charles M. Howe. 
IX. Mehitahle P., b. Sept. 2, 1802 ; d. Nov. 2, 1873, 

unm. 
X. Lydia A., b. April 28, 1805 ; m., 1", Hugh 

Smith, and 2**, James Williams. 
XI. Francis TF. G., b. June 27, 1S08; m. Elizabeth 
Hunt ; d. May 31, 1871. 

XII. William 3f., h. July 28, 1811 ; m., Sept. 10, 

183S, Mary Clark. 

XIII. /Stephen F., b. July 11, 1814 ; d. April 20, 1815. 



Paul Powers settled on lot 7, range 7 ; d. Dec. 6 
1797, a. 38. His widow, Merriel Powers, m. David 
Gilmore, and d. Oct. 13, 1842, a. 73. 



Peter Powers settled in JaffVey, on lot 11, range 8, 
about 1S08 ; was a tax-payer for the last time in 1S29. 



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17 Charles Henry Powers was the son of Cyrus and 

Lucretia (Pierce) Powers, and grandson of Asa and 
Rachel (Cutter) Powers, of Temple. He was b. in 
Newmarket, April 14, 1828. His mother d. Sept., 
1833, and his father m., 2*^, Mary J. Hilton, of New- 
market, re. to Pittsfield, and d. Nov. 9, 1834, when his 
son Charles was a little more than six years old. After 
the death of his father he went to Dublin, and lived 
with an uncle till 1847, when he went to work in a 
store in Jaftrey, and has since been engaged in trade 
there, except while in Canada as consul. 

He received his education at the common-school, and 
there, b)^ his own industry and application, qualified him- 
self for the many important public stations which he 
has since held. In the town of his adoption he has 
been chosen moderator of their town-meetings for a 
longer period than any other man since the incorpora- 
tion of the town ; has for many years been town-treas- 
urer, member of the state legislature in i860, '61, and 
'79 ; was bank commissioner four years, — i86i-'2-'3-'4 ; 
elected railroad commissioner in 1875 for three years; 
and appointed United States consul to Coaticook, Can- 
ada, by President Lincoln, Oct. 14, 1864, and remained 
in office till July i, 1869. During 1861 and '62 he was 
clerk for a military committee of the state to raise troops ; 
and was four years master of Charity Lodge, No. 18, of 
Free & Accepted Masons in the town of Jaftrey. 

In 1 85 1 he m. Eliza A. Bailey, dau. of Rev. E. K. 
Bailey, of Jaffi^ey, by whom he has one son, Fred L., b. 
1858. 



PRESCOTT FAMILY. 

The Prescott family is of English origin. James was a resi- 
dent of Standish, in Lincolnshire, England, about 1564. He 
m. a dau. of Roger Standish, Esq., by whom he had six chil- 
dren. His second child m. Ellen Shaw, of Standish. They 

had four children, the youngest of whom, Ralph, m. Ellen , 

of Shovington. The youngest of their five ch., John, m. Mary 
Platts, of Wygan, in Lancashire, Jan. 21, 1629, and in 1640 
emigrated to New England, and settled in Watertown, Mass., 
but afterwards re. to Lancaster. They had nine ch., four b. in 
America. His youngest child, Jonas, b. at Lancaster, June, 
1648, m. Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Draper) Looker, of 
Sudbury, by whom he had four sons and eight daughters. 



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Among their descendants was William Prescott, the historian, 
who m. Susan Amory, of Boston. The grandfathers of this 
couple had been engaged on opposite sides, during the war for 
independence, and even in the same battle. Col. Prescott was 
the American commander at the battle of Bunker Hill, while 
Capt. Linzey was commander of the sloop Falcon, in Charles 
river, and cannonaded the Americans, under Prescott, on Bun- 
ker Hill. The swords, worn on that occasion by the soldier 
and sailor, came down, in their respective families, until they 
met in the family of the historian. 

James, the oldest son of Jonas and Mary Looker, b. Oct. i6, 
1678, m., i^'. Thankful Wheeler, of Concord. She d. ; and he 
m., 2*^, Mary Page. They had six children. The oldest, 
Ebenezer, b, July 19, 1700, m. Hannah Farnsworth. He d. 
Dec. I, 1771. His second son, Oliver, b. May 5, 1725, m., 
June 8, 1779, Bethia Underwood. He was a farmer in West- 
ford, Mass. ; d. Jan. i, 1S03. 

Benjamin Prescott (Col.) and his brother Oliver 
were among the early settlers of Jaftrey. Oliver m. 
Keziah Haywood, Nov. 15, 1788, and re. to Whites- 
town, N. Y. Benjamin re. to Jaftrey, and settled on 
lot 21, range 9, in 1774, living in a log house until 1775* 
At the raising of his frame house, a party from Rindge, 
on their way to the defence of Charlestown, assisted. 
Mr. Carlton, one of their number, was killed on Bunker 
Hill, While acting as a spy, on the day previous to 
the battle, he was taken prisoner by the British, and 
made his escape the same day. Col. Prescott was a 
man of gigantic power, bodily, intellectually, and mor- 
ally. He was an active, energetic, and influential man ; 
highly esteemed for his integrity, uprightness, and 
sound judgment. He represented the town in the 
state legislature for a period of eleven years, nine in 
succession — a longer period than any other man in the 
town of Jaftrey. He was early appointed by the gov- 
ernor a justice of the peace, and continued in that oflice 
for many years, during which he was much employed in 
public business. He was a director and contractor for 
building the third New Hampshire turnpike. He was 
also a deacon of the Baptist church, v/hich he was 
active in forming, and prominent in its support until his 
death, which occurred March 7, 1839 ' ^"<^' ^* '^'^^ ^S^ °^ 
85 he went down to the grave ''like a shock of corn 
fully ripe in its season." In his own business affairs, 
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proprietor of a public house, which was well patronized 
by the travelling public. 

Benjamin Prescott m. Rachel Adams, of Chelms- 
ford, Dec. 5, 1775- She was b. Aug. 19, 1757; d. 
March 9, 1S26, a. 68. He d. March 7, 1839, a. 85. 

I. Benjamin^ b. Sept. 2, 1773; d. Sept. 16, i777- 
II. Benjamin^ b. Sept. i, 1778; was a machinist 
and farmer ; r. East Jaftrey village ; m. 
widow Sally (Searle) Hodge, May 17, 1830. 
She was b. in Temple, Nov. 26, 1781 ; d. 
Sept. 7, 1869. He d. Sept. 14, 1852. 

III. Oliver^ b. Feb. 9, 1781.-}- 

IV. Rachel^ b. Aug. 30, 1783 ; m. James, son of 

James and Betsey (Warner) Clay, of Putney, 
Vt., 1815. He was b. Dec. 16, 1783; d. 
Jan. 4, 1838. She d. He was a farmer ; r. 
in Rindge : 

1. James P., b. April 7, 1817 ; a farmer; 

r. Rindge. 

2. Rachel, b. April 15, 1819; d. Nov. 20, 

1867. 

3. Susan B., b. Feb. 23, 1S26; r. Rindge. 

V. Eldad, b. Nov. 13, 17S6.4- 
VI. Nabby^ b. Sept. 13, 1789; d. Aug. 24, iSoo. 
VII. John A., b. Nov. 7, i793.-f- 
VIII. Susannah^ b. Sept. 8, 1797 ; d. Aug. 30, 1800. 
IX. Bethia, b. April 2, 1800; d. June, 1807. 

Oliver Prescott (Col.) was a farmer and inn-keep- 
er ; erected the large and commodious public house on 
the turnpike, east of his father's. He was a prominent, 
leading man; held many positions of honor and trust; 
was moderator, town-clerk, selectman, representative, 
justice of the peace, and colonel of the Twelfth Regt. 
N. H. militia. He m. Mary, dau. of James and Betsey 
(Warner) Clay, May 23, 181 1. She was b. at Putney, 
Vt., March 12, 1782 ; d. March 31, 1839. M., 2'', Mrs. 
Phebe (Coffin) Brown, Jan. 7, 1S41. She was b. April 
14, 1795 ; d. Aug. II, 1S44. M., 3^, Mrs. Mary (Bon- 
ner) Stratton, March 27, 1845. She was b. June 23, 
1789, now (1876) living in Fredonia, N. Y. He d. 
Nov. 25, 1850, a. 61. 

I. Oren, b. May 17, 1813; d. Sept. 23, 1816. 



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Elizabeih^ b. Aug. 21, 1817; d. April 25, 1818. 
Elizabeth^ b. June 20, 1819; m. Rufus Hay- 
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Eldad Prescott (Capt.) was a farmer ; settled on 
the homestead of his father ; was a captain in the state 
militia; m. Clarissa, dau. of Paul and Betsey Hunt, of 
Jaftrey, March 27, 1816. She was b. in Acton, Mass., 
Oct. 4, 1791 ; d. Sept. 20, 1826. M., 2^, Betsey, sister 
of Clarissa, June 10, 1829. She was b. in Acton, July 
5. 1793 ; ^' Oct. I, 1852. He d. May 23, 1872. 

I. Eldad A., b. Feb. 22, 181 7.+ 
II. Benjamin, b. Dec. 21, i8i8.-[- 

III. Oliver P., b. Jan. 22, 1821.-}- 

IV. Oren^ b. March 24, 1823.-}- 

By second marriage : 

V. John A., b. Aug. 19, 1S30; d. April 28, 1863. 
VI. Henry, b. Aug. 11, 1832 ; d. Aug. 19, 1852. 
VII. Addison, b. June 9, 1836. -|- 



JoHN A. Prescott was a farmer and manufacturer, 
and lived in Squantum village until about 1850, when 
he re. to East Jaffrey. He was captain in the JaftVey 
rifle company ; county commissioner ; represented the 
town in the state legislature, i858-'9 ; and was justice 
of the peace. He m. Martha, dau. of Samuel and 
Patty (Wyman) Ryan, of Sharon, April 10, 1828. She 
was b. June i, 1806. He d. at East Jaftrey, Oct. 7, 
i860. She d. May 19, 1879, in Fredonia, N. Y. 

I. George H., h. Nov. 12, 1833 ; d. Dec. 25, 1834. 
II. Martha C, b. Nov. 20, 1835 ; m. Spencer L., 
son of Rev. Ephraim K. and Amanda Bai- 
ley, Jan. 28, 1855. She was b. March 13, 
1829 ; r. Fredonia, N. Y. One ch. : 

I. Annie, b. July 20, 1857. 



Daniel C. Prescott, b. July 11, 1815 ; a farmer; 
settled on the homestead of his father. Col. Oliver Pres- 
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dau. of Benj. Davidson, of Fitzwilliam, Sept. 12, 1844. 
She was b. July 2, 1814. He d. July 18, 1866. 

1. Oren D., b. April 29, 1843; enlisted, Sept. 23, 
1862, in the Fourteenth Regt. N. H. V., 
and served during the war. He m. Ella, 
dau. of Wm. E. Boynton, of Sharon ; was a 
merchant in East Jaftrey ; d. Dec. 31, 1875. 

II. George 0., b. Feb. 24, 1845.+ 

III. Mary^ b. Sept. 21, 1847; '""• Jobn W. Poole, 
q. V. 

IV. Susa?i X., b. July 25, 1850; m. Charles B. 
Robbins, May 2, 1875. 

V. Martha, b. Sept. 13, 1852. 
VI. Marshall J)., b. April 9, 1854; ^^- J^"-' 1866. 
VII. Freddie H., b. Feb. 23, 1859 ; d. Jan. 29, i860. 



Eldad a. Prescott was a deaf mute. He was 
educated at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, at 
Hartford, Conn. ; was a cabinet-maker, and r. in Squan- 
tum village. He m. Frances P., dau. of Elisha and 
Phebe Hammond, of West Bradford, Mass., Nov. 2, 
1843. She was b. Sept. 5, 1819 ; d. Sept. 20, 1853. 
He m., 2*^, Mrs. Sarah Greenleaf Smith, of New Boston, 
Nov. 29, 1855. She was b. July 4, 1831 ; r. in Glou- 
cester, Mass. He d. Oct. 9, 1865. 

I. Charles E., b. March 13, 1845. 

II. Datiiel TF., b. July 13, 1S47 ' '^* ^'^^ same day. 

III. Caroline F., b. Nov. 18, 1848 ; d. Sept. 9, 1852. 

IV. Thomas H. 6r., b. Oct. 26, 1851 ; d. Sept. 5, 

1852. 

By second marriage : 

V. Annie, b. Dec. 23, 1857 ; r. Topeka, Kan. 
VI. Addie F.^ b. March 23, 1861 ; d. Dec. 6, 1861. 
VII. Eliza ilf., b. March 16, 1864; r. Gloucester, 

Mass. 
VIII. Austin E.^ b. Nov. 30, 1865 ; r. Topeka, Kan. 



Benjamin Prescott, a farmer and starch manufac- 
turer, m. Lovina, dau. of Joseph and Martha (Wilder) 
Brown, Oct. 21, 1846. She was b. at Winchendon. 
In 1856 he re. to Prairie City, 111., and in 1875 to 
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II. Francis J/., b. April 23, i8,|8; m. AUie, dau. 

of Wm. P. McClure, of Topeka, Kan. 



Oliver P. Prescott m. Addie L., dau. of Josiah 
Biggelow, Dec. 8, 1846. She was b. in Framingham, 
Mass., March, 1827; d. Jan. 7, 1S49. M., 2**, Susan 
M., dau. of Josiah and Mary (Bonner) Stratton ; r. in 
Fredonia, N. Y. 

I. Ellery B.^ b. Nov. 22, 1848; m., and r. in 
Fredonia. 



Oren Prescott is a farmer in JaftVey ; m. Martha 
L., dau. of Jacob and Martha Adams, of Rindge, June 
16, 1846. She was b. April 10, 1827; d. June 25, 
1850. He m., 2*^, Caroline A., dau. of Wm. T. and 
Grata Nutting, of JaftVey, June 8, 1852. She was b. 
Jan. 12, 1834; ^' -^piil 30? 1S61. He m., 3'*, Louisa J., 
dau. of Jesse T. Plummer, of Goftstown. 

I. Martha E., b. April 27, 1850; d. March 3, 

1853- 

II. Elliot 0., b. Sept. 7, 1854, by second marriage, 
in. Julius £"., b. March 7, 1856, " 

IV. Carrie M., b. July 14, 1858, " 

V. Willie E., b. Feb. 10, 1869, by third marriage. 



Addison Prescott m. Mary A., dau. of Harvey and 
Adeline (Haywood) Sawyer, March 14, 1865. She was 
b. in Sharon, N. H., Nov, 16, 1841. He represented 
the town in the state legislature, in i866-'7 ; r. on the 
old Prescott farm, in JaftVey, until 1872 ; and is now in 
the real estate loan business, in Topeka, Kan. 

I. John A., b. Oct. 2, 1866. 

II. Bessie A., b. Dec. i, 1868. 

III. Alice, h. Aug. 21, 1871. 

IV. Witmi/red S., b. Sept. 16, 1880, in Topeka, 

Kansas. 



George O. Prescott m. Electa, dau. of William 
and Lona Lennox, of Elroy, N. Y. ; r. Minneapolis, 
Minn. 



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I. Freddie A., b. Jan. 7, 1869; d. Aug. 14, 1S71. 
II. Lillian G., b. Aug. 4, 1873. 



RICE FAMILY. 

Laban Rice, son of David and grandson of Abra- 
ham, was b. in Fitzwilliam, March 23, iSoi. His 
father, David, was b. in Framingham, March 19, 1769 ; 
m. Doi'cas, dau, of Philip and Eunice (Shumway) 
Amsden, b. at Oxford, Mass., Dec. 10, 1769; r. in 
Fitzwilliam. After the death of her husband she spent 
the remainder of her life with her son in JaflVey, where 
she d. April 15, 1874, a. 104 years. 

Laban Rice m., Oct. 14, 1827, Esther, dau. of John 
and Abigail (Demary) Cutter. He d. Dec. 3, 1S73. 
Mr. Rice was the proprietor of the Cutter homestead. 
He fitted up the house for summer boarders, which has 
been well patronized by many of the citizens of Boston. 
He represented the town in the state legislature in 1S46. 
Eight children : 

I. Paidina, b. Sept. 28, 1828; m., Dec. 26, 1850, 
Ebenezer Upton, merchant. East JaftVey ; 
she d. Jan. 15, 1S57. -^^ ^' J"-'"^ ^Sj 1S60, 
a. 41. One child, — Paulina C., d. Aug. 15, 
1857, '*• 7 f^ios. 
II. Ellen Maria, h. June 14, 1830; d. June 26, 
1846. 

III. Jonas Cutter, h. Sept. 2, 1832; m. Nancy Ann, 

dau. of Charles and Pamelia (Cutter) Gil- 
more. 

IV. Emily Adelaide, b. Oct. 31, 1834; d. Oct. 24, 

1859. 
V. Esther Louisa, b. June 3. 1837; ^- ^"g- i» 

1852. 
VI. John Cutter, b. Feb. 12, 1839; ^'^' Judith A. 

Butts, of Mass. 
VII. George Laban, b. March 25, 1841 ; m. Lucy H. 

Baldwin. 
VIII. William Kimball, b. Feb. 14, 1843 ' d. Oct. 8, 
1854. 



RITCHIE FAMILY. 

Robert Ritchie, a descendant of William Ritchie, 
an early settler of Peterborough, was b. July 27, 1798 ; 



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re to Jaffrey about 1835 ; settled on lot 20, range 6 ; m. 
Mary Hutchinson, of Wilton, March 4, 1823, b. March 
20, 1S02. 

I. James, h. Jan. 11, 1824; went West. 
II. Samuel, h. July 19, 1825 ; ni. Caroline Jackson ; 
r, Charlestown, Mass. 

III. John, b. June 21, 1827. 

IV. William, Robert, b. April 16, 1829; r. Califor- 

nia. 

V. George C, b. May 5, 1831. 

VI. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 20, 1833 ; m. W. H. Pratt. 

He d. in the war of the Rebellion. One 
child, — William H., b. Sept. i, i860. 

VII. Alvin, b. Feb. 24, 1S35 ; supposed to have d. 

in service. 
VIII. Darius, b. Aug. 12, 1836; d. at Buffalo, on his 
way home from the war. 
IX. Henry, b. Nov. 7, 1837 ! k'^ed in battle, Sept. 

30, 1864. 
X. Edmund F.,h. Dec. 10, 1839; d. in service, 

Oct. 2, 1862. 
XI. Sarah M., b. May 27, 1842. 
XII. Adelbert, b. Feb. 13, 1846. 



ROBBINS FAMILY. 

Qiiite a number of families by the name of Robbins have at 
different times been residents of Jaffrey. Of their origin and 
early history but little is known. The first tax-payer of the 
name was 



David Robbins, who paid taxes in 1824, '25, and '26 ; 
Lyman Robbins from 182S to 1833, inclusive; and 
Samson Robbins, who settled in town in 1826 ; m. 

Chloe , and d. Oct. 22, 1859, ^' 59- -^^^ widow 

d. June 12, 1852, a. 71. 



Harvey H. Robbins, b. 1807 ; m. Nancy A. , 

b. 1807. He d. Nov. 17, 1849. Children: 

(i) Eliza, d. April 14, 1839, a. i yr., 10 mos. (2) 
Mary S., b. 1832. (3) Luther G., b. 1833. (4) Susan 
C, d. April 14, 1855, ^' ^9- (5) Laura A., d. March, 
1851, a. II. (6) Lucy A., b. 1843. (7) Albert E.^ b. 
1845. (8) Paulina A.,h. 1847. 



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Daniel L. Robbins m. Elizabeth . Children: 

(i) Caroline E.^ b. 1844. (2) Edxoin E.^h. 1845. 
(3) Mary A., b. 1S48. (4) Emma J/., d. July 29, 
1849, ^' ^4 iiios., 2 days. 



Jacob Robbins, b. in Peterborough, came to Jaftrey 
in 1831 ; m. Jane W., dau. of Jacob and Sarah (Turn- 
er; Baldwin. He d. Dec. 4, 1855, a. 49, Children: 

I. Sarah Eveline, b. Nov. 24, 1834. She is one 
of the most distinguished school-teachers in 
Jaflrey, and has taught probably more terms 
than any other teacher in town ; is now 
(1880) still engaged in teaching at East Jaf- 
frey. 
II. Alfred Jacob, b. May 20, 1836; d. Tune 21, 
1868. 

III. Joseph H., b. Aug. 20, 1S39; ^- J^"- ^O' 1858. 

IV. William B., b. May 31, 1841 ; m. Anna M. 

, b. 1848; is now (1880) one of the 

selectmen of Jaffrey. 

V. Charles Benjamin, b. Aug. 20, 1846. 



Leonard E. Robbins settled in Jaffrey in 1S69; m. 
Ellen M., dau. of Leonard and Elvira (Dutton) Stiles, 
of Peterborough. 



ROSS FAMILY. 

Abraham Ross came from Bolton to Jaffrey previous 
to 1777 ; was road-surveyor that year. He was in ser- 
vice during the Revolution. He settled on lot 4, range 
7 ; m., and had several children. He d. July 14, 1841, 
a. 97, Children : 

I. Betsey, b. 1775 ; m. Jonathan Stanley. 
II. Paul, re. to Barre, Mass. 

III. Abraham,h. 1781 ; settled on the homestead; 

m. Nancy, b. 1798. He d. Dec. 5, 1865, ^• 
85. Two children: (i) John, b. 1832; (2) 
Jonas W., b. 1835. 

IV. Jonas, b. 1784.-}- 

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John m., May 8, 1804, Nabby Merriam. He 
was a hatter by trade, and d. about 1S44. 
One child : Nabby. 

Prudence m., July 11, 1S09, Jedediah Stanley. 

Persis m., Jan. 22, 181 2, Thomas Browning, of 
Barre, Vt. 



Jonas Ross m. Abigail Worcester; settled on lot i, 
range 9, and d. May 31, 1861, a. 77. His widow d. 
Nov. I, 1865, a. 79. Five children: 

Martin, b. Nov. 9, 1807 ' ^- Sept. 11, 1825. 
Persis W., b. Jan. 26, 1809; d. Oct. 11, 1839. 
Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 181 1; m. Benj. Fay; d. 

Dec. 7, 1839. 
Jonas, b. Sept. 7, 181 1 ; d. April 14, 181 2. 
Jonas TF., b. June 19, 1815 ; d. March 20, 1816. 



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RYAN FAMILY. 

Daniel Ryan, m. d., came from Ireland, as surgeon 
of a vessel, about 1750? ^^^ settled in Marblehead, 
Mass. He afterwards re. to Tewksbury, where his son 
Samuel was b. Aug. 26, i^^i' 

Samuel Ryan, m. d., in 1790 came with his parents 
to Sharon, N. H., and in 1802 m. Mrs. Patty Sawyer. 
Children : 

I. Abigail. 
II. Martha, b. June i, 1S06 ; m. John A. Prescott. 

III. Samuel, b. Aug. 6, 1810. 

IV. Daniel. 



Samuel Ryan settled in Sharon ; was a farmer, 
dealer in lumber, and the principal owner of the famous 
Ryan steam mills. He was a leading man in town 
affairs ; — held most of the important offices in the gift of 
the town; and was colonel of the 22*^ Regt. N. H. 
militia. In the autum.n of 1854 he re. to East JaftVey, 
and became a prominent man in that place ; was several 
years a selectman, and represented the town of Jaffrey 
in the state legislature in 1863-4. He was also for 
many years, till his death, a director in the Monadnock 
National Bank. He m. Hannah, dau. of George and 




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Alice (Sawyer) Shedd, of Peterborough, b. July 14, 
iSii. He d. at Brookline, Minn., at the residence of 
his son, May 5, 1876. Three children : 

I, George, b. Nov. i, 1833 ; d. young. 

II. Samuel W. m., 1858, Hattie Joslin, of Lynd- 
borough, N. H. ; r. Brookline, Minn. ; is a 
distinguished farmer in that place. 

III. Martha Louisa, b. Nov. 30, 1845 ; m., Jan. 6, 
1865, John H. Cutler, m. d., son of Charles 
and Melinda Wright Cutler, of Rindge, b. 
Feb. 16, 1834. S^ received his early edu- 
cation in the common and high schools of 
his native town, the Merrimack Normal 
Institute at Reed's Ferry, and at the West- 
minster seminary, Vt. He commenced the 
study of medicine with Dr. O. H. Bradley 
of East Jaffrey ; attended medical lectures at 
Pittsfield and Burlington, at which latter 
place he received the degree of m. d., June 
9, 1861. He commenced the business of his 
profession in New Ipswich and Mason Vil- 
lage ; joined the army as assistant surgeon 
in the spring of 1864, and remained till the 
close of the war. In 1865 he settled in 
Peterborough, and has since been engaged 
in an extensive practise. Children : 

1. Samuel Ryan, b. April 29, 1866. 

2. Charles Henry, b. Sept. 9, 1867. 

3. Costella Melinda, b. Nov. 21, 1869. 

4. Martha Evangeline, b. Oct. 20, 1875. 

5. Anne Louise, b. Aug. 22, 1877. 



Thomas Ryan d. April 7, 1874, a. 85. 



SANGER FAMILY. 

Jedediah Sanger, son of Richard, a descendant of 
Richard Sanger, the emigrant who settled in Sudbury, 
Mass., in 1646, re. to Watertown, and d. Aug. 20, 
1690. Was b. in Sherborn, Mass., Feb. 29, 1751 ; came 
to Jaffrey previous to 1783, and settled on lot 3, range 
7. He was a man of great business talent, and held the 
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the first man in town who held the title of colonel. In 
178S he re. to New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y. The 
settlement was commenced that year, and he built the 
first mill in that place. He became a large land pro- 
prietor, and a tract of his land was formed into a town- 
ship in 1795, named Sangersfield, in honor of Colonel, 
subsequently Judge Sanger. In I'J^i he m. Sarah 
Rider. She d. Sept. 26, 1813, a. 66. M., 2^, Mrs. 
Sarah Betts. She d. April 25, 1825, a. 48. M., 3*^, 
Mrs. Fanny Deuch, Washington, D. C., Oct. 3, 1827. 
She d. May 17, 1842, a. 65. He d. June 6, 1829, a. 78. 
Children by first marriage : 

I. Sarah, b. March 8, 177S; m. Eames : d. 

Aug. 12, 1 861. 
II, Walter, b. March i, 1781. 
III. Zedekiah, b. April 26, 1783; d. Sept. 27, 1786. 



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Samuel Saunders, a carpenter and farmer, came 
from Fitchburg, Mass., where he was b. July 15, 1762. 
He settled on lot 22, range i, and m. Rachel, dau. of 
Joseph and Mary (Scott) Turner. He d. Oct. 16, 
1841, a. 79. She d. March 13, 1836, a. 71. 

I. Samuel, b. Oct. 19, 1787 ; m. Rachel Turner. 
II. Joseph, b. Dec. 9, 1789; m. Mary, dau. of 
David and Charlotte Lacy. 

III. John, b. Dec. 13, 1791.-I- 

IV. £Jlisha, b. Oct. 16, 1794. 

V. jRachel, b. May 26, 1796; m. Asa Jones, of 

Rindge. 
VI. Nancy, b. Aug. 16, 1802 ; m. Joseph Hayes, of 

Dublin. 
VII. Sally, b. Aug. 9, 1806 ; m. Almerin Gowing, of 

Dublin. 



John Saunders was a blacksmith by trade, and 
carried on the business, at difl'erent times, in Jaflrey, 
Dublin, and Peterborough. He m., i", Ruth Jones. 
M., 2^, Sally, dau. of David and Charlotte Lacy. She 
d. June 21, 1840, a. 41. M., 3"^, Sarah Ann Ward, of 
Peterborough. M., 4*^*, Lucretia Hastings. She d. 



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Dec. 5, 1S61, a. 65. M., 5% Louisa Greenwood, of 
Dublin. He d. in Rindge, Aug. 29, 1877. Ch. by first 
wife : 

I. Caroline A., b. Dec. 6, 181 2 ; m. Asa Morrill ; 

r. Boston. 
II. Samuel^ b. May 6, 1814; d. May 20, 1814. 

III. Harriet C, b. Sept. 14, 1815 ; m. Edwin W. 

Buswell. 

IV. Mary L.,h. Aug. 31, 1817; m. John Clough ; 

d. Nashua. 
V. Susan^ b. Feb. 18, 1820; m. Lemuel W. Page. 
VI. Emily, b. July 20, 1822; m. Charles Moulton. 
VII. Elvira, b. Dec. 5, 1S24; m. Jedediah Truman. 

Ch. by third wife : 

VIII. Sally, b. Jan. 31, 1842 ; d. May 6, 1842. 



David Saunders paid taxes i794-'5-'6-'7-'8. 



SAWTELL FAMILY. 

Daniel Sawtell came from Athol, Mass., pre- 
vious to 1793 ; settled on lot 18, range 3 ; m. Rebecca 
, who d. Dec. 31, 1832, a. 67. He d. Nov. 16, 



1841, a. 78. Nine children 

I. Sarah, b. 1788; m. Capt. Thomas Adams, 

q. v. 
II. Betsey, b. Jan. 11, 1792; d. Nov. 19, 1859; 
unm. 

III, Aaron, b. Nov. 13, i793'-h 

IV. Polly, b. Dec. 9, 1795. 

V. David, b. Dec. 6, 1797.-]- 
VI. Warren, b. April 29, 1800. 
VII. Henry, b. May 8, 1802. 

VIII. Rebecca, b. Jan. 2, 1805 ; m. Rodney Gowing. 
IX. Amos, b. March 15, 1809. 



Aaron Sawtell m. Lucy Davis, of Dublin, Feb. 
25, 1827. He d. March i, 1859. 

I. Aaron W. R., b. Sept. 30, 1828. 
II. Warren J., b. May 29, 1832. 
III. John F., b. Aug. 24, 1834. 



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IV. (k:orf/c Jl. 71/., li. Dec. 17, 1S3S. 
V. Awcy yl., 1). iS,|3; d. Nov. 1, 1S80. 
VI. tSdrah .A'., d. Mny iS, 1854,21. 9. 


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David Sawtkt.t. m. Abip.-iil Cnproii, A\\^. 27, 1.S34. 
lie (1. July 16, 1870. 

1. Mitry A., d. Nov. 2, 1859, a. 24 yrs., 4 mos. 
II. /SuKdu Ji., (1. Sept. 30, 1870, Jl. 32 yrs., 10 mos., 
H) (lays. 

III. (hpithid yl . , 1 ) . 1 84 1 . 

IV. At/ioK, (1. April 4, 1845, a. II mos., 14 days. 
V. /Sylvia Ji.^ b. 1849. 




Solomon Savvii;i.i. p.iid taxes 1 N^T), '27, '28, '29, '30. 
M()si;s Sak 1 nil. d. \'\]). 16, 1857, a. 6,|. 




RosiNA Sartell d. Oct. I, 1870, a. 33. 



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sawyi<:r tamily. 

name of Sayer (now Sawyei) ajjpears on the early lec- 
lU'zalcel was a sohherofthe Revolution. He/.aleel, Jr., 
and Nathaniel Sayer belonged to the trainin^-haiKl in 
Thiy lived near the (iilmore pond, on lot 11, range 9, 
residence ol Riifiis Sawyei, a desceiulanl. 

Rdi'Us Sawvicii, Sen'r, m., l"', Susannah (ireeii, who 
d Oct. 15, 1810, a. 40. M., 2'', ICunice Darliiifj;, who 
<1. July 2'J, 1834, a. 62. lie d. Sept. 29, 1845, a. 87. 

I. fSuxitn, 1). 1794; d. May 13, 1868, imni. 

11. !^yrai.a, d. l'\'l). 13, 1800, a. 4 yrs., 1 mo. 

III. /Sii/fi/^ m. David )a(|uith, (j. V. 

i\'. h't/iritnl^ (1. Oct. II, 1829, a. 29. 

V. h'lt./'itH, m. IClmira .-|- 

VI. Janict, 1). 1813; m, IJctsey 1*. Livcrmore ; last 
lax, 1867. ' 



Kni'Us SawvI'H in. Idmiia . lie d. Sept. 10, 

1869, a. 60. His widow d. Au^. 31, 1872, a. 71. 

h'mili/, 1). 1835; m. VVm. Jevvett, ol" Nelson. 
William X., b. 1838; in. 



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UiuAii Sawykh, origin unknown, came to JaHrey 
al)Out 1S03, paid tax that year; his hist tax was in 
181 7. lie settled on lot 12, ranj^e 2, now owned by 
Susan A. Woodruff. We have no knowledf^e of wliom 
lie married or the number of his children. He re. to 
Ohio. 



Asa Sawykk r. on lot 16, ranj^e 4; paid taxes in 
1803 to 1817. 



Moses Sawyer m. Hepsey Ilathorn in i795- 



JosiAil Sawykj<, son of Josiah and Patty Wyman 
Sawyer, b. in Sharon, July 9, 1800; m. Margaret, dau. 
of Thomas and Hannah Cummings French, Dec. 30, 
1823 ; came to Jaflrey in 1836, and settled on the IJenj. 
Nutting farm, lot 22, range 8. He was killed by a run- 
away horse. Sept 14, 1864. 

I. fjwm.minga^ b. Nov. 26, 1824; m. Elizabeth 

.' Children: (i) Albert, b. i860; (2) 

Emily J., b. 1863 ; (3) Fred L., b. j866. 
11. Emily (J., b. April 19, 1827. 

III. Georr/e W.^ b. June 2r, 1829; d. Nov. 23, 

1830. 

IV. Alfred^ b. Aug. 12, 1831.-!- 
V. Jjijdia Ann, b. Dec. 2, 1833. 

VI. Adeline //., b. Feb. 3, 1836. 
VII. Lemi/ird, b. Aug. 8, 1839.4- 
viii. Levi, b. Oct, 12, 1841. 



Aij XKD Sawykk m. Lucy M. 

I. Mary A. 
II. Clifton A. 



Leonaiuj F. m. Mary Ji. 

I. EUo, M. 
II. EUaM. 



Harvey Sawyer, b. in Sharon ; came to Jaffrey in 
1854; m. Adaline Haywood, and settled on the Hay- 
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SHATTUCK FAMILY. 

Vryling D. Shattuck was b. in Pepperell, Mass. ; 
April 21, 1836, came to JaftVey, and settled on lot 11, 
range 5 ; m. Sally M., dau. of Daniel and Sally (Jones) 
Cutter. Four children : 

I. Josephine M.^ b. April 3, 1837; m. Edwin R. 

Spaulding, q. v. 
II. Edward Cutter^ b. July 30, 1839 ; d. April 4, 
1842. 

III. Henry Yryling, b. Nov. 20, 1841 ; m. Clara 

Mixer. She d. Oct. 26, 1874. 

IV. Jjucy Vrylena, b. Feb. 10, 1844; m. Austin A. 

Spaulding, Oct. 19, 1871, q. v. 



Edmund F. Shattuck, brother of Vryling D., came 
to Jaffrey, and settled on the farm formerly owned by 
Dr. Adonijah Howe; m. Rachel R. Cutter, dau. of 
Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter, May 18, 1837. Seven 
children : 

I. Mary Abhie,h. Sept. i, 1840; m. Leonard E. 

Spaulding, Feb. 25, 1868, q. v. 
II. Sarah Jones, h. Sept. 4, 1842; d. Sept. 17, 

1872. 
in. Elizabeth Parker, b. Feb. 20, 1844 ; m. Joel 

H. Poole, Feb. 25, 1868, q. v. 
IV. Susan Maria, b. March 19, 1846 ; d. March 26, 

1848. 
V. Xucy Maria, h. May 21, 1848. 
VI. Edmund Cutter, b. April 20, 1851. 
VII. Daniel Cutter, b. April 29, 1854; m. Deborah 
M., dau. of George A. and Mahala (Baker) 
Underwood, Oct. 19, 1S80. 



SHEDD FAMILY. 



The Shedd family came from England, and settled in Groton, 
Mass. Abel was b. there ; m. Ruth Haskell ; re. to Rindge 
about 17S0, and d. Sept. 21, 1819. He was the son of Jona- 
than and Sarah (Barron) Shedd, who were m. April 13, 1722. 

(i) Abel ; (2) Samuel; (3) John H.; (4) Henry ; (5) Josiah; 
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Abel Shedd was b. in Mason, Aug. 15, 1769 ; settled 
in Jaffrey in 1793, and in iSoo re. to Rindge. He m., i'', 
Priscilla, dau. of John and Piiscilla French, of Jaftrey, 
Oct. 23, 1793. She d. Sept. 27, 1799. He m., 2"^, 
July 20, 1802, Rebecca, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia 
(Kinsman) Adams, of New Ipswich, sister of Prof. 
Ephraim Adams, of Dartmouth college. He d. Sept. 
17, 1819. His widow d. Sept. 11, 1823. 

1. Ruthy, b. Aug. 15, 1794; m. William Kimball. 
II. Sally (twin), b. Aug. 15, 1794; m. Cummings 
French, q. v. 

III. Abel, b. May 11, 1797 ; m., June 16, 1825, Mary, 

dau. of Oliver and Mary (Turner) Jewett. 

IV. Charles, b. Oct. 21, 1802 ; graduated from Dart- 

mouth college, 1826 ; was eight years an 
instructor in Kimball Union Academy at 
Meriden, N. H. ; from 1834 to 1S41, princi- 
pal of the Appleton academy. New Ipswich. 
In 1842 he was ordained pastor of the Con- 
gregational church in Campton, N. H., 
where he remained fifteen years, when he 
re. to Minnesota ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. 
J. Rowell, of Cornish, N. H. 
V. James Adams, b. Feb. 25, 1S04; ^- Augusta 
Adams, of New Ipswich. M., 2^ Carrie 
Brown. He practised law in Detroit, Mich., 
and Dayton, O., and farming in Denmark, 
Iowa. 
VI. Curtis, b. Feb. 2, 1809 ; m. Sophronia Taylor ; 

re. Denmark, Iowa. 
VII. George, b. May 13, 1810 ; graduated from Dart- 
mouth college, 1839; settled, as a physician, 
at Denmark, Iowa. 
VIII. Rebecca, b. March 20, 1813 ; m. Dr. William 
Gallup, who settled in New Ipswich ; re., in 
1836, to Concord, Mass., where she d. Dec. 
17, 1838. 



John Haskell Shedd was b. March i, 1771, in Ma- 
son, N. H. ; re. to Rindge with his parents about 1780 ; 
carried on the blacksmith trade ; exchanged the home 
farm in Rindge, with his brother Abel, for his farm in 
Jaftrey; m., Nov. 30, 1800, Susannah, dau. of Josiah 
and Tabitha Carter White, b. in Leominster, Mass., 
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farmer; d. July 17, 1819. His widow m., Sept. 24, 
1822, Abel Kendall, of Leominster, Mass., a farmer, b. 
Nov. 13, 1770, who d. at New Ipswich, Aug. 13, 1846. 
She d. in Derby, Vt., July 27, 1852. Eight ch. by first 
marriage : 

I. Alvin, b. Sept. 7, i8oi.-|- 

II. Henry^ b. May 16, 1803. -f- [See College 
Graduates.] 

III. John Haskell^ b. March 19, i8o5.-(- 

IV. A danghter, b. and d. May 26, 1S06. 

V. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 27, 1807 ; m. Charles 

Adams, son of Benj. and Olivia (Everett) 
Adams, of New Ipswich, b. Dec. 21, 1802 ; 
was a tanner in that place. In 1834 he re. 
to Derby, Vt. ; was a farmer there. In 
1869 he re. to Ann Arbor, Mich., where 
they now reside. Three children : 

1. Susan Augusta, b. March 29, 1826; d. 
d. Nov. 19, 1S38. 

2. Charles Kendall, b. Jan. 24, 1835 ; 
graduated at the University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1861 ; teach- 
er and assistant pi-ofessor in the 
University, i862-'7 ; spent a year 
in travel and study in Europe ; 
now professor of history in the 
University; m, Aug., 1863, Mrs. 
Abigail (Disbro) Mudge, of Ann 
Arbor. 

3. Emily Maria, b. Sept. 10, 1840; m., 
July 20, 1859, James Stanton ; d. 
Jan. 25, 1862, while her husband 
was in the army, leaving one son, 
now, with his father, living in Ne- 
braska. 

VI. A son, b. and d. Dec. 26, 1S09. 
VII. A so?i, h. and d. Dec. 10, 181 1. 

VIII. A son, b. and d. April 10, 1813. 



Alvin Shedd settled in New Ipswich ; was a tanner ; 
re. to Derby, Vt. ; afterwards to Salem, Vt., and carried 
on the business of farming. He m. Laurinda Smith, of 
HoUis, Dec. 27, 1825 ; d. at Salem, Oct. 13, 1842. 



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19 I. ZiaicriJida, h. Oct 17, 1S26; m. Darius Good- 

win ; r. in California. Two sons. 

20 II. Lewis^ b. Nov. 16, 1827 ; m. Mary Jane Hun- 
toon ; r. in Salem, Vt. Two ch. 

21 III. Josiah, b. July 9, 1S29 ; m. Ann E. Durgin ; r. 
in Derby, Vt. Two ch. 

22 IV. Alvm, b. July 6, 1831 ; m. Alice Salmon, d. ; 
r. Cal. 

23 V. George Henry ^ b. Feb. 8, 1833 ; r. Cal. 

24 VI. Mary Jane, b. June 11, 1S34 ; d. 1842. 

25 VII. John Haskell, b. April 11, 1836 ; r. Cal. 

26 VIII. Amos Farley, b. July 24, 1838 ; d. 184S. 

27 IX. Abel Kendall, b. April 4, 1840; d. 1842. 

28 X. Lydia Jane, b. Aug. 7, 1841 ; m. Zebbord T. 
White; r. in Winchester, Mass. 

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Henry Shedd m., Sept. 28, 1829, Mary Gerrish, 
dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Chandler) Gerrish, of Can- 
terbury, N. H. His wife d. in Mt. Gilead, March 12, 
1835. M., 2^, Sept. 13, 1838, Lucretia C. George, dau. 
of James and Hannah (Church) George, of Dunbarton, 
N. H. 

I. Charles, h. in Mt. Gilead, O., June 23, 1830; 
m. Caroline E. Mateer ; r. Mt. Gilead ; in 
the shoe and leather business ; have had five 
ch. 
II. John Haskell, b. in Mt. Gilead, July 9, 1833; 
graduated at Marietta college, 1856 ; Andover 
Theological Seminary, 1859; was a mis- 
sionary to Persia eleven years ; now profes- 
sor in Biddle Institute (for the education 
of colored young men), Charlotte, N. C. ; 
m. Sarah Jane Dawes, of Marietta, O. 
Eight ch., — six b. in Persia (three not 
living), and two b. in Charlotte. 

Ch. by second wife : 

III. Mary Lucretia, b. in Mt. Gilead, Oct. 26, 1840; 

graduated at the Western Female Seminary, 
Oxford, Ohio, i860; now assistant teacher 
in the high school of Mt. Gilead. 

IV. James G., b. in Pleasant Valley, O., June 23, 



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1842 ; graduated at Western Reserve Col- 
lege, O., 1865 ; was tutor one year in that 
college ; is now a professional teacher in 
Illinois ; m. Helen Lescure, of Danville, 
111., where they now reside. 

V. Henry Oilman, b. in Delaware Co., O., Sept. 

25, 1S45 ; enlisted in the 26*'' Regt. O. V. I., 
Feb., 1S64 ; discharged Nov., 1865, and d. 
April I, 1S67, from disease contracted in the 
army. 

VI. William Edgar, b. in Marysville, O., Aug. 18, 

1847 : enlisted into the 15th Regt. O. V. I., 
March, 1864; was taken prisoner May 27; 
held in Andersonville prison four months, 
also in Millen six weeks ; released Nov. 25 ; 
continued in service till Dec, 1865 ; m. 
Alice M. Scott, of Kansas City, Mo. ; r. in 
Danville, 111. ; a hardware merchant. 
VII. Ambrose White, b. in Marysville, O., June 14, 
1851 ; d. May 31, 1852. 

John Haskell became a merchant in the store of 
Henry Payson, in Jaffrey for some years, also in Hart- 
land, Vt. ; m., April 28, 1829, Eliza Ann, dau. of Dea. 
David and Lucy (Wellington) Gilmore ; settled in Bos- 
ton. She d. Jan. 29, 1844. He m., 2'', Susan Flint, 
of Lincoln, Mass., June 26, 1845. She was b. Jan. 30, 
1825. He d. in Lynn, April 18, 1865. Three children : 

I. Henry Ripley, b. in Cambridgeport, Sept. 16, 

1830 ; d. Dec. 19, 1831. 
II. Lyman Munson, b. Dec. 8, 1835 ; r. Newport 

or Derby, Vt. 
III. John Henry, b. Sept. 18, 1838 ; d. Nov. 13, 

i860 ; was in a jewelry and silverware 

store. 



Reuben Shedd was b. in Billerica, Mass., Nov. 24, 
1781 ; m., Dec. 25, 1819, Lucy Cummings, b. Oct. 13, 
1782; r. Sharon, N. H. He d. Jan. 12, 1868, a. 86. 
She d. Oct. 30, 1S69, a. 87. Three children : 

I. James Parker, b. May 14, 1820; m. Martha 

Nichols ; r. Chautauqua, N. Y. 
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III. John Brooks^ b. April 20, 1829; m. April 12, 
1853, Sarah Jones, dau. of John and Sarah 
Jones (Smith) Verder, b. April 20, 1825. 
Child, — one son. 

I. Frank E., b. July 18, 1856. 



Nathan Cummings Shedd m. Sally M., dau. of Lot 
Nichols, of Sharon, b. April 19, 1832 ; r. Jaftrey. 

I. Zenophon Brooks, b. April 20, 1849 ; m. Mar- 
tha, dau. of Charles Nutting; r. Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

II. 3ferick Nichols, b. Jan. 18, 1852 ; d. July 13, 
1852. 

III. Frederick Elery^h. July 3, 1859; d. Aug. 10, 

1S62. 

IV. Mark Dane, b. Oct. 2, 1869. 



SHERWIN FAMILY. 

Samuel Sherwin was chosen one of a committee to 
count, with the selectmen and constable, at the meeting 
for the organization of the town in 1773. It seems 
quite probable that he afterwards went to Rindge, as 
his name does not again appear on the town records. 



David Sherwin, son of Jonathan, who came from 
Boxford and settled in Rindge, was b. March 28, 1764; 
m., Nov 28, 1786, Hannah, dau. of Paul and Hannah 
(Ferley) Pritchard, from Boxford, then of New Ips- 
wich, b. March 28, 1864. Mr. Sherwin r. Rindge till 
1790, when he re. to Jaftrey, and occupied the mills in 
that place. In 1795 he left JaftVey, and afterwards re- 
sided in Westmoreland, New Ipswich, and Temple. 
While in Rindge he held the offices of town-clerk and 
selectman ; was in the Revolution, and at the battle of 
Bennington. His wife d. in Temple, Oct. i, 1806. 
Eight children : 

I. Sally, b. in Rindge, Nov. 20, 1787; m., Aug. 
8, 1822, Abram Mead, and d. in Littleton, 
Mass., March 30, i860. 
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III. Mary, b. in Jaftrey, Aug. 25, 1791 ; m. Chris- 

topher P. Farley, and d. in HolHs, Nov. 23, 
1S13. 

IV. Hannah, b. May 21, 1795 ; d. in New Ipswich, 

Sept. 21, 1S19. 

V. Thomas, b. in Westmoreland, March 26, 1799; 

graduated Harvard college, 1821 ; tutor of 
mathematics in 1827 ; elected master of the 
Englisli high school in 1837, and in 186S a 
member of the New England Historic-Gen- 
ealogical Society. In addition to many val- 
uable communications, he published two 
valuable works on algebra, now in extensive 
use in the schools of the United States. He 
m., June 10, 1S36, Mary King Gibbens, of 
Boston. He d. July 23, 1869, leaving three 
sons: Henry, a merchant, N. Y. Thomas, 
breveted brigadier-general for distinguished 
service in the late war ; now city collector 
in Boston. He m. Isabel Fiske, dau. of 
Hon. Thomas M. Edwards, of Keene, N. H. 
Edward, paymaster in the navy during the 
war, now agent of the Philadelphia Coal and 
Iron Co. 

VI. Betsey, b. in Westmoreland, April 16, 1801 ; d. 

u n m . 
VII. Anna, b. in New Ipswich, Nov. 5, 1803. 



SMILEY FAMILY. 

William Smiley (Dea.) was b. in Ireland, in 1727? 
of Scotch-Irish origin. He was one of the earliest set- 
tlers. His family was one of the nine reported by 
Grout and Gilmore to the proprietors of the township. 
He settled on lot 13, range 8, on the eastern borders of 
the Gilmore pond, and resided there till he left town, 
about the year 1810. This pond was first known as 
the Smiley pond. The place is now uninhabited. Dea. 
Smiley was one of the prominent men. When the 
town was organized he was chosen town-clerk and one 
of the board of selectmen. He was the first town treas- 
urer, and the first representative chosen under the state 
constitution, in 1784. He was also a delegate to the 
state convention in 1781, for the formation of a constitu- 
tion. He appears to have held almost every office in 
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of the church, and deacon of the same. Two of his 
sons, David and Robinson, were the first college gradu- 
ates from the town of Jaftrey. David graduated at 
Harvard and Robinson at Dartmouth. David was a 
lawyer, the first one who opened an office for that busi- 
ness in Jaftrey. In iSio Dea. Smiley removed, with 
his son Robinson, to Springfield, Vt., and d. March 4, 
1813, a. 86. He m. Sarah Robinson, of Boston, who 
d. Nov. 14, 1815, a. 86. Ten children : 

I. Joh7i, b. Aug. 21, 1754; d. in the state of New 

York at a great age. 
II. Agnes, h. Dec. 8, 1755; m. Robert Smith, of 

Peterborough; d. Oct. 10, 1791. Two ch., 

William and Fanny. 
HI. William, h. July 13, 175 1 ; d. in the service of 

his country at Ticonderoga, Oct. 14, 1776. 

IV. Francis, b. Feb. 21, 1759; re. to Elba, New 

York, and d. March 23, 1844. He was a 
physician. 

V. David, b. Nov. 16, 1761 ; d. Feb. 27, 1763. 

VI. Sarah, b. Oct. 5, 1763; m. Josiah Belknap. 
They re. to Springfield about 1818 ; d. Feb. 
20, 1846. He d. April 27, 1845, a. 85. He 
owned a fulling-mill near the Davidson 
mill, south of the centre of the town, now 
owned by Heath and Gilmore. 
VII. James, b. May 7, 1766; re. to Buford, Canada 
West; d. Sept. 27, 1845. He m. Hannah 
Hathorn. One ch., — James, b. in Jaftrey, 
April 15, 1795. 
VIII. David, b. March 16, 1769 ; graduated Harvard ; 
studied law; practised in Jaftrey till 1807, 
when he re. to Grafton, N. H., and d. May 

19, 1845. He m. Mary ; had one ch., 

b. in Jaftrey, — Mary, b. and d. June, 1S04. 

IX. Bohinson, b. April 12, 1771 ; grad. Dartmouth 
college, 1798; studied divinity; settled in 
Springfield, Vt, and d. there June 26, 1856, 
a. 85. 
X. Efiigh, b. March 29, 1793 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. 
of Lieut. John and Elizabeth (Proctor) 
Harper ; a farmer ; settled on the home- 
stead in or about 1810; he re. to Pennsylva- 
nia and d, there. 



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Elias Smiley, son of Dr. David Smiley, of Peter- 
borough, N. H., b. July 10, 1783; m. Betsey Bowers, 
ofRindge. He d. Dec. 2, 1865, a. 82. Shed. Dec. 
14, 1S65, a. 82. No children. 



SNOW FAMILY. 

Jesse Snow was a soldier in the Revolution from 
Jaftrey, as reported by the state. 



Asa Snow was a tax-payer in 1793 ; resided on lot 
10, range 6, now owned by James T. Brown. 



JosiAH Snow was a tax-payer in 1796 and 1797. 



Samuel Snow came from Sterling, Mass. ; settled 
on lot 16, range 5 ; was taxed in Jaffrey for the last 
time in i793- H^ le- to Dublin and d. there; was 
buried in Jaftrey. He m. Dorothea Richardson. They 
were both members of Mr. Ainsworth's church soon 
after its incorporation. 

I. Samuel, re. to New York state, 

n. Ezra, b. Aug. 19, 1785 ; re. to Dublin. -f- 

III. Tilly, re. to Boston. 

IV. Dorothea, m., 1S12, Jas. Phelps; r. New York 

state. 
V. Mark studied medicine in Rochester, N. Y. ; 
commenced the practice of his profession in 
the state of Ohio. In 1820 re. to St. Francis- 
ville, La., and r. there four years ; re. to Jef- 
ferson county, Miss., and re. there two years ; 
re. to Hinde county. Miss., and was a pioneer 
settler in that place ; became a distinguished 
physician in that section. In May, 1844, 
while in Vicksburg for the purjDOse of pur- 
chasing medicine, he was stabbed in the 
neck, robbed, and thrown from a window at 
the Glidden House in that place. The as- 
sassin made his escape ; the doctor was 
maimed for life, and obliged to retire from 
the practice of his profession, and d. at Au- 
burn, Hyde county, May 12, 1866, having 
been an esteemed citizen of that vicinity for 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 465 

Mississippi forty-two years. He m. Aman- 
da Wliittaker, and had six children, — Olivia 
C. ; Marcus, d. ; Abram, d. ; Gertrude ; 
Mary ; Frank. 



Ezra Snow settled in Dublin ; a farmer ; m., Dec. 
15, 1807, Mary, dau. of Moses and Mary (Twitchell) 
Rider, b. Aug. 13, 17SS. He d. Feb. 4, 1S50. She d. 
at Peterborough, Dec. 4, 1872, a. 84. 

I. 3Iary, b. March 3, 1809 ; d. July 4, 1844. 
II. Dorothea H., b. May 2, 181 1 ; m. Rev. Augus- 
tus Berry, of Pelham, Mass., a distinguished 
minister of that place. She d. March 15, 
1873, a. 62. 

III. Edward^ b. May 29, 1813 ; d. Feb. 14, 1861. 

IV. Ezra 6r., b. Dec. 9, 1815 ; d. Oct. 3, 1839, 

while practising medicine with his uncle, 
Mark Snow. 

V. Elizabeth^ b. Aug. 25, 1818 ; r. Boston. 

VI. JuUa^h. Ozi. 5, 1S20; d. Peterborough, Feb. 
20, 1S77. 

VII. Harriet aS'., b. March 22, 1823 ; m. Aaron B. 

Grant, who d. Sept. 29, 1850, a. 33. One 
child, d. M., 2*^, John Wilder, a merchant 
in Peterborough. 

VIII. Emma A., b. July 4, 1825. 

IX. Francis Jf., b. March 2, 1829. In 1848 re. to 
Buffalo, N. Y. ; was employed by the firm 
of Howard and Whitcomb, importers and 
dealers in dry-goods ; became a partner of 
the firm in 1S54. I'"" 1S56 he m. Julia F 
Miller, youngest dau. of James Miller, one 
of the oldest residents in the place. He d. 
of typhoid fever, Sept. 28, 1861, leaving a 
widow and two children. 

I. Albert F., b. March 2, 1858; fitted for 
college and entered the University of 
Rochester. His health failed at the 
close of his junior year, and he went 
with his mother to Colorado Springs, 
Col., where he now (1880) resides. 

II. James Miller, b. Jan. 23, i860; grad- 
uating with credit at the high school, 
and after a partial course at Rochester 

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GENEALOGICAL KKGLSTEK. 467 

contained all their liousciiold furnitme, an iiulispcnsa- 
hle spinniiitr-whecl, and a cow tied behind, llojje and 
hij^h expectation made bri^dit the future and easy the 
task. I low long the tour lasted is not on record. The 
last day of their journey was from Rindge to their cab- 
in, which they reached at nine o'clock at night. 

Mr. vSpaulding became a very prominent leading maVi 
in town allairs, and held all the important oOices in the 
gift of the town. He was a member of the first board 
of selectmen, moderator of their town-meeting, and was 
the first delegate chosen by tiie town to attend a con- 
vention at Concord, in 1778, for the ])urpose of forming 
a plan of government, lie was a man of industrious 
and frugal habits, reserved in his manners, strict in the 
discipline of his children, Calvinistic in his faith. His 
memory comes down to his descendants as a man who 
bore an imsullied name, and in his dealings with his 
fellow-men ever maintained integrity, uprightness, and 
truth. He was interested in the cause of education — a 
school-teacher himself, the first one employed in the 
district where he lived. He sent two of his sons to 
Dartmouth college, one of whom, Oliver, was drowned 
while a member. The other. Rev. Levi, graduated, 
and afterwards became a distinguished missionary at 
Ceylon, East India. Mr. Spaulding d. Jan. 14, 1809, a 
64. His widow, Elizabeth, b. July 5, 1751, d. Sept. 20, 
1819, a. 68. 

I. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1774; m. Moses Flint, of 
Lyme, N. IL ; r. there, and had a large 
family of children. 
u. PhinedH, b. Feb. 28, 1776.-I- 

III. Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1778; m. Samuel Flint, a 

brother of Moses; r. in the same town. 
They had a large family, one son of whom, 
Samuel, was the Labor Rerorm candidate 
for governor in 1871. 

IV. >SVm/A, b. Jan. 20, 17S0; m. Al)raham Spcjflbrd, 

q. v. 
V. Edward, b. Oct. 19, 1781.-I- 
VI. Lydia, b. Sept. 20, 1783 ; m. Henj. M. Stanley, 

q. V. 
VIJ. Oliver, h. Aug. 10, 1785; drowned in tiie Con- 
necticut river while a member of Dartmouth 
college, July 29, 1807. 
VIII. Daniel, b. Dec. 26, 788 ; m. Lucinda Perkins. 
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Phineas Spaulding m. Sally, dau. of Thomas and 
Sarah (Shipley) Fisk^ of JaftVey, He settled near the 
hometead of his father, afterwards re. with his son Ly- 
man to the farm now owned by Thomas Stearns, where 
his wife d. April 21, 1844. After her death he and his 
son re. to Medina, Mich., and d. there. 

I. Lyman^ b. Aug. 27, 1803.4- 
II. Sarah Elizabeth, m. Thomas Stearns, q. v. 



Edward Spaulding settled on the home farm. For 
many years he was quite a prominent man in Jaffrey, 
filling the offices of town agent, deputy sheriff', select- 
man, representative, and justice of the peace with 
marked ability. He was one of the distinguished school- 
teachers, and held the commission of captain in the 
state militia. He m. Nabby Newton, of Fhillipston, 
Mass., and d. Jan. 20, 1843. His widow d. Dec. 6, 
1861, a. 81. One child by adoption. 

I. Ambrose TPi, b. 1818; m., i^*, Caroline, dau. 
of Levi and Mary (Jewett) Benjamin. Had 
one son, Charles. She d. Oct. 12, 1849, a. 
28. He m., 2*^, Elizabeth Robinson, of 
Royalton, Vt., and has two daughters, — 
Carrie L., b. 1853, and Minnie, b. 1864. 
He d. March 5, 187S. 



Daniel Spaulding m. Lucinda Perkins, dau. of 
Robertson Perkins, of Fitzwilliam ; r. Fitzwilliam ; had 
five children : 

I, Mary Elizabeth d. Oct. 9, 1848, a. 26. 
II. Jar ed Perkins d. Aug. 25, 1827, a. 2 yrs. 

III. Daniel Robinson d. Oct. 26, 1875, a. 47. 

IV. Julia Ann, b. March 5, 1831 ; m. Oscar Holmes 

Bradley, m. d. Dr. Bradley was b, in the 
city of Louisville, state of Kentucky, Feb. 
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Jonathan Holmes, of Londonderry, N. H., 
an officer who served under Gen. Stark at 
Bennington, and under Washington through 
the dark and memorable winter at Valley 
Forge. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish 
extraction, and among the number of those 
who early settled at Londonderry. His 
parents were poor, with a family of six chil- 
dren, and, in those early days in the south- 
west, found it a stern and laborious task to 
obtain the means of their support. When 
the subject of our sketch was about four 
years of age, he re. with his parents to the 
western part of Vermont, where he lived 
until he reached the age of seventeen. The 
means of obtaining an education in that sec- 
tion of the state were very meagre at that 
time, but every advantage within his reach 
was improved, and, by dint of perseverance 
and application, teaching the district school 
in the winter months, and afterwards as an 
assistant instructor in the Black River acad- 
emy, at Ludlow, Vt., he succeeded in grad- 
uating with honor from that institution in 
the autumn of 1847. ^^ taught school at 
Mt. Holly, Vt., in the following winter, and 
in the spring of 1S48 entered the law office 
of Hon. D. E. Nicholson, of Rutland, where 
he pursued the study of law for several suc- 
ceeding months. Not finding the law con- 
genial to his tastes, he abandoned it, and in 
the autumn of 1848 commenced the study of 
medicine with Drs. Amos and George B. 
Twitchell, of Keene, N. H. He found here 
his favorite science, and began at once, by 
diligent application, to lay the foundation of 
that successful career as a practising physi- 
cian and surgeon, which has so notably 
crowned his subsequent life. He studied 
medicine with the Drs. Twitchell about two 
years and six months, at the same time sup- 
porting himself by teaching the high school 
, in the adjoining towns of Troy, Fitzwilliam, 
and Stoddard. He also attended medical 
lectures at Woodstock, Vt., under the in- 
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zo Clark, of New York ; Prof. Childs, ex- 
lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts ; Prof. 
Moore, of Rocliester, New York ; Prof. 
Bartlett, from Yale college ; Prof Benj. 
R. Palmer, of the Louisville Medical Col- 
lege ; and afterwards graduated, with the 
first honors of his class, from the Castleton 
Medical College, in the foil of 1S51. In 
January, 1852, Dr. Bradley settled in Jaffrey, 
where he has ever since pursued the practise 
of his profession. Nov. 29, 1853, he m. 
Julia A. Spaulding, dau. of Daniel Spaul- 
ding, Esq., a prominent citizen of Fitzwill- 
iam, N. H., by whom he has two sons, — 
Daniel Edward, b. May 16, 1861, and Mark 
Spaulding, b. Jan. 16, 1S6S, — both now liv- 
ing, and at present pursuing their educa- 
tional studies, the elder son being in Dart- 
mouth college. Almost every family, within 
a radius of twenty miles from JatiVey, is, 
either professionally or otherwise, familiar 
with the genial face of the "Doctor." No 
physician or surgeon in southern New 
Hampshire is better known, or more gener- 
ally employed in difficult and serious cases, 
than he. In the medical profession he is 
particularly noted for keenness and accuracy 
of perception in the diagnosis of disease, and 
for positiveness of judgment and a self-reli- 
ance that rarely err. As a surgeon, with the 
scalpel he is quick and skilful, and he 
inspires the patient with hope and courage 
b}' the manifest calm and steady nerve of a 
self-reliant hand. In all branches of medical 
practise he is frequently called into consul- 
tation by other practitioners, and is often 
called to attend upon patients in distant 
towns and cities in other states. In 1868 
the Dartmouth Medical College expressed 
its recognition of his high attainments and 
skill, as a medical practitioner, by presenting 
him with the honorary degree of m. d. Dr. 
Bradley has always been a public-spirited 
citizen, and has largely aided in the material 
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Co., and has been, from its inception, a 
director in its management Through his 
influence, largely, the Monadnock Savings 
Bank was established at Jaff^rey, of which he 
has been the president from its incorporation. 
Tills institution has become well known in 
New Hampshire as one of the safest and 
best managed savings banks in the state. 
The doctor has always aided liberally the 
industrial enterprises of JaflVey, and has in- 
vested his means, when the interests to be 
established or benefited were commended by 
his judgment. His influence in the public 
aflairs of the town has always been marked, 
and has been invariably exerted in behalf of 
advancement and progress in all worthy 
public movements or objects. He has done 
much for Jaflrey, toward keeping her in the 
front rank of temperate, progressive, and 
prosperous communities Endowed with a 
fine personal presence and an excellent 
voice, and possessing refined and scholarly 
attainments, he is a very attractive public 
speaker, and when speaking upon public oc- 
casions, at home or elsewhere, he is always 
listened to with attention. He is at this 
time in the prime and vigor of life, and 
much employed in the duties of his profes- 
sion, and the cares of large business and 
financial interests devolving upon him, in 
connection with the two banks in Jaflrey, 
and the railroad passing through the town. 

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V. Lucinda Viola, b. Jan. 30, 1S34. 

Levi Spaulding, d. d., m. Mary Christie, of Antrim. 
Two children, — Eclward and Elizabeth, b. in Ceylon, 
East India ; were sent to this country for an education. 
Edward studied medicine, went South, m., and d. at 
Florence, Alabama, leaving one child, — Frank. Eliza- 
beth m. a Mr. Abbott, from Conn. 

David Spaulding settled on a place near the home- 
stead ; m. Hannah Foster, of Fitzwilliam ; re. to Min- 
eral Spring village, and d. Feb. 11, 1869, a. 74. His 
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I. Laura M., b. March 15, 1S26. 
II. Elvira A., b. Oct. 29. 1829. 

III. Levi, b. March 26, 1832 ; d. Aug. 20, 1848. 

IV. Mary 31., b. Dec. 19, 1833. 

V. Alfred F., b. Sept. 11, 1S36 ; a soldier in the 

Rebellion. 
VI. Leatider, b. Jan. 3, 1839; served in the Rebel 
war ; m. ; re. South. 



Lyman Spaulding m. Susan, dau. of William and 
Sarah (Cutter) Marshall, Sept. 13, 1831. She d. at 
Medina, Mich., April 13, 1874. He settled first on the 
homestead, in School District No. 5. In 1839 ^^^ ^^• 
to the place now owned by Thomas W. Stearns, and 
in 185 1 he re. to Medina, Mich. Mr. Spauldingwas an 
active business man, of sound judgment, and met with 
success in all of his business operations. He is the 
parent of an interesting family of children, one of whom 
has highly distinguished himself in public life. 

I. Oliver L., b. Aug. 2, 1833, fitted for college at 
Melville academy, Jaffrey, N. H. ; entered 
Oberlin college in 1851 ; graduated in 1855. 
After teaching a short time he settled at St. 
John's, Michigan, studied law with James 
W. Ransom, and was admitted to the bar 
in 1858. In the fall of that year he was 
elected regent of the State University from 
the eighth judicial district, for the term of 
six years. In July, 1862, he entered the 
U. S. service as captain in the 23d Regt. 
of Michigan Infantry. He was soon made 
major, and subsequently held the commis- 
sion of lieutenant-colonel and brevet briga- 
dier-general. He was mustered out of ser- 
vice, July, 1865, and returned to the practice 
of law at St. John's, Mich. In 1S66 he was 
elected secretary of the state of Michigan, 
and was reelected in 1868. He is now of 
the firm of Spaulding & Cranson, attorneys- 
at-law, St. John's, Clinton county, Michigan. 
In iSSo, Nov. 2, he was elected member of 
congress from Michigan. He m., i^\ Mary 
Jane Mead, of Hillschde, Mich., who d. 
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Mead, April 12, 1859 (sister of first wife), 
who d. Nov. 20, 1861. M., 3"^, Mary Cecilia 
Swegles, of St. John's, Mich. 
II. Eliza Sophia^ b. Aug. 30, 1835 ; m. Franklin 
Gallup, Dec. 16, 1855 '•> ^- Medina, Mich. 

III. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 28, 1837 5 ^' J^^^es W. 

Lewis, June 15, 1865 ; r. Morenci, Mich. 

IV. Thomas Hastings, b. Jan. 26, 1S40; d. Jan. 11, 

1861. 
V. Edward Marshall, b. May 5, 1842 ; enlisted in 
Co. G, 23d Regt. Mich. Vols., Sept. 2, 1862, 
as fifth sergeant. In 1863 he was promoted 
to first sergeant ; went to Bowling Green, 
Kentucky, and d. Feb. 10, 1863. 
VI. Hattie Jane, b. April i, 1844; d. at Jaff'rey, 
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Benjamin Spaulding (Capt.) was an early settler, 
and his name was on the tax-list in 1793, the oldest list 
extant. He was highway surveyor in 177^5 ^"d held 
other important town offices ; on committee to procure 
preaching, captain of the militia, and a soldier in the 
Revolution. He settled on lot 11, range 8, now (1873) 

the farm of Charles A. Johnson. He m. Sarah , 

who d. Oct. 9, 1796, a. 57. After the death of his wife 
he re. to Marlborough, m. and d. 

I. Susanna, h.^?in. i, 1760. 
Willard, b. Dec. 27, 1761. 

JBenjamin,h. vSept. 5, 1763 ; m. Sarah French.-|- 
Sai-ah, b. Sept. i, 1765 ; d. Dec, 1765. 
William, h. Aug. 24, 1766. 
Meicben, b. March 21, 1768.-I- 
Moses, b. Feb. 2, 1770; re, to Cavendish, Vt., 

about 1809. 
Jesse, b. Sept. 20, 1772. 
Peter, b. Jan. 20, 1774; d. March, 1776. 
Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1778; m. William Bond, of 

Dublin; r. Cavendish, Vt. 
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1805. His widow m. Moody Lawrence, and d. Jan. 4, 
i860, a. 84. 

I. Mary^ b. March 21, 1796 ; m. Abel Cutter, q. v. 
II. Sarah, b. March 24, 1798. 

III. Benjamin^ b. July 27, 1800. 

IV. Eliza^ b. June 17, 1S03. 
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Abel Spaulding (Dea.) came from Townsend to 
Jaftrey about 1808 ; was taxed the following year. He 
settled on lot 7i 'ange 7i now (1873) in possession of 
Frederick Spaulding, his grandson. He was a man 
who possessed, in a remarkable degree, all the requi- 
sites of a good neighbor, a good townsman, and a 
consistent Christian. He was an exemplary member 
of the Orthodox Congregational church, antj for many 
years one of its deacons. He m. Lucy P. Pierce, Oct. 
4, 1S02, who d. July 18, 1856, a. 72. He d. Nov. 16, 
i860, a. 83. They were the parents of eleven ch. : 

I. Ahel, b. Sept. 14, 1803.4- 
II. Richard^ b, Oct., 1804.-J- 

III. Alvah, b. Sept. 9, 1807; m. Ambra Tower, of 

Fitzwilliam. [See College Graduates.] 

IV. Ziucy, b. July 14, 1809 ; m. Luke French, q. v. 
V. Mariel, b. Feb. 3, 1812; m. Benj. O. Hale, b. 

in Rindge, Jan. i, 1841, son of Benj. and 
Miriam (Pierce) Hale. She d. July 20, 
1849. 

VI. Erastiis^h.yiny 31, 1815 ; m. Mahala Baker, 
Nov. 5, 1839. She d. Nov. 18, 1S47. ^•■> 
2*^, Mary Bush, of Cambridge, Mass. ; r. in 
Troy and Keene. 
VII. EH, b. Nov. 4, 1816; d. March 20, 1817. 
VIII. Lydia, b. May 22, 1818; m. Benj. O. Hale, 
Dec. 13, 1849; ^- J"ly 7' 1854- 

IX. EH J., b. Oct. 17, 1821 ; m. Betsey Holt, of 
Troy. She d. Aug. 8, 1847. M., 2^ Lucy 
Ann Jones, of Dublin, May 23, 1848. She 
d. Feb. 14, 1861. M., 3^ Miss Ellis, of 
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X. Hannah -£'., b. Feb. i, 1823; m. Samuel 

Stoughton, of Gill, Mass., Jan. 15, 1842. 
XI. Benj. jP., b. Dec. 30, 1824; d. May 23, 1836. 



Abel Spaulding m. Mary Templeton, of Boxford, 
Mass., June 4, 1S33. She d. Oct. 30, 1833, a. 23. M., 
2^ Mary Ann Stoughton, of Gill, Mass., Dec. 3, 1835. 
He d. June 11, 1850. He was a carpenter by trade, 
and a worthy and exemplary man. 

I. Frederick, b. Dec. 11, 1836; m. Mary A. E. 
Eddy, of Rindge, Feb. 10, 1864. Two 
children : 

1. Emma Louisa, b. Feb. 12, 1865. 

2. Edith Belle, b. Jan. 14, 1871. 

II. Mary T., b. March 20, 1838; m. James Rob- 
bins, June 9, 1864; r. in Rindge. Four 
children : 

1. Frank White, b. March 20, 1865. 

2. Arthur James, b. July 13, 1866. 

3. Minnie A., b. Jan. 30, 1871. 

4. Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1872. 

Anne S., h. July 11, 1839 ; d. 
Louisa i>., b. March 16, 1841 ; d. Feb. 14, 1861. 
Nancy E., b. Sept. 10, 1843 ; d. Oct. 5, 1855. 
Elmina, b. Oct. 18, 1844; d. Sept. 9, 1847. 
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Thomas and Hannah (Cummings) French, Feb. 17, 
1833. She d. Sept. 18, 1856, a. 45. M., 2^ Elvira, 
dau. of Isaac and Betsey (Bailey) Stratton, Feb. 4, 
1857. 

I. Nancy E., b. Sept. 4, 1834; "^•' J""^ ^9i ^^7°' 

G. A. Blood, of Mason. Three ch. 
II. Edwin R., b. Feb. 17, 1837 ; m. Nov. 24, 1864, 
Josephine, dau. of Vryling D. and Sally M. 
(Cutter) Shattuck. One ch. 
III. Leonard E., b. May 20, 1840; m. Mary A., 
dau. of Edmund P. and Rachel R. Shattuck, 
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dau. of Vryling D. and Sally M. Shattuck, 
Oct. 19, 1871. One ch. 



SPOFFORD FAMILY. 

Eleazer Spofford (Dea.) was a descendant of John 
Spoftbrd, who came from England and settled in Row- 
ley, Mass., in 1638. He m. Elizabeth Scott, of Ipswich. 
His son John m. Sarah Wheeler, of Rowley. His son, 
Capt. John, m. Dorcas Hopkinson, of Rowley. Dea. 
Abner, his son, m. Sarah Colman, of Byfield ; and his 
son, Dea. Eleazer, m. Mary Flint, of Danvers, and re. to 
Jaftrey ini77S, and purchased of John Borland that tract 
of land, with the mills thereon, which is now known as 
East Jaftrey. On it at that time was a saw- and 
grist-mill, which, under the management of Dea. Spof- 
ford, became the largest business mill in the vicinity. 
On the same stream a fulling-mill was built by Lieut. 
Joseph Lincoln, afterwards owned by Samuel Foster, 
who m. a dau. of Dea. Spoftbrd. In 1813 he sold his 
mills to a company, who built a factory for spinning 
cotton yarn. In 18 — he sold his farm to Daniel 
Adams, of Cambridge, Mass.; and in 1821 he re. to 
Bradford, Mass ; d. 1S28, a. 89, and was buried in 
Groveland cemetery. His widow d. at Jaft'rey, Oct. 
28, 1836, a. 92. Dea. Spoftbrd was an active business 
man ; a prominent leader in town and church aftairs, and 
held many of the town offices. When the church was 
incorporated, in 1780, he and his wife were members, 
and he was made a deacon of the same. He was also 
distinguished for his musical talent, and was for many 
years leader of the choir. His sound judgment, strict 
integrity, and strong conscientiousness could not fail to 
command the love and respect of his fellow-citizens. 
They were the progenitors of ten children and sixty-one 
grandchildren : 

I. Polhj, b. Oct. 21, 1765 ; m. David Cutter, q. v. 
II. Jfoses, b. Jan. 14, 176S; d. Feb. 28, 1792. 

III. Abraham, b. Aug. 10, 1770.-}- 

IV. Hhoda, b. Aug. 7, 1772; m. Moses Perkins, 

q. v. 
V. Miriam, b. June 6, 1775 ; m. Isaac Morse, of 
Winchendon. She d. Aug. 21, 18 19. He 
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7 \ I. Eliza, b. Jan. 9, 1802; m. Asahel D. 

Shiitleff, M. D., Dec. 9, 1823. 

2. Sophia, b. Jan. 9, 1805 ; m. Ephraim 
Murdock, Nov. 24, 1S25. 

3. Milton S., b. Nov. 12, 1S06 ; m. Eliza- 
beth Cogswell, Oct. 16, 1S36; d. 
Oct. 29, 1859. 

4. Roanah, b. Sept. 4, 1808 ; m. Elisha 
Murdock, Nov. 29, 1S32. 

5. Edward, b. Aug. 15, 1810; d. Aug. 19, 
1810 (twin). 

6. Edmund, b. Aug. 15, 1810; d. Oct. i, 
1810 (twin). 

^3 7. Miriam C, b. Oct. i, 1812; m., June 

4, 1840, Dr. Joshua Tucker. 

H 8. Mary B., b. Jan. 10, 1819; d. Feb. 27, 

1819. 

15 VI. Abner, b. Jan. 5, 1778 ; m. Betsey Litch.-f 

16 VII. Isaac, h. April 22, 1780 ; burnt in the house of 

Rev. Laban Ainsworth, Feb. 13, 17SS. 

17 VIII. Sophia, h Jan. 7, 1783 ; m. Samuel Foster. 

18 IX. Zuke Ainsworth, b. Nov., 17S5.+ 

19 X. llary Ayer, b. Sept. 29, 1789; m. Jeremiah 
Spoftord, M. D., of Groveland, Oct. 14, 
1813. He was a distinguished physician, 
and was engaged in the practice of his pro- 
fession for more than fifty years. He has 
published a history of the Spoftbrd flunily, 
and a Gazeteer of the state of Massachusetts 
in 181 7. Nine children: 

1. Laura Ayer, b. Sept. 28, 1814; m. 
Moses P. Atwood. 

2. Charles Whiton, b. Nov. 20, 1816; a 
physician in Groveland. 

3. Charlotte E., b. Feb. 8, 1819; m. 
George W. Chaplin, of George- 
town. 

^3 4. Herschel Ainsworth, b. July 19, 1821 ; 

m. Sarah Stickney. 
^4 5- Mary Putman, b. Nov. 20, 182^ ; d. 

Feb. 5, 1856. 
^5 6. Celia Peabody, b. Aug. 5, 1826 ; m. 

Wm. G. Downie. 
7. Morris, b. Sept. 30, 1829 ; m. Martha 

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9. Aphia Tenuey, b. Aug. 10, 1834. 



Abraham Spofford m. Sally, dau. of Phineas and 
Elizabeth (Bailey) Spaulding, of Jaffrey ; r. in Bane, 
Mass., and Moretown, Vt. ; d. 1850. 

I. Sally, h. Feb. 19, iSoo; m. Joseph Freeman, 

1836. 

II. Polly, h. Nov., 1 801 ; m. Lyman Fiske, Oct., 

1S28. 

III. Betsey, b. June 30, 1803 ; m. John Taylor, 1830. 

IV. Ayer, b. Jan. 15, 1805 ; m. Harvey Olmstead ; 

r. Elmore, Vt, 

V. Moses, b. Nov. i, 1806; m. Dorcas Parker, 

1S39. 
VI. Rhoda, h. Aug. 12, 1S08 ; m. Ira Carpenter; r. 

in Moretown. 
VII, Grata, b. July 27, 1810; d. Aug. 17, 1S33. 
VIII. Miriam, b. July 22, 1812; d. at Lowell, Mass. 
IX. Luke, b. June 19, 1814; m. Laura Wood, Sa- 
lem, Vt. 
X. Aaron, b. July 31, 1816; d. Aug. 28, 1833. 
XI. Abraham, h. ^u\y 2d>, 1818; m. Caroline Fisk, 

of Swanzey. 
XII. Isaac, b. April 30, 1821. 

XIII. Harriet, b. Nov. 19, 1823 ; m. Alexander Con- 
ner. 

Abner Spofford m. Betsey Litch ; r. New York, 
Mich , and Wisconsin. Eight children: 

I. Eliza, b. 1804; m., 1820, D. Pitman. 

II. Samuel Litch, b. March i, 1806; m. Maria 

Hall. 

III. Sumner Flint, b. May 11, 1808; m. Emeline 

E. Bixby. 

IV. Cynthia 3Ieriam, h. May 16, 1810; m. Theo- 

dore Bissell, 1827. 
V. Luke Ayer, b. Nov. 21, 1813 ; m. Mary Niblar, 
1836; d. 1867. 

VI. Harriet 3Iaria, h. Jan. 16, 1816 ; m., i", Milton 

Hoag ; 2^ A. B. Webster. 

VII. Americus McKenzia, b. April 20, 1820; m. 

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Armstrong, 1848; cl. July 24, 1S58. 



(18) Rev. Luke Ainsworth Spofford m. Grata, dau. of 
Col. I>Avid_ and Susannah (Hemenway) Rand, of 
Rindge, Nov. 12, 1816. He d. at Rockport, Ind., 
Sept. 27, 1S55. She d. at Williamsburg, Ohio, Feb. 
25, 1851, a. 57. 

50 I. Richard Cecily b. Dec. 22, 1817; graduated at 
Amherst college; studied divinity; d. at 
Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, May 25, 1843. 

51 II. Mary Susan^ b. Feb. 12, 1820; m. John R. 
Wiltsie. 

52 III. Henry Martin, b. Sept. 8, 182 1 ; m. Ophelia 

Martin, of Pulaski, Tenn. 

53 IV. MlizahethJane^h. Sept. 19, 1823. 

54 V. Ainsioorth Rand.h. Sept. 12, 1S25 ; m. Sarah 

Patridge. 

55 VI. Ann Matilda, b. Sept. 22, 1S27; d. July i, 

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STANLEY FAMILY. 

Capt. Jonathan Stanley, son of Samuel and Mary 
(Kinney) Stanley, and great-grandson of Matthew Stin- 
ley, who settled in Lyme about 1646, was b. at Tops- 
field, ]\Iass., May 2, 171 1 ; m. Abigail, dau. of Thomas 
and Marcy (Sumner) Gould, descendant of Zacheus 
Gould, the emigrant, Aug. 2, 1737; r. first in Lunen- 
burg, JMass., where most of his children were b. ; re. 
to Rindge about i754- He was a prominent man in 
that town till 1773, when his name appears in the rec- 
ords of the town of JaftVey. calling a meeting for an or- 
ganization of the town under the charter of incorpora- 
tion. He settled on lot 19, range 5, north of the vil- 
lage of East Jafirey, afterwards owned by his son Sam- 
uel, and now the residence of Luke H. Nutting. He 
not only called the first town-meeting, but was chosen 
moderator of the same, and chairman of the board of 
selectmen. He was also chosen moderator of the sec- 
ond town-meeting, and chairman of a committee to pro- 
cure preaching. In 177^^ '^^ \wdi chosen one of the com- 
mittee of inspection. He was a purchaser of a pew in 
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1786. Soon after the organization of the church in 
1780, Abigail, wife of Capt. Jonathan Stanley, was 
admitted a member of the same. No record of his or 
his wife's death has been found. He was living in Jaf- 
frey in 1791, and probably d. soon after. In the Centre 
burying-yard is a headstone erected in memory of Sam- 
uel Stanley, the only one bearing the name of Stanley 
in that yard. 

I. Abigail^ b. March 20, 1739 ; m. Col. Enoch Hale, 

q. V. 
II. Mary, b. April 20, 1740; m., probably, Samuel 

Sherwin. 
in. Samuel, b. March 15, 1741.-!- 
IV. John, b. Jan. 29, 1743.--I- 

V. Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1745 ; d. young. 

VI. Jedediah, b. Jan. 31, 1747. 

VII. Joseph, b. Jan. 17, 1749; m. Lucy Hosmer, of 

Acton ; r. Rindge ; six children. 
VIII. Hannah, b. Dec. i, 1751 ; m. Jonathan Parker, 

IX. Elizabeth, bap. July 14, 1754. 



Samuel Stanley m. Sybil, dau. of Lieut. Nathaniel 
and Mercy (Gould) Page; re. to Jaflrey about 17S0; 
was highway surveyor that year ; settled on lot 19, 
range 5, with his father. He was a soldier in the Rev- 
olution. He met with an accidental death from a fall- 
ing limb while felling trees, March 27, 1792, a. 50. 
They had eleven children : 

I. Samuel m. Candace Arnold, of Clarendon, Vt. ; 
paid taxes in Jaftrey from 179S to 1S05 in- 
clusive ; re. to Hubbardston, Vt, and d. in 
1845. 
II. John, ) . 

III. Jonathan, \ 

IV. Sybil vs\.,yi9.xz\\ 20, 17S8, Johnson Richardson. 
V. Mary m. William Emery, q. v. 

VI. Abigail m. Josiah French, son of John and 
Priscilla French. 

VII. Hannah. 

VIII. Charlotte. 

IX. Sarah m. Parker. 

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XI. Mercy, m. March 12, 1776, Luke Hale, son of 
Oliver Hale. 



John Stanley m. Sarah ; r. Rindge; was in 

Jaftre\' in 1775 ; chosen second lieutenant in a military 
company organized that year, and was selectman in 
1778- Six children : 

(i) Ellen, b. 176S; (2) Jedediah, 1770; (3) Jonathan 
^•' 1773; (4) J^iinieU 1775; (5) Sarah, 1779, and (6) 
Susannah, I'J']^, twins. 

David Stanley, son of David and Sarah (Button) 
Stanley (a descendant of Mathew Stanley), was b. at 
Topsfield, Mass., and settled in Jaffrey about 1774; 
was highway surveyor that year. In 177S he was tyth- 
ingman and auditor of accounts. At a town-meeting 
held June 16, the same year, David Stanley and Will- 
iam Smiley were chosen to read the psalm ; likewise 
Jonathan Priest, Abram Bailey, and David Stanley to 
tune the psalm. His name does not again appear on 
the town records. 



Jonathan Stanley, a brother of David, came to 
Jatirey from Rindge, and settled on lot i, range 9, 
about 1776. He came to Rindge from Acton, Mass. 
He m. Lois, probably a daughter of Benjamin Moors, 
of Rindge. In 1779 he was chosen highway surveyor. 
He was a soldier in the Revolution. He d. July 12, 
1789, a. 41. She d. Dec. 9, 1828, a. 81. 

I. Jonathan, b. in Rindge, July 16, 1774; m. Bet- 
sey Ross. -I'- 
ll. John. 

III. Benjamin Moors m. Lydia Spaulding.-f- 

IV. Jedediah m. Prudence Ross, July 11, 1*^09. 

V. Nathan. 
VI. Sarah. 

VII. Abiah, m., 1801, Oliver Warren, q. v. 
VIII. Keziah. 
IX. Abiier. 

Jonathan Stanley m. Betsey Ross, dau. of Abra- 
ham Ross. He d. Nov. 4, 1S52, a. 78. His wife d. 
Feb. 10, 1842, a. 67. 

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I. Abraham m. Lydia Evleth ; r. Chester, Vt. 
II. Abner. 

III. Benjamin lloors^h. 1S06; m. Abigail Sibley; 

d. at Newport, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1S79. Three 
children : (i) Benjamin B. ; (2) Betsey R. ; 
(3) Eva H. 

IV. Alvah^h. 1807; m. Lucy B. Cutting, who d. 

March 14, 1875, a. 63. 
V. James Moss (Col.) m., June 7, 1850, Abby Cut- 
ting ; r. in Troy ; one son. 

VI. Persis, m. ; r. Sterling, Mass. 

vii. Jonathan, m. ; r. Brookline. 



Benjamin Moors Stanley m. Lydia, dau. of Phin- 
eas and Elizabeth (Bailey) Spaulding ; r. on homestead 
till 1845 ; re. to Harrisville, and d. there March, 19, 
1852, She d. Sept. 22, 1853. 

I. Lydia Ann, b. June 16, 181 2 ; m. Col. Charles 
Jewell ; r. Adrian, Mich. 

Lois Almeda, b. Feb. 24, 1814; m., 1°', Sam- 
uel Gilmore, who d. ; m., 2^, Thos. Stearns ; 
r. Jaflrey. 

Elizabeth Bailey, b. Nov. 3, 1815. 

Mary Christina, b. Aug. 27, 1822. 

Louisa Ay er, b. Nov. 1, 1826; m., April 18, 
1S48, Moses K. Perry, of Dublin ; r. Harris- 
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STEARNS FAMILY. 

John Stearns, b. July, 1768, m. Chloe, eldest 
daughter of Benjamin Phinney, of Lexington, Mass., 
May, 1794. She was b. at Falmouth, Me., in 1770. 
Settled in Waltham, Mass., where all of his children 
but Elizabeth were b. Li 18 10 he re. to Jaftrey, and 
settled on the farm now (1873) owned by Samuel W. 
Pierce. He d. June 28, 1S40. His wife d. Oct. 19, 
1833. They had nine children : 

I. Mary Morse, b. Feb. 9, 1795 ; m. William Ains- 

worth, q. v. 
II. Caroline, b. Nov. 23, 1797 ; m, Moses T. Run- 
nels, of Cambridge, Vt. One son, — Rev. 
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guished minister, settled at Sanbornton, N. 
H. She d. at Sanbornton, April 17, 1S76. 
HI. Fidelia, b. Oct. 35, 1799; m., Feb. 26, 1828, 
Dr. Albert Smith, of Peterborough, a well 
known physician of that place. He d. Feb. 
22, 1878, a. 76. Three children: 

1. Frederick Augustus, b. June iS, 1S30; 
graduated at Dartmouth college in 181^3 ; 
M. D. 1855 ; d. Dec. 20, 1856, at Leom- 
inster, Mass. 

2. Susan S., b. Feb. 4, 1832; d. April 
20, I S3 6. 

3. Catherine, b. Dec. 5, 1S37 ; m. Moses 
P. Smith, Dec. 6, 1S69. Five children. 

IV. Josiah Phinney, b. May 22, i8oi ; unm. ; r. in 

La Harpe, 111. 
V. Chloe Frances, b. March 16, 1803 '■> ^- Oct. 4 

1825. 
VI. Margaret, b. March iS, 1805 ; m. William S. 

Smith ; d. Bellville, Upper Canada, March 

20, 1S51. Five children: (i) William A. ; 

(2) Samuel G. ; (3) Josiah P. ; (4) Sydney 
S. ; (5) Elizabeth E. ^ 

VII. Biademia, b. Aug. 17, 1807; '^- Martin Wiers, 
Cambridge, Vt. ; d. 

VIII. Susa7i, b. May 30, 1809; m. Dea. John Smith, 
of Peterborough ; d. Jan. 9, 1870. Seven 
children : (i) Mary Frances ; (2) John S. : 

(3) Jonathan ; (4) Jonathan ; (5) Susan P. ; 
(6) Caroline; (7) Jeremiah. 

IX. Elizabeth, b. in Jaflrey, March 14, 1813 ; m. 
William Smith ; r. La Harpe, 111. He d. 
Oct. 25, 1873, a. 72. Four children,— Will- 
iam H., Jonathan, Albert, Elizabeth. 



Thomas A. Stearns, a farmer and brickmaker, 
came from New Ipswich to Jaffrey in 1847, settled on 
lot 16, range 5 ; m., i^ Sarah E., dau. of Phineas and 
Sally (Fisk) Spaulding, by whom he had three children. 
She cl. Feb. 26, 1855, a. 37. He m, 3^ Mrs. Almeda 
S. Gilmore, dau. of Benjamin M. and Lydia (SpauldinP-) 
Stanley. He d. July 28, 1S79, a. 66. 

I. Harri^^t E., b. 1844; m-, April 12, 1849, Geo. 
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17 II. Henry 31., h. 184S; m. Mary C. Lowe, Feb. 

20, 1S71. 

18 III. Mary C, b. 1851. 

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STEVENS FAMILY. 

James Stevens (Lieut.) came from Andover, Mass., 
to Jartrey about 177S; settled on lot 12, range 9, now 
occupied by his grandsons, — William P. and Charles 
Stevens. He m. Elizabeth Lacy, of Andover, a sister 
of David Lacy. She d. Jan. 25, 1798, a. 45. M., 2*^, 
Betsey Litch, of Lunenburg, in 1800. She d. Jan. 12, 
1858, a. S6. He d. March 31, 1834, a. 85. Seven 
chikhen : 

I. Janus, b. Aug. 11, 1779.-)- 

II. Betsey, b. x^pril 9, 1781 ; d. Dec. 20, 1801. 

III. Billy, b. March 5, 1783 ; d. Sept. 3, 1786. 

IV. Sally, b. Aug. 27, 1787 ; d. Feb. 4, 1798. 

V. Patty, b. Oct. i, 1790; m., 181 1, Samuel Litch, 

q. V. 
VI. Dolly, b. March 25, 1793 ; m. Capt. John Mil- 
liken, June, 1810, q. v. 
VII. Polly, b. Aug. 15, 1796. 



James Stevens m. Mercy, dau. of David and Phebe 
(Spoftbrd) Adams, of Rindge ; settled on the home- 
stead ; and d. Feb. 5, 1837. She d. Feb. 9, i860, a. 81. 
Three children : 



I. Sally, b. April 15, 1806; d. Aug. 22, 1S79. 
II. William P., b. March 19, 1807 ; m. Mary E. 

Stralton, 1850. 
III. Charles, b. Jan. 4, 1816. 



STICKNEY FAMILY. 



Moses Stickney was b. in Boxford, Mass., Nov. 
21, 1 75 1. He was a descendant of William Stickney 
(fifth generation), who came from England to Boston 
about 1638. His father, Moses, with Richard Peabody 
and seven others, made a settlement in the south-east 
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duration. The appearance of Indians created an alarm, 
and they soon left. One of their number, known as 
Capt. Platts, had the courage and hardihood to remain. 
He was probably Abel Platts, the distinguished pioneer 
of Rindge. Moses Stickney returned to Boxford ; 
afterwards resided in Holden, Mass., Temple, N. H., 
and Springfield, Vt., where he d. Aug. 10, 1S19. His 
wife, Abigail Hale, d. at Temple, June 30, 179I) ^- 59- 
While in Jaffrey his son Simon was b., Dec. 9, 1753? 
supposed to be the first white ch. b. in Jaffrey. He 
settled in Holden, and afterwards re. to New Haven, 
Vt., and d. there in 1791, leaving a wife and three 
daughters, one of whom settled in Athens, Vt., one in 
the state of New York, and the other in the state of 
Maine. Moses Stickney, Jr., m. Mary Hastings. 

HIS BIBLE RECORD. 

Princeton, Mass., Sept, 9, 1797. I then entered 
into marriage Covenant with Mary Hastings, the 
daughter of Jonas Hastings and Mary Benjamin, his 
wife, of Waltham, Mass., then resident of Princeton. 
Mass., and I a native of Boxford, then resident of 
Princeton, we were married by Dr. Wilson, of Prince- 
ton, Mass. We arrived at our farm in Jaflrey, N. H., 
Sept. 10, 1777. We had 8 children born to us. We 
lived together 70 years lacking 4 days, then Mary my 
wife died Sept. 5, 1846, aged 89 years 4 months and 14 
days. 

He was a soldier in the Revolution. His daughters, 
Lois and Charlotte, living with him on the farm, com- 
posed and read the following verses, on the day their 
father was one hundred years old : 

Behold the man with whitened locks, 
With firm but wrinkled brow, 
Who was a helpless infant born 
One hundred years ago. 

Think on that Httle band of nine, 
Who to this wild woods came, 
To find a sheUer and a home, 
One hundred years ago. 

Amidst the howhng wilderness. 
They reared the cottage up : 
The savage foe was all around ; 
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But firm they stood, with glowing hearts, 
And felled the lofty trees. 
Until the savage foe they viewed. 
Which caused them all to leave. 

Their wives and children to them clung. 
While tears did fill their eyes ; 
Their friends with anxious care did plead 
For them to leave and fly. 

But now no savage foe we view ; 
No wild bear roams these lots ; 
But youthful hearts, with ardor filled, 
Now range these ancient lots. 

May the same God those fathers armed, 
Our firm protection be ; 
And may we meet, when time is past. 
In blest eternity. 

A gentleman from JaftVey visited Mr. Stickney, Dec. 
13, 1S51, and writes, — 

" He lives at the foot of Grand Monadnock ; was 100 
years old on the 21st of Nov. last. The old gentleman 
enjoys better health than most people younger than 
himself. His appetite is good, and he can relish and 
digest as hearty a meal as any one. He has always 
been an early riser, and tells me that he is the first one 
up in the house. He attended the annual meeting, and 
cast his vote the present year. He walks sometimes as 
many as 4 or 5 miles a day, and takes most of the care 
of his cattle ; yokes his oxen, and goes into his wood-lot 
with his team. During the past season, he has taken 
the chai'ge of his own planting and harvesting. He has 
mowed half a dozen acres or so, and some of it a second 
time. Mr. Stickney's sight is growing dim, but he says 
he can see to pick up potatoes if the sun shines upon 
them, and he sees white ones better than any other 
color. His hearing is so good that it is not at all diffi- 
cult to converse with him. His memory seems quite 
tenacious, and he entertains his visitors with any 
amount of stories of the Revolution and long ago. He 
takes quite an interest, of late, in having his trees 
grafted, supposing the grafted fruit will be a source of 
profit to him in the course of a few years. May he live 
to see the fruit of his labors." 



He d. of paralysis, March 3, 1S5; 
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2 1 I. Moses, b. July 23, 177S.+ 

3 II. Mary B., b. July 29, 17S2 ; m. Daniel Oilman, 
of Exeter. She d. at Salem, Vt., 1853. 

Orville P., b. Sept. 15, 1805, m. Almira 
Butler ; had eight children ; d. at Sa- 
lem, Vt., 1S63. [See Medical Gradu- 
ates.] 

Mary S., m. David Felton ; r. Mason. 

4 III. Susan J/., b. Sept. i, 1784; m. Norman Stick- 

ney. 

5 IV. Jonas, b. Dec. 20, 1787 ; m. Nancy Ripley, of 

Rockingham. -)- 

6 V. Theophilus, b. Sept. 2, 1790; m. Euta Cook.-f 

7 VI. Barzilli, b. Nov. 13, 1792.-I- 

8 VII. Lois IL, b. April 5, 1795; d. Nov. 16, 1869; 
unm, 

VIII. Charlotte, b. Feb. 26, 1797; d. Nov. 11, 1869; 
unm. 



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Moses Stickney m. Mary Puffer ; r. Athens, Vt. ; 
d. Jan. 17, 1832. 

I. Mercy, b. Feb. 20, 1S14; r. Brookline, Vt. 

II. liases, b. May 27, 1815 ; m. Cynthia Brown. 

III. Israel, b. Jan. 2, 1817; d. Sept. 14, 1831 ; 
unm. 



Jonas Stickney m. Nancy Ripley ; d. in Goshen, 
Vt., Feb. 8, 1861 ; had ten children; re. from Jaffrey 
about 1S13. 

I. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 5, 1812; m. Cyrus Aber- 

nethy. 
II. Augusta, b. Feb. 2, 1814; d. March 5, 1820. 

III. Jonas Ripley, b Jan. 5, 1815 ; m. R. E. Wa- 

ters and P. Sulling. 

IV. Sarah Adeline, b. Jan. 5, 1815 ; m. Daniel 

Mead. 
V. Shuhael, b. June 2, 181S; d. July 15, 1819. 
VI. Warren Hastings, b. Dec. 14, 1820; d. Jan. 27, 

1848. 
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IX. eTawe E.^ b. July 29, 1830; m. Lucius R. Al- 
len. 
X. Boswell, b. Sept. 7, 1833 ; d. Jan, i, 1834. 



Theophilus Stickney m. Euta Cook ; r. Rodman, 
N. Y. ; d. Feb. 14, 1842, a. 52. 

I. Charlotte^ b. Aug. 14, 1817; m. Edwin P. In- 

galls. 
II. Elmira^ b. Nov. 29, 1819; m. David Cady. 

III. Orrm Cook^ b. Sept. 25, 1822 ; d. March 26, 

1823. 

IV. Oringe H.^ b. June 28, 1824; d. July 4, 1824. 
V. Mary J?., b. Aug. 23, 1S26 ; m. Constant Wood- 

ard. 
VI. Chloe A., b. Nov. i, 1829 ; m. Asaph Hall. 
VII. Ruth C, b. Dec. 3, 1833 ; m. Benjamin F. 
Woodard. 



Barzilli Stickney m. Sarah Ferham, of Athens, 
Vt. ; r. Brookline, Vt. 

I. Nancy P. H., b. Aug. 19, 1830; d. 1839. 
II. Warren Ji., b. Dec. 2, 1S37 ; m. Olive B. 

Darling. 
III. Charles P.,h. Oct. 10, 1840; m. Martha F. 
Gorham. 



Simon Stickney, first white child b. in Jaftrey, son 
ot Moses and Abigail Hale Stickney, was b. Dec. 9, 
1753 ; m. Zerviah, dau. of Elijah Itice, Dec. 12, i77^- 
She was b. Aug. 6, 1760. He settled first in Holden, 
Mass. ; was a private in Capt. James Davis's company. 
Col. Doolittle's regiment, at the battle of Lexington. 
He afterwards re. to New Haven, Vt., and d. in 1791- 

I. Retsey, m. Rufus Chafty ; r. Athens, Vt. Five 

children. 
II. Lettuce, m. Daniel Griswold ; re. to New York 

state. 
III. Abigail, m. Thomas Brown ; r. Maine ; six 

children. 

Samuel Stickney, b, in Rowley, Mass., May 25, 
1736, m. Nane Wilson, of Haverhill, Mass., who d. 



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April 14, 1815 ; r. Haverhill, Andover, Leominster, 
and Jaffrey, where he r. thirty years ; then re. to Dub- 
lin, and from thence to Windsor, Vt., where he died 
March 20, 1829. His last tax in Jaflrey was in 1S02. 
Eleven children. 

I. Moses, b. Jan. 31, 1759. 

II. Eimice, b. Oct. 11, 1761 ; m. Ebenezer Thomp- 
son. 

III. Jonathan, h. Feb. 14, 1764; unm. 

IV. Mary, b. March 28, 1766 ; m. ; d. Feb. 4, 1824. 
V. Susannah, b. July 23, 176S ; m. 

VI. Sally, b. July 8, 1770; m. Nath. Cummings, of 

Westford. 
VII. Phebe,h. April 23, 1773; m. 
VIII. Hitty, b. April 23, 1775 : m. 
IX. Samuel, b. May 16, 1777 ; m. ; re. to Maine. 
X. William, b. Feb. 28, 1779; d. Nov. 7, 1821 ; 

unm. 
XI. Jerem^iah, b. Feb. 4, 1781 ; m. Esther Meeds, 
Feb. 20, 1806.+ 



Moses Stickney m. Mary Bailey, of Andover, Dec. 
9, 1786; r. in Jaffrey till 1792, when he re. to Litch- 
field, Herkimer county, N. Y. In 1810 he re. to Sara- 
toga Springs, where for two years he kept the principal 
hotel. In March, 1S12, he bought a farm in Northum- 
berland, and d. there Feb. 5, 1838, a. 79. 

I. Moses, b. in Jaffrey, Feb. 23, 1788; m. Hannah 

Rice. 
II. Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1790, at Jaffrey; m. Philip 
Hodges. 

III. Samuel, b. Oct. 13, 1796; d. 1798. 

IV. Jeremiah, twin, m. Sarah J. Steele. 

V. Erastus*JB., b. Aug. 23, 1800 ; m. L. Lawrence, 



Jeremiah Stickney m. Esther, dau. of Joseph and 
Meeds, of JaffVey. In 1808 he re. to Northum- 



berland, N. Y. ; from thence to Hope, Hamilton coun- 
ty, where his wife d. April, 1835. He d. in Lima, 
Adams county. 111., Sept. 26, 1839. Five children: 

I. Jonathan, d. unm. 
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IV. Joseph Meeds, b. June 26, 181 7 ; m. 
V. Alonzo, b. Oct. 5, 1819 ; m. 



Lemuel Stickney, b. in Boxford, Feb. 7, 1745, m. 
Rebecca Kimball, Nov. 16, 1769, of Andover, Mass. 
He was a Revolutionary soldier, and is said to have 
been in the battle of Bunker Hill. He lived in Derry, 
Pembroke, and Jaffrey ; re. to Berlin, Vt., in 1791. He 
d. May 10, 1824. Eight children : 

I. Phebeh. Feb. 29, 1770; m. John Wallace; r. 

Thornton, N. H. 

II. Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1773; m. Joseph Pierce, 

1797. 

III. Isaac, b, March 31, 1778; m. Hannah Smith, 

1815. 

IV. Rebecca, b. May 18, 1781 ; m. Moses Batchel- 

der. 
V. Polly, b. June 16, 1783; m. Safford Cum- 

mings. 
VI. Lucy JSr., b. April 28, 1787; d. 1791. 
VII. Lemuel, b. in Jaftrey, April 8, 1790; m. Mary 

Dodge ; r. Berlin, Vt. 
VIII. Lucy, b. July i, 1792 ; m. Asa Hyde, 181 2. 



Amos Stickney, b. at Boxford, June 19, 1749, m. 
Elizabeth Thomas ; re. to Jaflrey and settled on lot 17, 
range 8, previous to 1793. He was a carpenter and 
joiner by trade, and held the commission of lieutenant 
in the militia. 

I. Amos, m. Vina Amsdale ; re. to Pa. 
II. John, m. Phebe Gregg ; r. in Rindge and Rox- 
bury. • 

III. Hannah, r. in Unity. 

IV. Clarissa m. Daniel Newell. 

V. Rebecca m. Warner Butters ; r. in Antrim. 



STONE FAMILY. 

John Stone came from Leominster, Mass. ; m. Lydia 
Byam, of Templeton. She was b. Oct., 1760 ; d. April 
20, 1849. ^^ ^' Nov., 1813, a. 62. Re. to Dublin in 
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I. Lydia^ b. Oct. 10, 1779 ; m. William Robbins ; 

r. Landgrove, Vt. 
II. Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 17S1 ; d. 

III. Johyi, b. Nov. 16, 1783 ; m. Lucy Colburn ; d. 

1851 ; r. Nelson. 

IV. Oliver, b. Dec. 20, 1786 ; m. Charlotte Kittridge, 

of Nelson. 
V. Samuel, b. June 15, 1790; m. Alona More; d. 

Aug. 15, 1832. 
VI. Silas, b. Sept. 12, 1792; d. 1813. 
VII. Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1794; m. Calvin Hastings; 

d. June 13, 1832. 
VIII. Asa, b. March 14, 1796; d. 1803. 

IX. Asenath, b. Oct. 6, 1799; m. Silas Stone, of 

Dublin. 

X. Eunice, b. Dec. 28, 1802 ; d. Dec, 181 1. 
XI. Asa, b. Oct., 1807 ; d. Nov., 181 1. 



John Stone came from Swanzey to Jaffrey in 1799 '■> 
paid taxes that year ; was a blacksmith by trade, and 
carried on the business at the Spring village. He was 
an active business man ; was captain of the Jaffrey and 
Rindge cavalry company. He m. Ruth Perkius. He 
d. May 3, 1853, a. 76. She d. Sept. 7, 1863, a. 81. 



Nathan Stone was in Jaffrey in 1850. From the 
census taken that year, we find his age to be 31 yrs ; 
and his wife, Mary L., a. 28 ; both b. in New Hamp- 
shire ; and children, — Albert G., a. ^, Flora E., a. 4, 
and Mary L., a. 2 ; paid taxes in 1846 to 1S51, inclu- 
sive. 



Joel Stone, a blacksmith, paid taxes in 1827-8. 



16 1 Jonas S. Stone paid taxes in i85i-'2-'3. 

STRATTON FAMILY. 
The name of Stratton appears on the town records in 1780. 

Ebenezer Stratton was b. in Rutland, Mass., 
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highway surveyor in 1781. In 1784 he re. to Rindge ; 
became a man of distinction there; was many years a 
selectman, and an active member of tlie Baptist church. 
He m. Tabitha Davis, who d. Feb. 13, 185 1. He d. 
March 27, 1837, a. S6. Children : 

I. Ebenezer, b. in Princeton, July 15, 1778; d. 

Oct. 8, 1785. 
11. Asa, b. in JaftVey, July 25, 1778 ; r. in Ashby. 

III. tTosiah, b. in Jaffrey, Feb. 34, 1781 ; m. Hepsi- 

bah Earl ; d. Nov. 30, 1856. 

IV. Tabitha, b. in Jaffrey, March 18, 1783 ; d. Oct. 

II, 1786. 
v. Polly, b. in Rindge, May 4, 1785 ; d. May 20, 

1857- 
VI. Ebenezer, b. March 12, 1787; m. Betsey Hil- 

dreth ; d. Jan. 4, 1864. 
VII. Raymond, b. April 6, 1790 ; r. in New Ipswich. 
VIII. Tabitha, b. June 22, 1793. 
IX. Samuel, b. April 13, 1795 ; m. Louisa Gilson ; 
d. Aug. 31, 1840. 



David Stratton, a brother of Ebenezer, was b. in 
Rutland, Mass., April 30, 1756; came to Jaffrey, and 
settled on lot — , range — . He m. Polly Leland, who 
d. April 3, 1846, a. 79. He d. March 8, 1837, ^- 79- 

I. Samuel, b. 1787 ; m., i**, Sally Gilmore ; m., 2**, 

Abigail Fife.-f 
II. Isaac, b. 1789 ; m. Betsey Bailey. 

III. Nathan m. Susan Carter. 

IV. Jabez. 
V. Polly, b. 1797 ; m. John Towns. 



Samuel Stratton m. Sally, dau. of David and 
Mary (Mower) Gilmore. She d. Jan. 2, 1822, a. 25. 
M., 2"^, Oct. 12, 1823, Abigail, dau, of John and Sarah 
(Seward) Fife, by whom he had seven children. He 
d. Feb. 20, 1S47, a. 60. 

I. George Washington, b. May 6, 1824, 
II. Samuel Augustus, b. Sept. 5, 1836. 
III. Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 35, 1837 ; m. Charles A. 

Chadwick. 
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V. Martha Ward, b. Sept. 15, 1832 ; d. July 7, 

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VI. Julius, b. July i, 1S39 '■> ^' ^"g- ^' 1868. ) rp . 
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sey (Wheelock) Bailey, who d. April 9, 1873, a. 85. 
Children : 

I. Jonathan W., b. March 3, 1814 ; m. Edna Par- 
ker, of Nelson. 

II. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 25, 1816; m. Wm. P. 
Stevens. 

III. Elvira, b. Aug. 8, 1818; m. Dea. Richard 

Spaulding. 

IV. Charles, b. 1S21 ; m. ; r. Cambridge, Mass. 

V. Lucinda, b. Aug. 24, 1823 ; m, Benjamin 

Pierce. 
VI. Isaac Bailey, b. April 14, 1828 ; drowned Jan. 
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STUART FAMILY. 

Joseph Stuart came from Leominster, Mass., and 

settled in Jaftrey at an early date. He m. Beatrix , 

and d. May 5, 181 1, a. 54. His widow m., 2*^, Samuel 
S. Parker, of Mason, Nov. 3, 1813. They had nine 
children : 

I. An infant, d. Sept. 3, 1783. 

II. Joseph, b. Jan. 2, 1785. 

III. Benjamin d. Aug. 2, 1790, a. 3 mos., 17 dys. 

IV. Elijah d. Aug. 5, 1790, a. 3 mos., 20 dys. 

(twin). 
V. Benjamin, b. April i, 1791 ; m. Susan Thomp- 
son, Dec. 23, 1812. 
VI. Prudence, b. Jan. 31, 1793. 
VII. Polly, b. March 10, 1795. 
VIII. Elijah, b. March 3, 1797. 
IX. John, b. July 20, 1801. 



Simpson Stuart, an early settler, was road surveyor 
in 1787 ; settled on lot 15, range 4, now owned by John 

Quinn. His last tax was in 1795 ; m. Hannah , 

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William^ b. May 17, 1783. 
Ephraim H.^ b. April 13, 17S5. 
Betsey^ b. Jan. 5, 178S. 
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TAYLOR FAMILY. 

Jonathan and Arthur Taylor were early settlers 
in Jaftrey. Jonathan was highway surveyor in 1780, 
field-driver in 1784, and a soldier in the Revolution. 
He settled on lot 3, range 5, now owned by John W. 
Mann. M., 17S9, Joanna Lacy. 

Arthur Taylor was a resident of the town in 1780; 
settled on lot 18, range 8 ; m. Rebecca Wilder, who d. 
June 22, 1848, a. 78. He d. Feb. 26, 1826, a. 67. Nine 
children : 

1. Arthxir^h. Nov. i, 1788; m. Nancy 



had one child, — Eliza, d. July 29, 1838, a. 
eight months. Li 1856 he re. to Springfield, 
Vt., and d. March 22, 1868, a. 79 years, 5 
months. 
II. /Susanna,h. Sept. 22, 1789. 

III. Jiebecca, b. Nov. 18, 1791. 

IV. Calebs b. Dec. 27, 1793 ; d. at Springfield, unm., 

Oct. 6, 1871. 
V. 3fary, h. ISIarch 7, 1796. 
VI. Elias, b. Dec. 7, 1797; last tax in Jaftrey, 

1848.+ 
VII. Joseph Wilder^ b. Sept. 14, 1801 ; d. Feb., 

1802. 
VIII. Samuel^ b. May 5, 1803 ; d. Aug. 15, 1803. 
IX. Luke, b. March 17, 1804; d. in Springfield, 
Vt., Feb. 13, 1873. 



Elias Taylor m. Abigail Brooks Bullard, of Mason. 

I. Mary An7i, b. Dec. 23, 1831. 
II. Ellen M., b. July 22, 1834. 

III. Anna A., ) . ■ it ^ o /- 

IV. Abba J., ] t^>"^' ^- J""^ 2^' ^^36. 
V. George H. JS., b. March 21, 1842, 

VI. Frances, b. May 3, 1845. 
VII. Emma Isabel, b. May 25, 1847. 



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Nathaniel Taylor was taxed in 1793. 



Phineas Taylor, taxed from 1793 to 1800 inclusive. 



Aaron and Jacob Taylor warned from town 1784. 



Aaron Taylor m. Hannah Dunlap, 1784. 



TENNEY FAMILY. 

Amos Tenney came to JaftVey about 1809. He was 
a slioemaker by trade. In 1S17 he opened a store at 
JafiVey village, now East Jaffrey, and continued in trade 
till 1823, when he left town. He m. and left a birth 
record of four children : 

I. Amos «/"., b. July 31, 1808. 

II. -Benjamin £., b. June 37, 1810; d. May 6, 
1S13. 

III. J^ucy A., b. Oct. 26, 1812. 

IV. JEveline E.^ b. Dec. 16, 1814. 



Rev. Leonard Tenney was settled as a colleague 
of the Rev. Laban Ainsworth in 1845, and held that 
position till 1857, when he re. to Thetford, Vt. He 
m. Melvina Barker. 

Alice i., b. Nov. 22, 1846. 
William., b. June 17, 1849. 



THOMPSON FAMILY. 

William Thompson came from Rindge to JafFrey 
about 1778 ; m. Dorcas , and had three children : 

I. William,, b. May 30, 1774; m., and d. in 1800. 
II. Tim,othy, b, in Rindge, Jan. 13, 1777. 
III. Dorcas, b. in Jaffrey, July i, 1779. 



Ebenezer Thompson was in Jaffrey about 17S1. He 

settled on lot 5, range 5 ; m. Rachel , and had a 

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Henry Thompson, b. March 28, 17S2, settled on the 
homestead, and m. Betsey, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther 
Jaqiiith. He d. Feb. 18, 1837, ^- 55- ^'S widow d. 
March 3, 1840. 

I. Betsey, b. May 9, 1807. 
11. Nabby, b. Dec. 31, 1808; d. Aug. 27, 1814. 

III. Rachel, b. Aug. 24, 1810; d. June 23, 1836. 

IV. Hannah, b. March 10, 1812; d. June 23, 1836. 
V. Aphia, b. Oct. 23, 1813 ; m., Oct. 18, 1836, 

Avery Jones, of Billerica, Mass. 
VI. Abel, b. Dec. 13, 1815.-I- 
vii. Mispian, b. July 22, 1818. 
VIII. Cyrus, b. April 22, 1820. 



Abel Thompson settled on the homestead and m., 
i'', Lois Fassett, dau. of Joseph and Tabitha (Wright) 
Fassett, who d. Oct. 7, 1846 ; m., 2^, Fassett. 

I. Elbridge J., b. Aug. 10, 1842; d. Sept. 27, 

1842. 
II. Alfred J., b. Jan., 1844. 

III. Henry A., twin, b. Jan., 1844; lost his arm in 

the battle of the Wilderness. 

IV. Loren J., b. Aug., 1846. 

Isaac Thompson was chosen field-driver in 1777- 



Asa Thompson lived west of the mountain ; taxed 
from 1793 to 1818 inclusive; m. Fletcher. 



Asa Thompson, Jr., m. Sophia Cooledge, Dec. 10, 
1813. 



THORNDIKE FAMILY. 

Joseph Thorndike came from Beverly, Mass., and 
settled in Jaffrey, on lot 12, range 3, about 1774. The 
first settler on that lot was Robert Holmes, from Lon- 
donderry, and it is now known as the Conant farm, the 
former residence of John Conant, Esq. He was a man 
of wealth and influence, a prominent leader in town af- 
fairs, represented the town in the state legislature, and 
was for many years justice of the peace. In addition 
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and was for many years engaged in trade. He m., i", 

Sarah , who d. July 10, 1794, a. 45 ; m., 2^*, Mrs. 

Lydia Blanchard, of Cambridgeport, who survived him. 
He d. June 35, 1814, a. 65. 

I. Joseph, on the tax-list 1795, '96. 
II. Atidreto, b. March 19, 177S; m. Mary Bixby, 
of Dublin; re. to Livermore, Me., where 
she d. Nov. 2, 1833. 

III. Nancy d. of small-pox, 1792. 

IV. Henry, b. 1781 ; graduated at Dartmouth col- 

lege, 1S09. 

V. Mary m. Dr. Luke Lincoln ; one child ; d. in 

Jaftrey, 1S04. 

VI. Sally m. Dr. Abner Howe, q. v. 

VII. Luke (captain of a vessel) d. in the West In- 
dies. 
VIII. Timothy. 
IX. Israel re. to Ohio. 
X. Mercy. 



Joshua Thorndike, a relative of Joseph, m. Rebec- 
ca -; ; had one son, Jonathan, b." 1781, whose last 

tax in town was in 1S05. His wife Rebecca d. in 1823. 
He d. in 1825. He was a man highly respected for his 
honesty and integrity. His wife, equally meritorious, 
was beloved by all. 



TILTON FAMILY. 

John Tilton (Capt.) came from East Sudbury, 
Mass., with his son Joseph, and settled in the south-west 
part of Jaftrey about 1802; paid taxes that year, and 
was a resident of the town till 18 12. John, his son, 
paid taxes in 1804 ; last tax in 1810. 



Ephraim Tilton, first tax was in 1810, last tax in 
1819. 



Joseph Tilton was b. in 1779 ; m. Abigail Brooks, 
dau. of Joseph B'ooks, of Jaftrey. He re. from Jaftrey 
to Michigan, and purchased a farm near Coldwater, 
where he d. Nov. 26, 1838. His wife d. July 10, 1864, 
They had nine ch., five b. in Jaft'rey : 

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I. William TF., b. July 31, 1S03 ; was twice ni. ; 
r. Teciimseh, Mich. 

II. Joseph J)., h. Nov. 15, 1804. 
7 in. Elbridye Gerry, b. April 4, 1S06. 

S IV. Abigail Sroo/cs, b. Feb. 12, iSoS. 

V. Mary Nichols, b. March 12, iSio. 



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TURNER FAMILY. 

Joseph Turner, son of Joseph and Rachel Turner, 
was b. in Ireland, and emigrated to this country with 
his parents and two brothers, Thomas and William. 
Thomas settled in Peterborough, and Joseph and Will- 
iam in JatlVey. His parents died in Peterborough. 
Joseph, Sen'r. died June 10, 17S3, a. 77- Rachel, his 
wife, d. Dec. 33, 17S7, a. 87. Joseph, Jr., settled on lot 
21, range i, now uninhabited, and m. Alary Scott, July 
21, 1760. He was a selectman in 177^) constable in 
17S0; d. about 1791. She d. 1813. 

I. James, b. July 25, 1761 ; m. Betsey Davidson. 
II. Margaret, b. Oct. 25, 1762; d. 

III. Rachel, b. Dec. 10, 1764; m. Samuel Sanders, 

q. V. 

IV. Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1766; m. Chapin. 

V. Jean, b. May, 1768 ; m. Albro ; r. N. Y. 

VI. Mary, b. April 15, 1770; m. Moore; r. 

JSIaine. 
VII. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1772; m. Wm. Robbe ; r. 

N. Y. 
VIII. Agnes, b. Nov., 1773 ; m. John Davidson, Jr. 
IX. Milla, b. Sept. 5, 1775 ; d.' 
X. David, b. May 3, 1777 ; r. N. Y. ( ^^^^.^^^ 
XI. Joseph, b. May 2, 1777 ; r. N. Y. ) 

XII. John, b. Jan. 27, 1779: r. Bolton, N. Y. 

XIII. Milla, b. April 5, 17S1 ; m. Mathew Mitchell; 

sixteen ch. 

XIV. Lyclici^ b. Jime i, 1782 ; m. James Wilder. 
XV. SusannaJi, b. May i3, 1784 ; m. Joseph Wilder. 

XVI. Joanna, b. May 14, 1786; m. Simpson Wilder. 



W^iLMAM Turner (Lieut.), a brother of Joseph, was 
one of the earliest settlers of Jaflrey ; settled on lot 16, 
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many offices of trust, and was an officer in the Revolu- 
tion. He m. Jane, dau. of Mathew Wright, and d. Jan. 
5, 1799, a. 60. She d. Feb. 15, 1S32, a. 82. 

I. Sarah, b. 1766 ; m. Jacob Baldwin, q. v. 
II. Rachel, b. Sept. 30, 1769; m. Moses Cutter, 
q. V. 

III. Mary, b. 1770; m. Oliver Jewett, q. v. 

IV. Jane, b. 1773 ; m. Jonas Nutting, q. v. 



John Turner, son of Thomas and Jenny (McCoy) 
Turner, b. at Peterborough, Sept. 9, 1763; m., June 
TO, 1803, Mary Davis, b. in New Ipswich, June 3, 
1769 ; settled in Jaffi-ey, on lot 21, range 4, about 1803. 
He d. May 22, 1844. His wife d. Nov. 29, 1836. 

I. Sarah, h. SQ\>i. 22, 1804; m., April 24, 1834, 

H. W. Green, of Merrimack, N. H. 

II. Jonathan D., b. March 15, 1806 ; m.-^- 

III. John, b. March 5, 1809; d. Feb. 11, 1810. 

IV. Rachel, b. Nov. 18, 1811 ; m., Oct., 1840, 

Orford Capron, q. v. 

Jonathan D. Turner m. Cynthia E. Ames, of Swan- 

zey, Sept. 18, 1834 ? '"• °" ^^e homestead till , when 

he re. to East Jaffrey, where he now resides. 

I. Henry Alanson, h. May 5, 1837 ; d.-|- 

II. Sarah M., b. Aug. 19, 1839; m. Greenville 
Shedd ; three ch. 

III. Henry A., b. May 12, 1841. 

IV. Clara A., b. April 27, 1847 ; m. Sydney Reed ; 
one ch. 

V. Julia R., b. June 15, 1850; m. Frank H. Co- 
burn ; one ch. 



Henry A. Turner m., Dec. 6, 1865, Lucy A. Rob- 
bins, dau. of Harvey Robbins ; r. East Jaffi-ey. He is an 
active business man, and chairman (1877) of the board 
of selectmen. 

I, Lucy L., b. 1867. 
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35 Solomon Turner, an early settler on lot 17, range 

6, was highway surveyor in 1776; re. to New York 
state. 



36 Nathaniel Turner came to JaftVey from Rindge in 

1773 ; settled in school district No. 5, on lot 2, range S ; 
was in town in i774- 



TUFTS FAMILY. 

Cotton Tufts came to JaflVey in 1816 ; was taxed 
that year; was a cabinet-maker by trade. In 1828 he 
re. to New Ipswich, and afterwards to Warsaw, 111., 
where he d. He m. Abigail Tarbell, of Mason ; had 
four children : 

I. JSenry^ b. April 18, 1818; .n., :'*, Susan Mans- 
field, of New Ipswich, by whom he had two 
ch. ; m., 2'', Lydia Wood, dau. of James 
and Betsey (Jones) Wood, of Alason, by 
whom he had one son ; r. Denver City, 
Col. 
n. Lucius^ b. Feb. 75, 1831 ; d. unm. 

III. Na7icy, b, Jan. i, 1824; d. Jan. 21, same year. 

IV. Abigail, b. Jan. i, 1S24, d. Jan. 28 (twin). 



TWISS FAMILY. 

Daniel Twiss came to Jaflrey, and settled on lot 8, 
range 10. He m. Alice Shedd, who d. Dec. 14, 1S43, 
a. 86. He d. Jan. 35, 1S24, a. 66. 

I. Louis d. July 11, 1828, a. 45. 
II. Rachel, b. 1787; m. Samuel Howe, of Peter- 
borough, May I, 1823 ; d. Jan. 22, 1852, a. 
65. He d. Sept. 18, 1S72, a. Si. Had two 
sons. 

III. Daniel, b. April 6, 1788. 

IV. Rebecca, b. June 8, 1790. 

V. N^abby, b. March 6, 1792 ; m. Joseph Hardy. 
VI. Timothy, b. Feb. 7, 1794; m., i'', Almira , 

who d. Feb. 2, 1820, a. 28; m., 2^, Mary 
Wilder; d. Feb. 9, 1856. 



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8 VII. Luther^ b May 14, 1795; d. in Tewksbury, 

Mass. 

9 VIII. Lydia, b. June 29, 1797 ; d. July 15, 1875. 
10 IX. Asenath, b. April 28, 1S02. 



UNDERWOOD FAMILY. 

Joseph Underwood was an early resident of Massa- 
chusetts, b. in 1681 ; m. Susannah Parker, b. in 1689; 
d. Feb. iS, 1769. He d. Jan. 19, 1761 ; had thirteen 
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II. Thomas, b. Oct. 7, 1709; d. Oct. 20, 1732, a. 

23. 

III. Mary, b. Oct. 28, 171 1 ; d. Nov. 26, 1803, a. 

92. 

IV. Elizabeth, h. Feb 2, 1714. 

V. Jonathan, h. Jan. 22, 1716 ; d. at Marlborough, 

N. H. 
VI. Amy, b. Oct. 16, 1717 ; d. May 23, 1770, a. 53. 
VII. Ruth, b. Jan. 20, 1719 ; d. Sept. 4, i775i a. 56. 
VIII. Phineas, b. Jan. 3, 1722; d. Sept. 24, i757' ^• 

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X. Susannah, b. Dec. 26, 1725 ; d. Dec. 26, 1729, 

a. 4. 

XI. John, b. Sept. 15, 1727 ; d. Jan. 3, 1756, a. 29.4- 

XII. Bethia, b. Sept. 27, 1729. 

XIII. James, b. Dec. i, 1731. 



John Underwood m. Hannah Wright, dau. of Dea. 
Henry and Esther (Adams) Wright, of Westford, 
Mass. ; settled in Westford ; d. 1756. 

I. Jereme, b. Westford, July 21, 1750.-}- 
II. Hannah. 17. iii. A son. iS. iv. John, b. 

1755- 



Jereme Underwood m. Lucy Wheat, b. at Con- 
cord, Mass., July 28, 1750. They were m. at Lincoln, 
Mass., Feb. 17, 1774. In 1777 he re. to JaffVey, and 
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of George A. Underwood, his grandson. Mr. Under- 
wood was a distinguished man in town and church 
affairs. When the church was incorporated, in 1780, 
he and his wife were members. He held, from time 
to time, most of the pubhc offices in the gift of the 
town ; was member of the board of selectmen six years, 
five in succession. He was also a lieutenant in the 
military service and a soldier in the Revolution ; was 
at West Point in 1780, when Arnold sold that impor- 
tant post to the British officers, and being an artificer by 
trade, was ordered by Washington to open the traitor's 
trunk after Arnold's escape to the English lines. At 
the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned to 
Jaflrey, where he spent the remainder of his days at 
work on his farm and at his trade, as business required. 
He d. Oct. 27, 1837, a. 77. His wife d. June 16, 1S24, 
a. 74. 

I. John^ b. March 34, 1775 ; d. Oct. 9, 1776. 

II. John, b. Feb. 16, i777--j- 

III. An infant son., b. and d. March 2, 1779. 

IV. Infant daughter, b. and d. April 33, 1780. 
V. Jereme, b. Aug. 24, 17S1.-I- 



JoHN Underwood m., June 38, 1803, Rachel, dau. 
of Joseph and Rachel (Hobart) Cutter, of Jaftrey. Mr. 
Underwood was a carpenter and joiner, and built the 
first cotton factory, in what is now East JafiVey, in 1814. 
He was also lieutenant in the state militia. 

I. Lucy Wheat, b. Sept. 16, 1S05 ; r. 111. 
II. Myra, b. May 17, 1S07; d. June 16, 1846; m. 

III. John Curtis, b. Jan. 33, 1810; m., and d. 1874- 

IV. Rachel Hobart, b. Nov. 12, 1811 ; d. Aug. 31, 

1839. 
V. Sahra, b. June 15, 1815 ; m. and d. 
VI. Rohanna, b. Nov. 38, 1817 ; m. and d. 

Mr. Underwood m., 2**, Sophia Morrison, cf Lowell, 
b. Aug. 3, 17S6. He d. June 16, 1845 ; buried at Jaf- 
frey. His first wife d. Sept. 3i, 1835. Children by 
second wife : 

VII. Joseph M., b. Sept. 10, 1838. 



Jereme Underwood m., Nov. 23, 1S07, Nabby, dau. 
of Daniel and Sarah Gage, of Marlborough, N. H. He 
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I. At, b. April 26, 1809 ; m. Mary Thing, of 
Waterbury, Me., Sept. 9, i860. He d. 
June 3, 1867, a. 58. 
II. Sophia^ b. Feb. 19, 181 1 ; m. Rev. Andrew O. 
Warren, May 6, 1840; r. Pa. 

III. George, b. March 16, 1S13 ; killed by an over- 

turning cart, Oct. 24, 1822. 

IV. Sally, b. Sept. 12, 1815 ; m. Seneca Partridge, 

June 9, 1S44, of New York city. 
V. Melissa, b. Dec. 3, 181 7 ; m. Adams Partridge, 

Dec. 25, 1848, of Smithville, N. Y. 
VI. Ahby i.,b. May 30, 1821 ; m. Isaac N. Bul- 

lard, July 4, 1S52, of Montrose, Pa. 
VII. George Augustus, b. Jan. 16, 1824. -|- 
VIII. Priscilla Gage, b. Jan. 26. 1826. 

George A. Underwood m., Sept. 9, 1851, Mahala, 
dau. of Ezra and Caroline (Adams) Baker. Mr. Un- 
derwood r. on the homestead of his father and "rand- 
father ; is an enterprising and thrifty farmer, and one 
of the leading men in town. He was captain of the 
distinguished rifle company, and chief-marshal Centen- 
nial day. 

I. George B., b. Oct. 29, 1854. 

II. Deborah M., b. March 12, 1858, m. Daniel C. 

Shattuck, q. v. 
in. Abby A., b. May 9, 1870. 



UPTON FAMILY. 

Peter Upton, son of Jonathan and Nancy (Whitte- 
more) Upton, was b. in Tyngsborough, Mass., Oct. i, 
1816. He came to Jaftrey in October, 1837, ''^"'^' ^"" 
tered the store of Hiram Duncan as clerk, in which 
capacity he served until March, 1840, when he was ad- 
mitted by Mr. Duncan into equal partnership, and the 
business conducted under the firm name of Duncan & 
Upton, continuing thus until the death of Mr. Duncan 
in December of the same year. 

This event left the whole business of the concern in 
the hands of Mr. Upton, then but 24 years of age, but 
in addition to taking charge of that, he settled the es- 
tate of Mr. Duncan, and also completed the settlement 
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Mr. Duncan had in charge at his decease, accomplish- 
ing this in a manner so satisfactory as to receive the 
hearty approval of all those interested, some of wliom 
had had a large experience in such business. 

He continued the store business successfully, under 
the firm name of P. Upton & Co., and in March, 1847, 
admitted to one fourth interest his brother Eben, who 
had served him as clerk for two years, having previous- 
ly been in the employ of William Lacy, in the store at 
the Centre village. 

In 1 85 1 the firm name was changed to E. Upton & 
Co., and Charles H. Powers, who had been their clerk 
for two years, was admitted to one fourth interest, the 
business continuing thus until the death of Eben in 
i860. 

Mr Upton settled his brother's estate, and sold out 
his (Eben's) share in the store and his own to Mr. 
Powers and J. L. Bolster in 1861. They continued to- 
gether only one year, when Mr. Powers bought out the 
whole, and has since continued it. 

January 6, 3851, the Monadnock Bank went into 
operation, with a capital of $50,000. Mr. Upton was 
chosen cashier at the beginning, and has held that posi- 
tion ever since (December, 1880), though the style of 
the bank was changed in 1865 to the Monadnock Na- 
tional Bank, and the capital increased to $100,000. 

During the early part of its existence the bank suf- 
fered severe losses by the bad management of its first 
president, but, notwithstanding this, the shareholders 
under the old organization received an average annual 
dividend of about seven per cent. 

Mr. Upton, having a large pecuniary interest at stake 
in the success of the bank, gradually assumed almost 
entire control of its aftairs, having for the past quarter 
of a century made all, or nearly all, the loans, during 
which time the losses from bad paper will not exceed 
$500, nearly all of that being from forged paper. Since 
1S65 the bank paid dividends of eight per cent, for 
about four years, and ever since then of ten per cent., 
without passing an}-, and has accumulated a cash sur- 
plus of 25,000, and in addition has lost by fire at least 
$10,000. 

From the beginning, in 185 1, the office was in Mr. 
Upton's house until their first building was completed, 
in November, 1873. This edifice cost about $15,000, 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 505 

ished. It was burned March 21, 1875, together with 
the Granite State hotel. The second building was 
similar to the first, built on the same foundations, and 
cost about $11,000, over and above what was saved of 
the ruins of the other. This, too, was burned, March 
23, 18771 the fire doubtless being the work of an incen- 
diary. Each building was insured for $8,000. 

After being thus tried by fire, it was decided to build 
only large enough for the business of the bank. Accord- 
ingly the old site, with the brick walls still standing and 
the nice hammered stone-work remaining uninjured, 
was sold to Mr. Benj. Pierce, who erected the present 
Granite State hotel thereon. The former hotel site 
was secured by the bank, and a building erected second 
to none in the state in architectural beauty, convenience 
of arrangement, and elegance of finish. 

All three of these buildings were planned and ar- 
ranged by Mr. Upton, and the contracts made and 
every detail looked after by him, while their whole 
construction received his personal supervision. 

In this connection should be mentioned the Monad- 
nock Savings Bank, which went into operation in Jan- 
uary, 1870. In April following Mr. Upton was chosen 
treasurer, which position he still holds, though he has 
not had the almost exclusive control of its affairs which 
he has had of the other bank. Its deposits have accu- 
mulated in eleven years to about $350,000, and its de- 
positors received up to 1875 an average of six per cent., 
and since that time five per cent., while its losses have 
been small and unimportant. 

During the whole time which Mr. Upton has been in 
town, he has been actively interested in all public 
measures, and closely identified with every important 
enterprise. He represented the town in the legislatures 
of 1S48, '49, and '50. At the first session he obtained 
the charter for the East JaftVey Fire Engine Co ; at the 
second, the charter for the Monadnock Railroad ; and at 
the last, for tlie Monadnock Bank. He served as town 
treasurer during 1S60 and '61, declining a reelection in 
'62. He was one of the incorporators of the Monad- 
nock Railroad, of the Monadnock Bank, and later of 
the Monadnock Savings Bank. 

To Mr. Upton and Dr. Bradley, perhaps more than 
to any other two men, is due the credit of pushing 
through our railroad. They both devoted a great 
amount of time and labor to this work, beside con- 



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tributing liberally to its treasury. The town voted to 
aid the enterprise to the extent of five per cent, of its 
valuation, wfhile our citizens contributed to an amount 
even larger. To the credit of our town, we take pride 
in remembering that the voted aid was all paid prompt- 
ly and willingly, without opposition from any source. 
Mr. Upton was chosen one of the directors of the Mo- 
nadnock Railroad at its first meeting, and still holds 
the position. 

The amount of the five per cent, gratuity voted by the 
town was nearly $35,000, and towards the payment of 
it $30,000 bonds were issued, bearing six per cent, in- 
terest, and Mr. Upton was chosen agent for selling 
them, in which work he was very successful, as he 
placed them all at par, while some other towns were 
selling theirs at less than par. 

Later, in 1879, when the town had decided to call in 
their then outstanding bonds and re-fund them at a 
lower rate, he got up the new bonds, and sold the 
whole amount, bearing four per cent., at par. 

But in building up and improving the East village 
Mr. Upton has been especially conspicuous. The older 
residents will remember the condition of things in 
1S37. '^^^^ houses were tew, and mostly small, while 
some of the other buildings were, seemingly, located in 
the worst possible manner, among them the old black- 
smith-shop and coal-house on the corner ; the old red 
tin-shop on the common, under the elm ; and the long 
string of old hotel buildings, standing almost in the 
street, and the stable quite. The village school was 
half a mile away, out of sight of every house, and no 
good water nearer than the village ; and there was no 
post-office. There was no " River road " to Peterbor- 
ough, and the only road to Cheshire Factory was down 
the turnpike and over the Bacon hill. The road to 
Rindge was even worse, being outrageously crooked, 
and leading over such eminences as the Tyler, Carter, 
and Davis hills. Mr. Upton was largely instrumental 
in changing these roads to their present locations. 

In 1S43, after many unsuccessful efforts in previous 
years by others, the district, at last, voted to move the 
village school, the decision being brought about, large- 
ly, by the personal efforts of Mr. Upton. The building 
then erected is now known as the " Caldwell house," 
and, while a great improvement over the old one, was 
soon found to be inadequate to the wants of the district, 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 507 

it having been built in a manner very inferior to what 
its friends desired owing to the fierce opposition, 
the whole matter having been finally left to the select- 
men. In 1853, after a great amount, of lively agitation, 
the district passed the vote which resulted in the 
present handsome brick structure — at that time, and 
perhaps now, the best village school-house in the 
country. Mr. Upton was one of the prime movers in 
this matter, and alone was the means of selecting the 
site of the building, undoubtedly the best in the village. 
As a consequence of this location, the town laid out 
and built "School street" for its accommodation, which 
has now grown to be one of the best streets in the 
village. 

Until 1845 every attempt to establish a post-office at 
East Jaffrey had been defeated by the stubborn opposition 
of interested parties at the Centre village. At length, de- 
termined to get a fair hearing at the post-office depart- 
ment, Mr. Upton and Alonzo Bascom, jointly, paid the 
expenses of an advocate to Washington. This quickly 
decided the case, and the office was at once established, 
and, by a curious mistake of the authorities, the office 
at the Centre was discontinued. This error, however, 
was soon after corrected, and the name of "Factory 
Village" changed to East Jafirey. The administration 
being at that time Democratic, Alonzo Bascom was 
appointed post-master, though the office was kept in 
Mr. Upton's store. To accommodate the public, Mr. 
Upton fitted up a set of post-office boxes — quite an 
innovation at that time, and in marked contrast with 
the dingy old show-case in use at the Centre. In 1S49, 
on a change of administration, L. L. Pierce was ap- 
pointed post-master, and the office located in the store 
of Foster & Brown, now owned and occupied by 
J. S. Lacy. A few months later, however, Eben Upton 
was appointed post-master, and the office was returned 
to its first location, where it remained several years, 
until, on another change of administration, Alonzo 
Bascom was a second time appointed, and the office 
removed to his " counting-room." In 1861, at a meet- 
ing of citizens to nominate a suitable candidate for 
recommendation to the department, Mr. Upton was 
chosen, receiving every vote cast but one, and was ac- 
cordingly soon after appointed post-master, which posi- 
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The most important village improvement was the 
remodelling of the old hotel in 1859, '^ having been pur- 
chased the previous fall by Mr. N. R. Corning, ot 
Boston. As before stated, the old buildings stood 
almost in the street. Mr. Corning was intending to 
repair them where they stood, but Mr. Upton, fearing 
that they would in that case always remain there, pro- 
posed to Mr. Corning to move them back and enlarge 
them. Accordingly, plans were drawn which provided 
for almost entire new buildings, and required a large 
outlay. A subscription of about $i,Soo was collected 
by Mr. Upton in aid of the enterprise, and, at the 
request of Mr. Corning, he took entire charge of the 
work until finished, and advanced the balance of the 
money necessary for its completion, declining all 
compensation for his services in connection with it, 
considering himself as amply repaid by its improved 
appearance and the business it soon drew to the town, 
making the enterprise, from the start, a complete suc- 
cess, contrary to the predictions of many that " such a 
great house would never pay." '' The Granite State 
hotel," thus built, would have been a credit to any town 
in the state, while the business of taking " summer 
boarders" has grown, from that as a beginning, to be 
one of the most important and lucrative occupations in 
which our people are engaged, and has made our town 
quite a popular " resort." This house was burned 
March 21, 1S75, as already stated, causing the destruc- 
tion of the Bank block. It was owned and occupied, 
at that time, by Joseph S. Wells, formerly of Keene, 
having cost him, the April previous, about $20,000. 
It was insured for $12,000. The ruins remained undis- 
turbed until the summer of 1S77, after the burning of 
the second Bank building, when, chiefly by the efforts 
of Mr. Upton, an arrangement was efiected by which 
Mr. Benj. Pierce bought the ruins of the bank building, 
and the hotel lot secured for the bank. A subscription 
of about $1,100 was raised by his efforts, to aid Mr. 
Pierce in the erection of the present " Granite State 
hotel," and to grade off' the ground in front of the hotel 
and bank into a common, extending the whole distance 
from School street to North street, forming as fine a 
square as any village can boast. This arrangement of 
the buildings and common was brought about princi- 
pally by the active efforts of Mr. Upton, and to him are 
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measure, for a fine hotel. During the whole time, over 
forty-three years, that Mr. Upton has been in town, he 
has never lost a whole day from business by sickness, 
and even now retains his vigor and activitv very little 
impaired, though, of necessity, showing some evidences 
of approaching age. He was m., in Townsend, Mass., 
by Rev. Stillman Clarke, June 28, 1S53, to Sarah Miller 
Duncan, b. July S, 1833, dan. of Hiram and Emeline 
(Cutter) Duncan, of East JaftVey, N. H. Their ch., 
all b. in East Jaflrey, are, — 

I. Mary Adelaide, b. Nov. 4, 1S56 ; m., Dec. 25, 
187S, Walter L. Goodnow, son of William 
E. and Abigail (Beaman) Goodnow. Thev 
have one child, — Jessie Emeline, b. Nov. 
10, 1879. 
II. Hiram Duncan, b. May 5, 1S59, '^-^ Oct. 14, 
1879, Annie E., dau. of Dr. Marshall and 
Harriet A. (Fiske) Perkins, of Marlow, 
N. H. He graduated from Dartmouth col- 
lege in June, 1S79. 
III. Alice W hittemore, b. July 5, 1863. 



Ebenezer Upton, son of Jonathan and Nancy 
(Whittemore) Upton, was b. in Tyngsborough, Mass., 
March 17, 1819. He came to Jaffrey in 1843, as a 
clerk in the store of \^'illiam Lacy, where he remained 
a year or more, when he became a clerk in the store of 
his brother Peter in East JaftVey, remaining in this 
capacity till 1S47, when he became a partner with his 
brother, remaining such as long as he lived. He was 
post-master under the administration of Gen. Taylor, 
and town treasurer at the time of his death, June 25, 
i860. He m., I"*', Paulina Cutter Rice, dau. of Laban 
and Esther (Cutter) Rice, Dec. 26, 1850, by Rev. Still- 
man Clarke. She d. Jan. 15, 1857. M.," 2**, by Rev. 
E. W. Coffin, Eliza (Smith) Perkins, widow of Dr. R. 
R. Perkins, and dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Burt) 
Smith, of Winchendon, Mass., b. in Barre, Mass., Oct. 
7, 1826. Children: 

I. Paxdina Cutter, b. Jan. 15, 1857; d. Aug. 15, 
1857- 
By second wife : 

II. Frank Burt, b. March 7, 1859. 



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William Upton, third son of Thomas Upton, of 
Peterborough, a descendant of John Upton, the emi- 
grant, was b. Dec. 31, 1792 ; m. Mary, dau. of James 
Taggart, of Sharon : settled in Jatlrey, on lot 22, range 
5 ; was the owner of a farm and saw-mill, where his 
son William now lives; d. June 2, 1862. She d. June 
17, 1S67, a. 73. 

I. William, b. June 7, 1S20 ; m. Sally Upton, dau. 
of Jacob Upton. One child, — James, b. 
Nov. 28, 1858. She d. Nov. 16, 1874. 
II. Mary Ati7i, b. Oct. 24, 1829 ; m. Luke H. Nut- 

tin<4-, q. V. 
III. Priscilla R., b. Nov. 23, 1837 ; m. Charles Cor- 
ser ; r. Fitchburg. 



Thomas Upton, son of Eli, a brother of William, b. 
Aug. 31, 1S18, in Peterborough ; m., i^', Nov. 14, 1839, 
Marietta, dau. of Abel and Mary (Spaulding) Cutter, 
who d. Feb. 16, 1857, ^- 37 ' "^ ' 2^*, July 14, 1857, 
Lucinda Sophia, dau. of Salmon Allen, of Rindge. 

I. Lucius, b. May 19, 1843 ; enlisted in the 44th 

Mass. Regt. ; afterwards in the i6th Mass. 
Batterv ; d. at Washington, D. C, Aug. 7, 
1864. ■' 

II. Adelia Parker, b. Jan. 14, 1847. 



VERDER FAMILY. 



John Verder, b. 1800, m. Sarah Smith, b. 1807. 
Six children : 

I. Sarah J., h. 1826; m. John B. Shedd. One 
child, — Frank E., b. 1S67; a graduate of 
Dartmouth college. 

II. John R., b. 1828. 

III. Mary C, b. 1S30. 

IV. Albert S., b. 1831 ; m. Priscilla ; b. 

1831. One child,— Sofy A., b. 1868. 
V. Myra J., b. 1834. 

VI. Charles W., b. 1838; m. Sarah E. , b. 

1831. 



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WAKEFIELD FAMILY. 

Thomas Wakefield, b. in Reading, Mass., Jan. 12, 
1751. He was a descendant of Josepli Wakefield, of 
Welch descent, and a resident of Boston in 1727' He 
m., in 1773, Elizabeth Hardy, of Hollis ; settled in Am- 
herst, and in 177S re. to Dublin, and in 1S08 to Jaftrey. 
He paid taxes from iSoS to 1812, inclusive. He d. in 
1839. Hi^ '^'^'^ ^^' "^ 1S32. 

I. Thomas, h. Aug., 1773 ; m., 1S05, Olive Hart; 

re. to Maine. 
II. Othaniel, h. April 25, 1775 ; d. Sept. 5, 1800, 
in Seneca, N. Y. 

III. Betsey, b. March, 1777; m., 1802, Timothy 

Wakefield, of Reading, and d. 1848. 

IV. Cyrus, h. Sept. 16, 1779; m., 1S03, Sally Ma- 

son ; d. 1810. 
V. James, b. Sept. 9, 1782; m. Oct. 11, 1803, 
Hannah Hemmingway ; re. to Roxbury. 
His son Cyrus, b. in 1811, by his own efforts 
in business rose from obscurity, built a 
large rattan manufactory in South Reading, 
accumulated a large estate, and was held in 
such high esteem by his fellow-citizens that 
the name of South Reading was, to his 
honor, changed to Wakefield. 
VI. Abigail, b. June 3, 1784; m. Jan., 1807, Rev. 
Amos Fetingal ; re. to Champlain, N. Y. ; 
d. 1810. 

VII. Peter, b. April 16, 1786; m., 1809, Esther 
Whitcomb ; re. to N. Y. state. 

VIII. Martha, h. April, 1788; m., 1810, Rev. Peter 
Sanborn, Reading, Mass. ; d. 1849. 

IX. Dorcas, b. March 11, 1790; m. Horace Rudd ; 

re. to Ohio. 
X. Joseph, b. July 7, 1792; m. Sarah Sawyer, 
1813 ; re. to Ohio ; d. 1828. 



Amasa Wakefield was a resident of Jaflrey from 
1813 to about 1819 ; m., and had a son, George. 



Peter Wakefield was taxed in 1808. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



WARREN FAMILY. 



(2) 



Peter and Simon Warren were residents of the 
town when organized, in 1773? oi' soon after. In 1775 
Peter Warren was chosen a member of the board of 
selectmen, and clerk of the military company organized 
that year. 

Simon came from Littleton, Mass., to Jaffrey, and 
settled on lot 6, range 8. He was b. Nov. 21, 1750 ; m. 
Martha Harper, b. in Harvard, Mass., Sept. 11, 1749. 
He was in service as teamster during the Revolutionary 
war. He d. Nov. 22, 1S03. His widow d. Aug. 2, 
1S25, a. 76. Children: 

I. Oliver, h. April 26, 1776; re. to McDonough, 

N. Y., 1S3S.4- 
II. John^ b. Sept. 3, 1779 ; r. in Brookline, Mass. ; 
had five ch. 

III. Simon, b. Nov. 7, 17S1 ; m. Dolly, dau. of 

Caleb Brown. He was a saddle- and harness- 
maker ; re. to Chesterfield, and from thence 
to Woodstock, Vt., where he d. 

IV. Martha., b. June 8, 1788 ; m. Boynton ; re. 

to Stow, Vt., and d. there. 



Oliver Warren m., Sept. 17, 1801, Abiah Stanley, 
dau. of Jonathan and Lois (Moore) Stanley. He was 
an active business man ; was a farmer and a stone-cut- 
ter ; built the granite mansion-house of Jonas M. Mell- 
ville, Esq., now the summer residence of the Hon. 
Leonard R. Cutter, of Boston. In the war of 1812, he 
held the commission of captain, and when the rifle 
company was organized, in 1814, he was chosen first in 
command. In the spring of 1838 he re. to McDonough, 
N. Y., and d. April 12, 1842, a. 66. Children : 

I. Abiah Stanley, b. May 11, 1805 ; m. Wm. Hil- 
ler, of McDonough, N. Y., May iS, 1842 ; 
d. Nov., 1863. They had two ch., — Phebe 
A., and Josephine. 

II. Almeda Lois, b. Sept. 16, 1811 ; d. Oct. 8, 1811. 

III. Andrew Oliver, b. June 5, 1817. He qualified 
himself for the study of a profession at Mell- 
ville academy, and commenced the study of 
divinity in 1838, with Rev. J. V. Wilson, 
of Jaffrey, and completed it with Rev. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 513 

Charles Woodhouse, of Westmoreland, N. 
H., in 1840. He was first located at McDon- 
ough, Upper Lisle, and Smithville, N. Y., 
and in 1849 at Montrose, Pa. In 1S60 he 
commenced the study of law, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Susquehanna county 
court in 1S62, and to the supreme court in 
1865, and has been successfully engaged in 
the practice of both professions. He m., 
May 6, 1S40, Sophia, dau. of Jereme and 
Nabby (Gage) Underwood, and had four 
children : 

r. Ella S., b. April 14, 1841 ; m. Milo J. 
W. Cram, attorney-at-law, Scran- 
ton, Pa. 

2. Jane M., b. Feb, 36, 1843 ; m. George 

L. Zerpes, a turner by trade. 

3. Charles A., b. Sept., 1846 ; an attorney- 

at-law, in company with his father 
at Montrose, Pa. 

4. Fred S., b. Nov. 25, 1853 ; a clerk in a 

store. 



Richard Warren, from Ludlow, Vt., b. 1797; m.. 
June 19, 1833, Maria, dau. of Sewall and Ketura 
(Mayo) Gould ; settled in JaftVey about 1836. Ch. : 

I. Prescott. 
II. Lydia C., b. 1838, 

III. Susan E.^ b. 1830. 

IV. Cornelius W., b. 1831. 

V. tTohn A., h 1833. 
VI. Sally M., b. 1837. 

VII. Edgar F.^ b. 1839. 
VIII. Ann A., b. 1S46. 
I X . Richard P . , b . 1 849 . 



W^ATERS FAMILY. 

Geokge W. Waters, b. in 1809. His father dying at 
an early age he was bound out to service in the family 
of John Conant, Esq., with whom he lived till lie 
attained his majority. His means of education were 
very limited, having the privilege of attending only the 

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district school, the terms of which were of short dura- 
tion. On attaining his majority he followed the busi- 
ness of farming, and m. Sophia M., dau. (by adoption) 
of Ebenezer and Mary (Thompson) Hathorn, of Jaftrey. 
Mrs. Waters's father was Sylvanus Chapin, of Windsor, 
Vt. After his death, his widow, her mother, m. Mr. 
Hathorn, and she, with her sister, Mrs. Charles Cutter, 
adopted his sir-name. Mr. Waters settled in the south 
part of the town, on the farm of the late Charles A. 
Cutter. He d. Aug. ii, 1847, a. 38. His widow r. at 
EastJafiVey. They had four children: 



I. Jonas C. 
II. Martha S. 

III. Sylvanus C. d. Sept. 

at Antietam, Pa. 

IV. Frances M. 



17, 1S64 — killed in battle 



WELLINGTON FAMILY. 

George Willington was b. in Watertown, Oct* 
21, 1749. He was a descendant of Roger Willington, 
from England, an early settler in Watertown, Mass. 
He m., Dec. 24, 1772, Lucy, dau. of Ephraim and 
Lydia White Pierce, of Waltham. He re. to Jaflrey 
about 1796, and settled on lot 16, range 6, now owned 
by Samuel W. Pierce. In 1801 he re. to Cavendish, 
Vt. He was a soldier in the Revolution. Children : 

Ephraim, b. Sept. 29, 1773. 

Lydia, b. Nov. 28, 1775 ; m. Richard Weeks, 
July 14, 1799; r. to Royalston, Mass. He 
was a hatter by trade. 

Lucy, b. Sept. iS, 1777; m., Nov. 15, 1800, 
David Gilmore, son of Roger Gilmore, 
Esq., of Jaffrey, q. v. 

Leonard, b. March 5, 1780; m., i*^ Dec. 4, 
1805, Eunice Earle, who d. 1808 ; m., 2^, 
Sept. 6, 1809, Dorcas Priest, who d. 181 7; 
m., 3'', Jan., 1818, Lucinda, dau. of Abijah 
Page, who d. 1847. He d. May 22, 1849, 
in Rindge, N. H., where he settled in early 
life. He was the parent of fourteen chil- 
dren, — by first wife, two ; by second wife, 
four ; by third wife, eight. 
V. John. 
VI. George, Jr. 



2 


I. 


3 


II. 


4 


III. 


5 


IV. 



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Enoch Wellington settled in Jaffrey on lot 20, 
range 5, in 1799; m., i^', a dau. of Aaron Colman ; m., 
3^ Sally, dau. of John Wood. He d. 181 7. 

I. Charlotte. 

n. Ahby m., Aug., 1813, Daniel Wood, of Jaffrey. 
III. Thomas., re. to Ashley, Mass. 



WELMAN FAMILY. 

Elijah Welman came to Jaffrey at an early date. 
He settled on lot 32, range 2, and m. Jenny, dau. of 
Thomas and Jenny (Miller) Turner. He d. March 21, 
1848, a. 83. She d. June 4, 1837, ^- ^^^ 

I. Elijah, d. Oct. 12, 1876, a. 81 ; unm. 
II. Louisa., d. Nov. 13, 1867, a. 69; unm. 

III. Thomas., d. Nov. 19, 1870, a. 69; unm. 

IV. Samuel T., b. 1808; m. Mrs. Mary J. (Butler) 

Wallace, May 3, 1877. 
V. Jane., d. May 17, 1839, ^' ^6 ; unm. 
VI. Robert, date of birth unknown ; left town. 



WESSON FAMILY. 

Thomas and Eleanor Wesson; ch. birth record in 
Jaffrey. 

I. Isaac II.., b. Nov. 15, 1804. 
II. Sylvia, b. Jan. 14, 1805. 



wheelock family. 

Luke Wheelock was an early resident of Jaffrey. 
He m. and had children : 

I. Lucy. 

II. Esther,, m. Nathaniel Thomas, Jr., of Rindge ; 

re. to Jaffrey, and settled on lot 16, range 6. 
He afterwards re. to Hartford, Vt, where 
he d. Feb. 19, 1849, a. 74. He left a son, 
Harvey, buried in the Centre burying-yard, 
who d. Dec. 4, 1801, a. i yr., 1 1 mos., 20 dys. 



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in. LuJce, a merchant in JaflVey in 1806 and 1807; 
store burnt. 

IV. Jonathan^ ?L merchant in Jaffrey in 1810, '11, 
and '13, in the Thorndike store, now owned 
by Dr. Phelps ; left town in 1816. 



Emery Wheelock, b. in Hubuardston, Mass. ; m. 
Martha Hill ; settled in Peterboiough, and re. to Jaf- 
frey in 1S12 ; settled on lot 14, range 6, and afterwards 
re. to lot 10, range 6, where he d. May 2, 1841, a. 65 ; 
his widow d. Oct. 21, 1858, a. 73. 

I. John m. Miranda Divoll, of Winchendon ; d. 

in Boston. 
II. Stephen Franklin m., i^\ Eliza Snow, of Win- 
chester, N. H. ; m., 2**, Augusta Capron, of 
West Swanzey, and d. there. 

III. Elizabeth^ b. Feb. 2, 1809; m., i'', Ashley Lor- 

ing, of Peterborough ; re. to Medina, Ohio, 
where he d. ; m., 2d, Austin Badger, of 
Medina. 

IV. Nancy ^ b. Jan. 29, 181 1 ; m. John A. Cutter, 

q. V. 
V. George Boyden., d. June 9, 1822, a. i month, 
13 days. 



Timothy Wheelock, in JaflVey from 181 2 to Jan. 
14, 1814. 

Ithamer, a brother, and a Revolutionary soldier, d. 
Feb. II, 1850, a. 90. His wife, Sukey Tucker, d. Feb. 
21, 1844, a. 73. 



WHIPPLE FAMILY. 

John Whipple was a resident of Jaffrey from 17S1 

to 1794- He m. Phebe , and left a record of the 

births of seven children : 



I. 

II. 
III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 



John^ b. March 14, 1781. 

Sarahs b. Sept. 2, 1783 ; d. Sept. 27, 1783. 

Sarah^ b. Sept. 15, 1784. 

Jeremiah^ b. June 21, i7S7' 

Joseph, b. May 14, 1790. 

Anne, b. June 12, 1793- 

Jonathan, b. March 17, 1796. 



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WHITCOMB FAMILY. 

Simon Whitcomb was chosen fence-viewer March 
30, 1775. He m. Sarah, dau. of John and Bathsheba 
Combs, of JaftVey. He d. in Jaftrey. His widow was 
living in 1813. 



Ephraim Whitcomb, from Leominster, settled in 
Jaffre\', on lot 17, range 9. In 1777 he was chosen 
auditor of accounts, and in 1781, highway surveyor. 
He m. Elizabeth Carter, of Leominster; had eight ch. 
His last tax was in 1797. 

I. Elizabeth, b. March 8, 1776. 

II. Abigail, h. ]v\\y 7, 1777; m. Abraham Priest, 
of Stow, brother of Daniel Priest, Sen'r, of 
JaftVey. 

III. Ephraim, b. May 28, 1779; m., Feb. 10, 1803, 

Lucy, dau. of John Leland ; r. from Jaftrey 
in 1S04.-I- 

IV. Dorothy, b. Sept. 14, 1782 ; m., May 17, 1S08, 

John Wilder, from Winchendon ; settled on 
lot 22, range 3. 
V. Oliver, b. Nov. 5, 17S4; re. to the state of 
Maine. 

VI. Esther, b. Oct. 8, 1786; m., Feb. 27, 1810, 

Peter Wakefield. 

VII. Sally, b. Oct. 22, 1788; m., May 25, 1809, 

Nathan Hale, of Rindge ; had thirteen chil- 
dren, 
viii. Relief, b. Dec. 20, 1792. 



Ephraim and Lucy (Lealand) Whitcomb had chil- 
dren : 

I. George, m., i*', Sarah Smith, who d. Aug. 26, 
1S30; m., 2**, Betsey Rolfe, who d. about 
1851; m., 3^, Betsey, dau. of Abel Smith, 
Children : 

1. Mary Ann m. N. P. Cummings. 

2. Rosina m. Peaslee. 

3. George L. m., and r. in Gardner, 
Mass. 

4. Charles S. m., and r. first in Rindge ; 
second in Orange, Mass. 



5l8 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

i6 I 5. Henry C. m. Angeline (Ward) Bald- 

win, of Winchendon. 

17 6. Albert H., b. 1S42 ; m., 1863, Matilda 

Crouch ; r. Westminster. 

18 7. Julius, b. March 3, 1848. 

19 II. Irene m. Emery Carroll, of Winchendon ; he. d. 

in 1865. 
30 III. John m. and r. in Winchendon. 



WHITNEY FAMILY. 



John Whitney, in 1635, with his wife and five sons, 
emigrated from Ipswich, England, and settled in Wa- 
tertown, Mass. 

ZiMRi Whitney, of the fifth generation, was b. in 
Lunenburg, May 14, 1776 ; m., May 28, 1801, Susanna 
Sanderson; re. to Rindge in 181 2, to Jafirey in 1814, 
to Peru, Vt., in 1826. He settled in JaftVey, on lot 13, 
range 8, the previous residence of Dea. William Smil- 
ey, now (1876) uninhabited. He d. at Peru, Aug. 24, 
1862, a. S6 ; his widow d. about 1S65. Ten children : 

I. Isaac /S'., b. April 7, 1S02 ; m., 1822, Maria 
Ovington, of Dublin ; r. in Jafirey ; was a 
blacksmith by trade ; re. to Bethel, Maine ; 
eight children : 

II. Abraham^ b. Jan. 19, 1S04; m. Adeline, dau. 
of Rufus Sawyer, Nov. 23, 1829; r. Boston. 
In 1867 he re. to Jafirey ; settled on lot 12, 
range 6 ; re. from thence to lot 5, range 5, 
where he met with an accidental death by 
falling into the cellar, Feb. 22, 1872, a. 
6S. He was a resident of Boston thirty- 
nine years, a police-oflScer twenty-one years ; 
kept a provision store several years. Ch. : 

1. Edward Sawyer, b. Oct. 17, 1831 ; d. 

2. Frances Adaline, b. May 5, 1832 ; m., 
Nov. 22, 1S51, Daniel W. Farr, of Bos- 
ton. She d. Feb. 6, 1867. He d. Mav 

'3' 1875- 

III. Charles^ b. March 2, 1806; m. Adeline Strong. 
He d. in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 26, 1S51. 
Ten children. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 519 

IV. Alvah, b. June 27, 1S08; m., April 26, 1838, 

Caroline Geer. He d. in Cambridge, Mass., 

1873. Three children. 
V. Susannah P., b. Aug. 22, 1810; m. Benjamin 

Penfield, of Gorham, Me. Seven children. 
VI. Jlosea, b. in Rindge, March 17, 1813 ; m. Char- 
lotte Sawyer, 1837; d. in Charlestown. 

Mass., July i, 1861. Four children. 
VII. Thomas P., b. in Jaflrey, Aug. 29, 1816; m., 

April 26, 183S, Harriet A. Benjamin ; six 

children ; r. in Jaftrey. 
VIII. George S.,h. in Jaftrey, April 17, 1819 ; m^., 

1844, Eveline Barnard. He d. at Glen's 

Falls, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1863. 
IX. John /S., b. in Jaftrey, May 21, 1822; m. Val- 

issa P. Johnson ; five children ; r. in Jaf- 

frey. 
X. Richard B., b. in Jaftrey, June 18, 1825. 



WHITTEMORE FAMILY. 

Benjamin and Sarah Whittemore. 

I. Rufus, b. May 28, 1778. 
II. Eusche^ b. Feb. 28, 1780. 



WILDER FAMILY. 

Joseph Wilder w^as chosen highway surveyor in 
1780, and purchased a pew in the meeting-house the 
same year. He settled on lot 8, range 6, now owned 

by Abraham B. Davis. He m. Rachel , by whom 

he had four children : 

I. Elizabeth^ b. March 9, 1782. 

II. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1784; m. Susannah Turner. 

III. John, b. Feb. 12, 1786, 

IV. Rachel, b. March 31, 1788. 

His wife d. May 6, 1788, a. 33 ; m., 2^, 1789, Lucy Saf- 
ford. The last tax paid by Ensign Joseph Wilder was 
in 1798. He was a soldier in the Revolution. 



Silas Wilder was paid for three months' service in 
the Revolution in 1782; re. to Rindge; m. Abigail 
Page, and was taxed there till i797* 



520 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



I Ezra Wilder was highway surveyor in 17S2, and by 

I the state record was one of the men furnished by Jaf- 

1 frey in the Revohition ; m. Jerusha Welch Alexander; 

re. to Peterborough; m., 2*^, Oct. 15, 1S04, Jerusha 

Hogg, of that town. His last tax was in 1S09. 

Ezra Wilder, Jr., m. Polly, dau. of Joseph Hodge; 
last tax 181 2. 

Oliver, a brother, m. Betsey, dau. of Joseph Hodge ; 
taxed iSoo. 



John Wilder came from Winchendon, Mass., and 
settled on lot 22, range 3 ; paid tax in 181 2 ; m.. May 
17, 1808, Dorothy, dau. of Ephraim and Elizabeth Car- 
ter Whitcomb. His dau, Laura m , Sept. 27, 1829, 
George T. Betterly, of Brookline. His wife d. Feb. 
II, 1855, a. 73 ; he d. March 23, 1863, a. 90. 



Salmon Wilder, from New Ipswich, carried on the 
business of printing in Jaffrey in 1S14, '15, and '16. 



9 William Wilder was agent of the Cheshire cotton 

mill in 1822. 



WINCHESTER FAMILY 



William and Sally Winchester, birth record in 
Jaffrey. 

I. Stephen, b. Oct. 3, 1792. 
II. Cynthia, b. April 26, 1794. 
III. William, h. May 6, 1796. 



WITT FAMILY. 

Zacheus W^itt, b. in Stow, Mass., 1757, m. Han- 
nah Sawtelle, of Townsend, about 1779; re. to Fitz- 
william, from thence to Jaffrey; first tax in 1793- He 
settled on lot 22, range 8. Children : 



I. Charles, b. Jan. 24, 1783.-1- 
II. William, b. Feb. 14, 1784. 
III. Sewall, b. 1785. 



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IV. Samuel, b. 1787. 
V. F'rederick, b. 1789. 

VI. Elisha, b. 1790; m. Diademia Alexander, of 



Shs 



iron. 



Charles Witt m.. Dec. 4, 1805, Huldah Wood, 
dau. of Solomon and Lucy Wood ; d. Nov. 29, 1S4S. 
His widow d. July 16, 1S59, a. 78. 

I. Luther, b. July, 1807.-I- 
II. Nancy, b. 1809; "i-i i", James Howe, of Peter- 
borough, by whom she had two children. 
M., 2^ John W. Poole, of JaftVey. He d., 
and she re. with her son to "Wisconsin. 

III. Eoamia, b. 1S12 ; m. Loren Woodbury, second 

wife. He d., and she re. to the West. 

IV. Mary d. 1831. 



Luther Witt m. Betsey, dau. of Henry and Mary 
(Jaquith) Thompson ; settled, first in Jaffrey, second 
in Unity ; re. to Jatirey, and afterwards re. to Plymouth, 
Wis. 

I. JRoanna, b. at JaflVey, 1832. 
II. Charles Granville, b. at Unity, 1833. 

III. Juda E., b. at Jaflrey. 

IV. Alpha. 
V. Sophira. 



WOOD FAMILY. 

Barnabas Wood was chosen highway surveyor in 
1782 and in 1785, and Solomon had his taxes abated in 
1784. 

John Wood was fence-viewer in 1780, tythingman in 
1782 and 1796, and highway surveyor in 1787. On a 
headstone in the Centre burying-yard is the record of 
the death of John Wood, who d. July 5, 1799, a. 55. 
Kimball, his son, d. Oct. 12, 1804, a. 31. Mary Ann, 
his dau., d. Oct. 19, 1810, a. 33, also four young chil- 
dren of Jonathan and Sally Wood. Wilkinson d. June 
35, 1806, a. 6 yrs., 7 mos. Moses W., d. Sept. 23, 
1S05, a. 13 mos, 27 days. John W. d. March 26, 1801, 
a. 38 days. A dau. d. Aug. 15, 1806, a. 23 days. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



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Solomon Wood settled on lot 18, range 7 ; m. Lucy 
, and had 

I. Solotnon. 

II. Hxdda^ b. 1786 ; m. Charles Witt, q. v, 

III. John, b. 1788. 

IV. Lucy, b. 1786; census 1850. 

Solomon Wood, Sen'r, d. Feb. 25, 1790. 



In the record of marriages of date Sept. 29, i799? is 
the marriage of Isaac Jaquith to Hepsy Wood. 



John Wood settled on lot 21, range 6; m. Sarah 
, and had children : 

I. Sally m., Dec. 18, 1799, Enoch Wellington, 

q. V. 
II. John m., Feb. 21, 1804, Hannah, dau. of 
David Chadwick ; re. to N. Y. state. 

III. Kimball d. Oct. 12, 1S04, a. 21. 

IV. Ebenezer T. m., Feb. 3, 1808, Rebecca Boyn- 

ton, dau. of Nathan. -[- 



Jonathan Wood m. and had children : 

I. Jonathan and a brother. 

II. Jeremiah, r. to Galena. 

III. Daniel m., Aug. i, 1813, Abby, dau. of Enoch 

Wellington. 



Ebenezer T. and Rebecca Wood, birth record 

I. Miriam, b. Feb. 23, 1S09. 
II. Artemas, b. March 16, 181 1. 



WOODBURY FAMILY. 

Samuel Thorndike Woodbury came from Beverly, 
Mass., and settled on lot 11, range 4, now^ ow^ned by 
Nehemiah Cutter, about 1778. He m. Sarah, dau. of 
Joseph and Elizabeth (Martin) Lawrence, b. at Groton, 
Mass., Sept. 14, 1756; had six children, four sons and 
two daus. 



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I. Betty, b. Aug. 8, 177S. 

II. *S'aZa, b. Nov. iS, 1779. 

III. Jacob, b. April 23, 17S1, 

IV. Samuel^ b. at Beverly. 
V. Eher^ b. at Beverly. 

VI. Loren^ b. at Beverly. + 



LoREN Woodbury came from Beverly to Jaffrey 
about 1821, and settled on lot 15, range 3, now owned 
by Peter Hogan. He m., i^', May 29, 1S22, Mary, dau. 
Capt. Alpheus and Elizabeth (Gilmore) Crosby, who 
d. Aug. 28, 1850, a. 58. M., 2^ Roanna Witt. He d. 
Feb. 38, 1862, a. 73- Four children: 

I. Mary E., d. Jan. 22, 1826, a. i day. 
II. Loren Ehei\ d. March 26, 1831, a. 3 mos., iS 
days. 
III. George A., b. 1832 ; left town 1S66. 
IV. Clara, b. 1852 ; m. Churchill ; r. in Ply- 
mouth, Wis. ; d. in 1874, a. 22. 



WORCESTER FAMILY. 

Moses Worcester re. from Tewksbury, Mass., to 
Jaffrey about 1776 ; settled on lot i, range 8. He was 
a descendant of the Rev. William Worcester, who emi- 
grated from England and settled in Salisbury, Mass., 
about 1634. He m. Hepsibath Hardy, who d. Jan. 16, 
1732, a. 84. He d. Oct. 9, 1S33, a. 83. 

Mr. Worcester was a leading influential man. He 
held most of the important town offices, and was al- 
ways prompt and reliable in the discharge of his duty. 
They had nine children : 

I. Hepsibath, b. March 4, 1777; m., March 12, 

1 801, Moses Rider ; r. Grafton, Vt. 
II. Molly, b. Dec. 31, 1778; d. Feb. 23, 1790. 
in. Moses, b. Jan. 22, 1781. 
IV. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 28, 1783. 
V. Abigail, b. March 2, 17S5 ; m. Jonas Ross, 

q. V. 
VI. /SaraA, b. March 12,1787; m. Josiah Patten, 

of Fitzwilliam. 
VII. John, b. March 26, 1789.-1- 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



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VIII. Jesse^ b. Feb. 12, 1792; d. Oct. 29, 1792. 
IX. Jesse, b. May 2, 1795. 



John Worcester m., Nov 24, 1S15, Sally, dau. of 
Isaac and Sally (Cutter) Kimball ; re. to Medina, Mich., 
1854. Twelve ch. : 

I. Sally Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1S16. 
II. tTohn, b. Dec. 15, iSi8.-|- 

III. George, b. Nov. 17, 1820; d. Dec. 6, 1820. 

IV. A daughter, b. Oct. 4, 1S21 ; d. Oct. 5, 1821. 
V. A daughter, b. Oct. 4, 1S21 ; d. Oct. 12, 1821 ; 

twin. 
VI. Harriet, b. Jan. 10, 1823 ; d. June 9, 1832. 
VII. 3Iary Ami, b. June 19, 1825. 
VIII. Lydia Ayer, b. June 3, 1827. 

IX. A son, b. May 5, 1829. 

X. Sylvander, b. Nov. 28, 1S30. 

XI. Harriet B,., b. Dec, 1834; d. May 27, 1837. 



John Worcester, Jr., m. Lucretia D. 

Medina, Mich. ; d. Dec. 13, 1879. 

I. Ly Sander, b. 1S36. 
II. Jane S.,h, 1838. 
III. Helen M. d. May 6, 1S49, a. i yr., 8 inos. 



William Worcester, a brother of Moses, came to 
JaflVey about 1776, settled on lot i, range 9; m. Han- 
nah Frost. He d. Nov 5, 1828, a. 72. She d. Jan. 30, 
1858, a. 90. 

I. 'William, b. May 31, 1783; d. insane, Oct 10, 

1835- 
II. Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 178=? ; m. Jonathan Gage. 

III. Anna, b. Nov. 16, 1787. 

IV. Nancy, b. 178S or '9 ; d. unm. 
V. Joshua, b. March i^, 1791. 

VI. Joel, b. June i, 1793.-I- 
VII. alidad m. Rebecca Stone ; r. Mass. 



Joel Worcester m. Louisa 



One child 



1. Joel F. d. Dec. 9, 1837, a. 7 yrs., 7 mos. 



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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 525 

WRIGHT FAMILY. 

Mathew Wright came from Londonderry, with 
Thomas Davidson, who m. his dau. Anna in 17^7, and 
settled in Peterborough — the precise time unknown, 
probably 1757 or '8. Of his death no record has been 
found. In the Centre burying ground is a headstone 
bearing the name of Mary, relict of Mathew Wright, who 
d. Aug. 37, 1785, a. 86. Mr. Wright was a man of great 
mental power ; of Scotch-Irish origin, in whom the char- 
acteristics of that race were strongly marked. Firm in 
his religious belief, and actuated by a strong sense of 
duty, he felt it enjoined upon him not only to rebuke 
but punish the offender for every neglect of Christian 
duty. An anecdote of him, illustrating this character- 
istic, was related by a neighbor of Iiis, Mr. Jos. Horton, 
from his own experience. On his way home on one 
July afternoon, as he was passing by the house of Mr. 
Wright, he was overtaken by a thunder-storm, and he 
took refuge in his house. The storm continued : night 
came, and he was invited to spend it with him. Before 
retiring to rest family prayers were offered, and, in ac- 
cordance with their custom, the f;imily knelt during 
their continuance. On closing the prayer Mr. Wright 
observed his neighbor standing, not having -knelt. 
From a keen sense of duty he reprimanded him in the 
following strong terms, viz., "You are worse than a 
Papist, and if it did not rain so hard I would Urn ye 
out of my house this very night !" 

Of his ch., Anna m. Dea. Thomas Davidson, of 
Peterborough, had a family of ten ch. ; Francis settled 
in Jaftrey ; and Jane m. Lieut. William Turner, q. v. 



Francis Wright settled on lot 14, range 8. When 
the town was incorporated he was an inn-keeper, and 
the first meeting of the town was held at his house. 
The farm has long been known as the Wright farm, 
and remained in possession of the family till 1S35. It 
is now (1879) in possession of Dana S. Jaquith. He 

m. Anna . He d. Nov. 2, 1807, a. 65. His 

widow d. May 27, 1S15, a. 70. 

I. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1773; m., May 19, 1794, 
Joseph Crumble, of Rindge, who d. at Jaf- 
frey, Oct. 31, 1847, a. 82. She d. July i, 
1849. Eleven ch. 



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HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



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II. u4wi, b. i^^6; m. Samuel Patrick, Jr., q. v. 

III. Jane, b. Nov. i8, 1777; m., Nov. 15, 1798, 

Willium Davidson, of Peterborough. Nine 
children. 

IV. Francis d. Dec. 35, 1S31, unm., a. 50. 

V. John d. Nov. 28, 1S49, unm., a. 64. Capt. 
Wright was an active business man ; was at 
different times engaged in farming, manu- 
facturing card-boards, boots and shoes ; was 
a merchant at Jaflrey Centre, Hartland, Vt., 
and East Jaftrey. Was highly esteemed by 
his fellow-citizens, and was a distinguished 
commander of the JaftVey rifle company. 

VI. Sally, b. 1790; m. Samuel Adams, Jr., of Jaf- 
frey ; re. to W hitestown, N. Y., q. v. 



Leranus Wright was the owner of the farm after- 
wards owned by Francis Wright, lot 14, range 8. 



Joseph Wright was chosen fence-viewer when the 
town was incorporated in i773- -^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ mem- 
ber of Capt. Thomas's company, of Rindge, in 1775. 



APPENDIX. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL 



PROOEEDi:N'aS 



CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 



ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY 



INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF JAFFREY, N. H., 



AUGUST 20, 1873, 



PREPAKKD FOR PUBLICATION BY 

THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS 



36 



PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS. 



AT the annual town-meeting, March 8th, 1870, pur- 
suant to an article in the warrant. Voted, That John 
Fox, Joseph P. Frost, Addison Prescott, David C. Cham- 
berlain, and Rufus Case be a committee to collect facts, in 
reference to making preparations for a centennial celebration 
August 17th, 1873. And said committee appointed, as assist- 
ants, one person in each school district, — viz., Benjamin 
Cutter, Geo. A. Underwood, Addison J. Adams, Ambrus 
W. Spaulding, Lewis L. Pierce, Franklin H. Cutter, Clar- 
ence S. Bailey, Joseph W. Fassett, John S. Lawrence, John 
Frost, Benj. Pierce, Benjamin Prescott, and Lewis S. 
Jaquith. 

At the annual town-meeting, March 12, 1872, consequent 
to an article in the warrant, a vote was passed to celebrate 
the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the 
town, and chose John Fox, Addison Prescott, Benjamin 
Pierce, Lewis S. Jaquith, Julius Cutter, and Franklin H. 
Cutter a committee to carry the same into effect. 

Nov. 5, 1872, the town voted that the committee, chosen 
to make the necessary preparation for the approaching cen- 
tennial anniversary of the town, be authorized to fill all 
vacancies which may occur in said committee. 

Subsequently John Fox and Lewis S. Jaquith withdrew, 
and the vacancies were filled by George A. Underwood and 
Lewis L. Pierce. 



532 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

The committee organized by choosing Lewis L. Pierce 
corresponding secretary and clerk, Franklin H. Cutter 
chairman, and Julius Cutter treasurer. — commencing their 
duties by engaging an orator and poet. 

At the annual meeting, March ii, 1873, the town voted 
to celebrate its centennial anniversary at the Centre of the 
town ; also, that the committee of arrangements and select- 
men be a committee to determine in what way the collation 
should be provided, — said committee deciding it should be 
furnished gratuitously ; and to carry the same into effect, the 
committee of arrangements appointed Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 
P. Frost, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Fassett, Mr. and Mrs. 
Alfred Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cutter, Mr. and Mrs. 
John S. Button, Mr. Henry Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederic Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. Addison J. Adams, Mr. 
and Mrs. Ambrus W. Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. 
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall C. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. 
Levi E. Brigham, Mr. and Mrs. Abram B. Davis, Mr. and 
Mrs. Benjamin F. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Baldwin, 
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius A. Cutter, Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Poole, 
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Stearns, 
Mr. Samuel Jewell, Mr. Fred J. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. 
Michael D. Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Crowe, Mr. 
and Mrs. Selah Lovejoy, Mr. and Mrs. Hosea B. Aldrich, 
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Cutler, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester P. 
Towne, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Lib- 
erty Mower, and Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Upton, as a soliciting 
and table committee, who performed their duties in a highly 
commendable manner ; and the result was, the multitude 
that came were bountifully supplied with substantial and 
delicate food, with an abundance of ice-water. Tea, coffee, 
lemonade, foaming soda, &c., were obtained by passing into 
side tents. 

The committee of arrangements appointed James S. Lacy, 
Austin E. Spaulding, and Benjamin Pierce to arrange a 
choir of singers for the centennial day ; also made choice of 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. C33 

Franklin H. Cutter, Esq., President ; Dr. John Fox, Peter 
Upton, Esq., Col. Samuel Ryan, Ex-Consul Chas. H. Pow- 
ers, Capt. John A. Cutter, Henry C. French, Alfred Sawyer, 
Ambrus W. Spaulding, Col. James L. Bolster, Vice-Presi- 
dents ; Capt. George A. Underwood, Marshal, — he appoint- 
ing Joseph W. Fassett, Jonas C. Rice, Henry B. Wheeler, 
Esq., Aids, for the day. 

The expenses of the celebration were paid by subscription, 
as will herein be shown. 

A letter of invitation was issued by the committee, print- 
ed on eight hundred postal cards, copied as follows : 

"JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 

" The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation 
of the town of Jaffrey, N. H., occurs this year. It is pro- 
posed to celebrate the event on the twentieth day of Auo-ust, 
with appropriate ceremonies. The Sons and Daughters of 
Jaffrey, and all former residents, are cordially invited to be 
present and take part in commemorating the day. 

vRANKLIN H. CUTTER,^ 

ADDISON PRESCOTT, 

BENJAMIN PIERCE, I <-ommittee 

JULIUS CUTTER, f of 

GEO. A. UNDERWOOD, 

LEWIS L. PIERCE, 

Ja^: xvEY, July 26, 1873." 



Arrangements. 



This letter was, by the committee, sent to all parts of the 
country, to former residents of the" town. 

As the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of 
the town occurred on Sunday, August 17, it was decided to 
celebrate on the Wednesday following. 

The day proved favorable. At an early hour, from all 
quarters, crowds assembled at the place of meeting, to the 
number of five thousand or more. Many friendly and 
hearty greetings were passed between those who had long 



534 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

been separated, and were now permitted to take each other 
by the hand. 

A mammoth tent, covering 150 by 60 feet of ground, was 
erected in close connection to the "old-town house." An 
ample platform, measuring forty by fifteen feet, was covered 
by a nice piano, large reporters' table, and settees for one 
hundred and fifty persons, — the "auditorium" proper having 
seats for more than three thousand people. 

"THE DAY'S DOINGS." 

The component parts of a long and eye-pleasing proces- 
sion, — Captain George A. Underwood, chief-marshal ; J. W. 
Fassett, J. C. Rice, H. B. Wheeler, assistants, — formed at 
three different points. Having been brought together on 
time, it moved from the vicinity of J. T. Bigelow's store at 
9 A. M., in the following order: i. Peterborough cavalry 
company, Capt. D. M. White, fifty-five men ; 2. East Jaffrey 
Cornet Band, G. W. Capen, leader, twenty pieces ; 3. Con- 
toocook fire engine company. Liberty Town, foreman, forty 
uniforms ; 4. President of the day, orator, toast-master, and 
chaplain; 5. The vice-presidents ; 6. Committee of arrange- 
ments ; 7. Invited guests expected to respond to sentiments; 
8. Choir, marshalled by J. S. Lacy, thirty strong ; 9. Loyal 
veterans, Lieut. Wm. Robbins, commander; 10. Four-horse 
wagon with four generations of the Rice family, and a ban- 
ner lettered "Mrs. Dorcas Rice, 104 yrs., the oldest lady in 
New Hampshire ;" 11. Twenty-three young ladies (conducted 
by John E. Baldwin), representing Cheshire county by carry- 
ing elegant banners, each respectively inscribed with the 
name of a single town ; 1 2. Teachers and scholars of thirteen 
district schools, with handsomely mottoed and numbered 
standards ; 13. Citizens generally. Having marched and 
countermarched perhaps a half mile, the procession (except 
the cavalry, which left for East Jaffrey depot to escort soon- 
to-arrive members of the Boston city government) entered 



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the tent, which proved of insufficient capacity for the occa- 
sion, many hundreds being obHged, nolens volens, to remain 
outside. Precisely at ten o'clock Chief-Marshal Underwood 
felicitously introduced Franklin H. Cutter, Esq., president 
of the day, who forcibly enunciated the subjoined 

ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 

Ladies and Gentlemen : I congratulate you upon this 
eventful occasion — this celebration of the one hundredth 
anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Jaffrey. I 
congratulate you at our re-union, under so favorable circum- 
stances, here at the foot of old time-worn Monadnock. 
Since that incorporation day, one hundred years ago, which 
bears the prominent place on the pages of our town's history, 
this earth has made thirty-six thousand five hundred and 
twenty-four daily revolutions ; and ofttimes has the morn- 
ing sun kissed the brow of Grand Old Monadnock, nature's 
pride, lighting up the hills with rosy glow, then beaming 
down into the valleys draped with shadows, till nature has 
changed her sable robe of night for that of the sun's molten, 
golden light. Then came the mid-day, with all its meridian 
glory, and as many times that sun has cast its evening 
shades on the hillsides, and left its last ray on that same 
mountain's brow, reflecting upon the sky most gorgeous 
hues of flame-color and crimson, imperceptibly deepening 
into the purple tinge of evening. 

To the sons and daughters of those who have occupied 
these granite hills in days gone by, — the statesman, the 
lawyer, the preacher, the doctor, — and to all those in every 
station of life, coming from the colder climes of the North, 
from the South, where the orange-trees in fragrance bloom, 
from the East, where the angry Atlantic lashes the rock- 
bound shore with its turbulent waters, from the broad 
prairies of the West, dotted here and there with mammoth 
fields of wheat, corn, and other grain, on to the shores of 



536 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

the mighty Pacific, — we give you all a most cordial welcome 
upon this festival day to our hearths, where the fire goeth 
not out, and hospitality ever reigneth, — to the homes of 
your ancestors, the places of your childhood about which so 
many tender recollections cluster, as we sing, — 

" How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, 

When fond recollection presents them to view ; 
The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood. 

And every loved spot which my infancy knew ; 
The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it. 

The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell ; 
The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it. 

And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well." 

We welcome you back to witness the beautiful scenery of 
Jaffrey ; to look upon our mountain in all its magnificence 
and grandeur ; to follow its winding streams, and from their 
pure waters catch the spotted trout suited to the most fas- 
tidious taste ; to walk in the old graveyard and gaze upon 
those tombstones which denote the spot where our fathers 
rest. 

Our neighbors and friends, we welcome ^c'w to participate 
in the festivities of this occasion. We give you all a friendly 
gripe of the hand, invite you to take part in this centennial 
celebration, and thank God that we are here to speak one to 
another of days gone by, and spend a short time together 
with the memories of Auld Lang Syne. May blessings 
rest upon this day and the town of Jaffrey, her sons and 
daughters, through all coming centuries. 

Applause having subsided, the band played *' Keller's 
American Hymn " in good style, when Rev. Rufus Case, 
pastor of the First Congregational Church, at Jaffrey Cen- 
tre, offered an excellent prayer, after which the choir, led 
by Prof. George Foster, of Keene, harmoniously vocalized 
an original 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 53/ 



SONG OF WELCOME. 

BY MISS ALMEDA M. SMITH. 

Back from the prairied West, 
Dear kindred, welcome home ! 

This native soil you blest, 
Ere tempted far to roam. 

Welcome to Jaffrey's granite hills. 

Her rocky vales and sparkling rills. 

Back from the South's fair land, 
Back from the holly's shade, 

Welcome to join our band, 
From every hill and glade. 

Welcome to Jaffrey's granite hills. 

Her rocky vales and sparkling rills. 

O'er Ocean's waters blue 

We bid you come once more; 

Our hearts are faithful, true, 
As in the days of yore. 

Welcome to Jaffrey's granite hills. 

Her rocky vales and sparkling rills. 

Come, join our festal throng, 
'Neath stern Monadnock's brow ; 

Our hearts to-day are strong 
In friendship pure, I trow. 

Welcome to Jaffrey's granite hills. 

Her rocky vales and sparkling rills. 

A century ago 

Your fathers trod this soil; 
The gray old rocks we know 

Bear witness of their toil. 
Welcome to Jaffrey's granite hills. 
Her rocky vales and sparkling rills. 

With thankful hearts we bow 
To God, our Father, Friend, 

That here we meet e'en now. 
And our glad greetings blend. 

Welcome to Jaffrey's granite hills, 

Her rocky vales and sparkling rills. 



538 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

We welcome you again 

To your dear native land ; 
Join in our sweet refrain 

With voice and heart and hand. 
Welcome to JafFrey's granite hills. 
Her rocky vales and sparkling rills. 

President Cutter then came forward and said, — 

Ladies and Gentlemen : It is with great satisfaction 
that I have the pleasure of introducing to you, as orator of 
the day, a native of Jaffrey. The venerable gentleman has 
lived nearly half a score of years more than the number 
allotted to man, and is thoroughly acquainted with the early 
history of this town. He has served his native state, New 
Hampshire, as chief -justice, for a series of years, and to him 
the jurists of our state have looked for counsel. He has 
also been a guiding star in the legal profession of our sister 
state where he now resides. Well can we afford to listen 
at this time to the Hon. Joel Parker, of Cambridge, Mass., 
whom I now introduce to you. 

CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 

BY HON. JOEL PARKER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 

Fellow-Citizens, Friends, Ladies, and Gentlemen : 

Some threescore years since, a favorite piece for declama- 
tion by the junior schoolboys commenced with this couplet: 

" You 'd scarce expect one of my age 
To speak in public on the stage." 

When I received the invitation of the committee of ar- 
rangements to deliver an address at the close of a century, 
more than three quarters of which I represent, so far as 
years are concerned, in my own person, I was forcibly re- 
minded of this schoolboy exercise, and strongly tempted, 
reversing its significance, to make it the basis of my reply. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 539 

But the afterthought was, that upon such occasions remi- 
niscences are generally acceptable, even if they are trivial ; 
and that, perhaps, urged by such a complimentary requisi- 
tion, I owed it to the town of my birth to waive my claim 
to exemption, make my " last appearance " on this occasion, 
and tell what I know, little though it may be, of its early 
history. 

Little enough it is, in fact, for the years of my early 
youth were passed in the remote seclusion of the north- 
eastern corner of the township ; and with only a few inter- 
vening years in the Centre, my personal knowledge respect- 
ing its people and its affairs has been only through occa- 
sional visits. 

If " sixty years since " I had had even a remote suspicion 
that I might stand here to-day to discourse respecting the 
first inhabitancy of this town and its incorporation, I would 
have come to you this morning with a portfolio full of nota- 
tions respecting its ancient- history. Having no such pre- 
monition, many of the incidents of its early days have 
escaped from my grasp, and the sources from which alone 
information respecting them could have been derived are 
gone forever. The century which is commemorated has, in 
the course of nature, carried away the fathers who saw the 
inception of the settlement here, with those who immedi- 
ately followed and were conversant with things done and 
transacted within its borders. 

Even in regard to a much later date, a few only of that 
period seem to stand, somewhat like the servants of Job, 
who came from different quarters and said, one after 
another, " I alone am escaped to tell thee ;" and doubtful 
upon whom I should charge the duty of having greater 
knowledge than I ought to have respecting the first half of 
the century, and thereby release myself from the conscrip- 
tion by presenting a substitute, my conclusion, at last, led 
me, in obedience to the requisition, to come before you at 
the present time, and ask your indulgence for the deficien- 



540 HISTORY OF JAFFREV. 

cies which you will perceive in what I have to offer for your 
acceptance. 

The great antiquity of the township where we are assem- 
bled does not admit of a doubt. It seems to be the better 
opinion that, in the creation of the world, granite was first 
formed. We are assured that granite appears to be the fun- 
damental rock of the earth's crust, and that "wherever we 
reach the base of the stratified rocks we find them resting 
upon granite." This being so, it follows that New Hamp- 
shire is entitled to the credit of being part of the earliest 
creation. And that Jaffrey had a larger interest in that 
creation than any of her neighbors is shown by the fact, 
that on the subsequent partition the larger portion of the 
Monadnock was assigned to her. 

It is one of the jests about Father Sprague, as he was 
called, long the minister of Dublin, that, discoursing one 
day upon faith, and quoting the passage of Scripture re- 
specting its power to remove mountains, he turned his eye 
through the window to the mass of granite in full view, and 
expressed a doubt whether that applied to the Monadnock. 

If there have been any very great changes in the struct- 
ure of the earth here since the period of creation, they are 
not chronicled. The Monadnock exhibits no evidence of 
disturbance, by faith or by volcanic influences. The only 
fires have been upon its exterior surface. At the settle- 
ment of the township it must have been covered nearly to 
its summit with a dense forest. Some of my earliest recol- 
lections are of fires on its sides, which furnished pillars of 
smoke by day and of fire by night, sufficient to have guided 
the children of Israel, if their path to the Promised Land had 
lain in this vicinity. These fires left a tangled windfall, 
and a "bald rock," as it was called, at the top, which was 
perhaps bare before that time. Possibly they are responsi- 
ble, in some measure, for my inability to hunt up a re- 
spectable bear story, as a part of the minor history of the 
town. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 54 1 

But if the mountain has not changed its local habi- 
tation, the town has its geologic and historic problem 
of a different character, in the meadow lying just east of 
this village. Some twenty years since, in one of my occa- 
sional visits to Jaffrey, I found Dr. Fox engaged in remov- 
ing large pine stumps, with roots of great size and length, 
from his portion of the meadow, on the westerly side ; and 
he showed me, at the distance of a rod or two from the up- 
land, small pieces of wood bearing evidence of having been 
cut by the beavers, and supposed to be parts of a beaver- 
dam, taken from a depth of some five feet below the surface. 
There were sticks of yellow birch and of alder, about three 
or four inches in diameter, cut at the ends by a grooved 
instrument. 

It was not surprising that the beavers should have had a 
habitation in that vicinity. In fact, recent inquiries show 
that this town must have been a favorite locality with them. 
But it was a mystery how, in the present conformation of 
the land, there could have been a beaver dam in that spot. 
Recently it was determined to have a further examination, 
and it was soon ascertained that there had been a beaver- 
dam at the outlet of the meadow, on the south-east, near 
Mr. Cutter's tannery, in the place which any sagacious 
beaver might have designated for a dam ; and the conclu- 
sion was readily reached that what had been discovered by 
Dr. Fox was the remains of a beavers' cabin, on the west- 
erly shore of the pond which must have been formed by 
this dam. And so it proved. Selecting a spot a short 
distance from that opened by Dr. Fox, we struck another 
cabin, shown clearly to be such, by finding the beavers' bed, 
composed of small twigs, leaves, and grass, well constructed 
in layers, the general color being of a light orange when 
taken out, but becoming dark very soon on exposure to the 
air. Many of the leaves were of perfect form, so that the 
kinds could be distinguished ; and a small beech-nut was 



542 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

found between the sheets, probably not stowed away for 
use, but taken up with the leaves in forming the bed. 

All mystery about the formation of a beaver-dam was 
solved, but there was a marvel remaining. The beavers' 
bed was about seven feet below the surface, and when made 
must have been in a dry position, and above the surface of 
a pond. By what process of accretion had this pond been 
filled, and some seven feet of mud deposited above the bed ? 
On testing the depth of the mud with a pole, it was found 
to be about thirteen feet. In the centre of the meadow it 
must be much more. The surrounding hills, at the present 
time, do not give evidence that great aid in filling could 
have been derived from them, indicating that the basin 
must have filled itself, to a great extent, from its own 
resources. Sufllicient material must perhaps have been 
washed in for the commencement of the process. 

Dr. Fox states, that, in clearing his meadow of these 
stumps and roots, he dug down into the mud in some 
places to the depth of ten feet ; and that he found three 
tiers of large pine stumps, perhaps none directly over the 
others, but on three different levels, — one at the surface, 
the second about a foot below the bottom roots of the first, 
and the third about the same distance below the second, 
bringing the third about on the level with the beavers' 
cabin. The trees were very large pines, generally three or 
four feet in diameter, and similar in the several tiers. 

This statement is supplemented by Benjamin Cutter, 
Esq., who says that in clearing his part of the meadow he 
dug cross ditches, and that at the intersection he found 
three large stumps in a perpendicular line — the upper one 
directly above the other two — the two upper of pines, one 
to two feet in diameter — the lower apparently of birch, and 
about one foot — and that there were pine stumps at the 
surface, near or quite four feet in diameter, within, prob- 
ably, ten rods. 

That trees grow and decay is no marvel. But three sue- 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 543 

cessive generations of them, so to speak, situated on the 
same spot, and attaining this gigantic size, and on such 
a wet soil, formed to a great extent by their own decay, 
are not often seen or heard of — never before, to my knowl- 
edge. 

Centuries seem to be comprised in this problem. Pine 
trees four feet in diameter do not grow in a short period, 
and when grown it requires some time to resolve them, by 
a natural process of decay, into good meadow mud, capable 
of sustaining another like growth. 

I can hardly assign less than five hundred years — perhaps 
it may be a thousand — as a time when this beaver's cabin 
was erected, and his bed made. How much longer, and 
how many tiers of pine trees there may have been below 
those discovered, is not very material. 

If any one is disposed to cavil about the exact period, I 
have no objection to discount a century or so ; but I cannot 
consent to give up any of the stumps, because, as they 
stand, or, rather, stood, the town may stump all the towns 
in the region round about to show anything bigger of that 
description. 

It needs not that I should say to you that it was perse- 
vering industry and diligent hard labor which subdued the 
forest here, and converted so large a portion of the township 
into reasonably fertile fields. 

It must be admitted that the surface is somewhat un- 
even : I should be unwilling to apply the term rough to the 
township, or to any body or thing connected with it. And 
there are some stones scattered here and there, notwith- 
standing the " heaps of 'em " piled up in the fields, in times 
past, by the boys, somewhat to their disgust when they 
wanted to "go a-fishing." 

But this is a world of compensations. Pure air, pure 
water, and ^ood drainage are conducive to good health and 
good morals ; and it is but just to say that this is a place 
where a man, under ordinary circumstances may expect to 



544 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

"live out half his days," and even something more, if careful 
about his habits. 

A party to ascend the Monadnock, after " haying time," 
was one of the recreations many years since ; but who 
could then imagine that our beloved town, with its uneven 
surface, would become a celebrated resort for the seekers after 
health, and for the lovers of quiet and of the picturesque, 
and that the writers of prose, and eke of poetry, would come 
hither, not merely to get a larger view of the world than 
they ever had before, but to make it a dwelling and a habi- 
tation, and a shelter against the heats of summer, and per- 
haps the storms of adverse fortune.* 

Respecting the minor incidents of the early history of the 
town, little can now be known, for the reasons suggested. 
It is said that there were settlers here prior to seventeen 
hundred and forty-nine. If so, they were occupants without 
even color of title, and doubtless did not remain. If we 
desire to derive a title otherwise than from the original 
granite, we may trace it through the Right in the Crown of 
Great Britain by Discovery ; the grant of King James I 
to the Council of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, in 
England ; the grant of that corporation to Capt. John 
Mason ; a devise by him to his grandson, Robert Tufton, 
who took the name of Mason ; thence as an entailed 
estate, through several descents, to his great-grandson, John 
Tufton Mason ; and after a recovery, his conveyance in 
1746 to Theodore Atkinson and eleven other persons, who 
afterwards became known as the " Masonian proprietors." 

Acting under a vote of these Masonian proprietors, passed 



*I note, however, that the inducements to the traveller to "stop 
over" may not, within the law, be in all respects quite as numerous as 
those held out by a poetical landlord who kept a tavern north of Keene 
village, some three quarters of a century since. They ran in this wise : 

"Why will ye pass by, both hungry and dry? 
Good brandy, good gin, please to walk in ; 
Good baiting, good bedding, — 
Your humble servant, Thomas Redding." 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 545 

June 1 6, 1749, Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable, as their 
agent, on the thirtieth of November of that year, conveyed 
to Jonathan Hubbard and thirty-nine others all the right, 
possession, and property of the proprietors to this township, 
then called the Middle Monadnock, or Number Two, — sev- 
eral of the grantees taking more than one share, the number 
of shares being in fact fifty.* The deed contained a provi- 
sion by which the land should be divided into seventy-one 
shares, three shares being " granted and appropriated, free 
of all charge, one for the first settled minister," "one for the 
support of the ministry, and one for the school there forever,"! 
the grantors reserving for themselves eighteen shares, 
acquitted from all duty and charge until improved. And it 
was provided that each share contain three lots, equitably 
coupled together, and drawn for, at, or before the first of 
July next, in some equitable manner. 

One of the provisions of the deed was, that each of the 
grantees should, at the executing of the instrument, pay 
twenty pounds old tenor, to defray the necessary charges 
arisen and arising in said township.^ 

*See Note i, at the end of this address. 

fGrants of townships by the Governor and Council, outside of the 
limits of the Masonian proprietors, sometimes contained provisions 
giving shares to the Church of England, and to The Society for the 
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, with a large share for His 
Excellency personally. 

:j:The actual amount to be paid was but a small proportion of the 
nominal sum thus set down, — the old tenor being a paper currency 
issued long before, by the Province, which, not having been redeemed 
according to its tenor, had greatly depreciated. Massachusetts had 
three emissions of paper currency, which became known as old tenor, 
middle tenor, and new tenor. The old tenor had depreciated, in 1753, 
so that twenty shillings of it were worth only two shillings eight pence 
lawful money. It may be safely inferred that the currency of New 
Hampshire was not I^etter. Probably it was worse. Belknap, speaking 
of a controversy between Governor Benning Wentworth and the 
Assembly, in 1749, respecting the representation of the towns, says, — 
"The effect of this controversy was injurious to the governor as well 
as to the people. The public bills of credit had depreciated since this 
administration began, in the ratio of thirty to fifty-six, and the value of 
the governor's salary had declined in the same proportion." 

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546 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

There are conditions respecting clearing, building, and 
settlement, to be performed within certain speciiied times, 
by the several grantees, — a condition that a good, conven- 
ient meeting house should be built, as near the centre as 
might be with convenience, within six years from date, and 
ten acres of land reserved for public use ; another, that the 
grantees, or their assignees, by a major vote, in public meet- 
ing, should grant and assess such further sums as they 
should think necessary for carrying forward the settlement, 
with a provision for the sale of so much of any delinquent's 
right as should be necessary for the payment of a tax, by a 
committee appointed for that purpose ; and a further provi- 
sion, that if any of the grantees should neglect or refuse to 
peform any of the articles, he should forfeit his share and 
right to those of the grantees who should have complied on 
their part, with power to enter upon the right of the delin- 
quent owner, and oust him, provided they should perform 
his duty as he should have done, within a year. 

There were provisions by which the grantors undertook 
to defend the title, to a certain extent. 

We are interested in these conditions and provisions only 
as matters of history, serving to show the measures taken 
by the Masonian proprietors to secure the settlement of the 
townships which they granted, this among others. 

It seems probable that none of the conditions were strictly 
complied with. They could not well be at that time. But 
so long as there were attempts, in good faith, to make settle- 
ments, it was not for the interest of the grantors to enforce 
forfeitures. Their shares became more valuable as the 
others were improved, and the enforcement of forfeitures, 
when there were attempts to perform, would have injured 
themselves. 

I have procured, from the clerk of the Masonian proprie- 
tors, copies of the documents on file in his office relating 
to this township. A few items may perhaps be acceptable. 

The grantees held a meeting at Dunstable, January 16, 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 547 

1749 or '50, at which a vote was passed that each right be 
laid out into three lots, and to couple them fit for drawing, 
— to be done by the last day of May ; and that twenty 
pounds old tenor be raised to each right, to defray charges 
incidental thereto. 

A plan of the township, seven miles long by five broad, 
laid out into ten ranges, and twenty-two lots one hundred 
rods wide to each range, was finished in May, 1750. 

The meeting in January was adjourned to the first Tues- 
day in June, when it was again adjourned to the second 
Tuesday, at which time the lots were drawn. It is probable 
that some of the grantees abandoned their rights, as six 
shares were sold at this meeting, and the money ordered to 
be deposited with the treasurer, to be paid "to the first five 
men that goes on with their families in one year from this 
date, and continues there for the space of one year." There 
was a vote also for a committee to lay out a road from 
another Number Two (Wilton), through Peterborough Slip, 
to this township.* 

The meeting was then adjourned to November 8, at 
which time a vote was passed prescribing the method of 
calling future meetings, the provision for notice being the 
posting of notices at Dunstable, Lunenburg, and HoUis. 
A further vote appointed Joseph Blanchard, Benjamin Bel- 
lows, and Captain Peter Powers " a Committee to manage 
the Prudentials for this Society." 

These last votes give us a clue to the residences of some 
of the grantees. They, of course, belonged to the towns 
where notices were to be posted. Captain Peter Powers — 
who was the grantee of four shares, and the purchaser of 

* Lyndeborough, including the northerly part of Wilton, was laid out 
by Massachusetts under the claim of that colony, and granted to certain 
persons, mostly belonging to Salem, in consideration of their suilerings 
in the expedition to Canada. The residue of what is Wilton was grant- 
ed by the Alasonian proprietors in 1749, and was called No. 2. Mason 
was called No. i. Peterborough Slip comprised the towns of Temple 
and Sharon. This gives us the general course of the road. 



548 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

four of the six sold at auction at the first meeting, and who 
was one of the Committee to manage the Prudentials — 
must have been the first settler of Hollis, in 1731, — one of 
the soldiers under the celebrated Captain John Lovewell, 
who fell in the Indian fight at Pigwackett in 1725. 

At a meeting of the grantees, August 4, 1752, a formal 
vote was passed to accept the title, with an acknowledgment 
that they held it under the conditions and limitations and 
reservations, by some of which there should have been 
clearings before that time. 

Copies of the deed executed by Blanchard, and of the 
plan, and a list of the proprietors, were filed in the office of 
the grantors, September 4, 1753. 

It is stated that a settlement was attempted in 1753 by 
Richard Peabody, Moses Stickney, and a few others, who 
remained but two or three years. The first native was a 
son of Moses Stickney, born in 1753. 

The first permanent settlement was made in 1758, by 
John Grout and John Davidson. 

There is in the files a paper containing, first, a list of 
settlers on the free lots, to the number of nine families ; 
second, a list of settlers that abide constantly on settling 
rights, — total, twenty-two; third, "some beginnings on set- 
tling rights, number, ten ; also a memorandum, "no meet- 
ing-house built." This is certified as a true account of the 
settling rights, "carefully examined and humbly submitted" 
bv John Grout and Roger Gilmore. There is no date to it, 
nor any memorandum when it was received, but pinned to 
it is a paper signed John Gilmore and Roger Gilmore, dated 
March 10, 1769, addressed to "Gentlemen Grantors," set- 
ting forth that they bought the right that was Paul March's, 
January, '68, and the improvements which they have made 
and intend, and concluding, — "Gentlemen, we beg the favor 
of you, as you are men of honor, that you will not hurt us 
in our interest, for we have done everything in our power 
to bring forward the settlement of this place." 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 549 

Roger Gilmore is the only one of the earher settlers that 
I am sure of having seen. He lived on the hill east of the 
tannery of John Cutter ; was a man of large frame and dig- 
nified deportment; was highly esteemed ; and was much 
employed as justice of the peace, surveyor, and in town 
offices and affairs. 

There is also on file "an accompt of the settlements in 
Monadnock No. 2," certified by Enoch Hale, stating the 
names of the "settlers on the several rights, and the number 
of the rights (ten in all) appearing to be delinquent. It is 
without date, but was "received March 8th, 1770," and was 
probably made up within a short time previously. From 
this it appears that there were settlements on thirty-four 
rights, and twelve lots (additional, as I understand) im- 
proved; and that mills were erected on right 15, and a saw- 
mill on 41. 

And here, near the close of its unincorporated existence, 
let us pay a deserved tribute to the enterprise and energy 
of the early settlers. Struggling against obstacles that 
were all but insuperable, and through hardships which 
might well have daunted the most determined courage, 
they have, in a few years, brought the township largely 
above the average of the settlements in the county, and to 
a position exceeded only by towns of a longer existence, all 
of which had much greater facilities for access. The partic- 
ular obstacles which they encountered, and the details of 
the hardships which they endured, we cannot know. Of 
their personal deprivations and sufferings we fail to form 
an adequate conception. It is difficult to gain even a 
general appreciation of them. 

There are, it is true, only forty miles intervening between 
the head-quarters, if we may so call them, at Dunstable ; but 
twenty or more of them are through a nearly trackless, 
dense forest, over a rough, rocky surface, with occasionally 
a small natural meadow. The pioneers make their slow, 
painful way, much of it through the thick underbrush,— 



550 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

the husband with an axe on his shoulders, and what he can 
carry of household appendages in a pack on his back, and 
his wife follows, somewhat similarly loaded, except the axe. 
Cheap land, within the reach of their scanty means, has 
tempted them to endurance. There may be a young man 
with them. God be thanked we do not see any young chil- 
dren. Weary, worn in spirit as well as in body, they reach 
the range and lot of their destination, and their first shelter 
is constructed of hemlock boughs, with the same material 
for a bedstead, and leaves for a mattress. 

A rude log hut follows,* and then comes the hard strug- 
gle with the forest and with privation, — with the winter, its 
deep snows, and its intense cold. There is no communica- 
tion with the outward world but by " rackets " (snow-shoes), 
and pioneers of longer duration are in other towns, miles 
away. It is not necessary to put wild beasts into this pict- 
ure. 

Is it wonderful that the settlers of '53 found this too 
great an endurance even for their brave hearts and strong 
arms, and that they abandoned the settlement when re- 
maining threatened their lives .'' or, rather, is it not won- 
derful that they lived to abandon it .^ Surely, it was not 
light difficulties which would deter persons who had the 
courage to begin such a work from the prosecution of their 
purpose. 

But there is another attempt at settlement made under 
more favorable auspices. We may suppose that the few 
pounds voted to be raised to make a road from Number 
Two have been expended. The underbrush and some of 

* The log hut must have been an institution of short duration. So 
far as I have heard, there is little tradition of log-houses in the town. 
A grist- and saw-mill were erected in Peterborough as early as 1751 ; 
another saw-mill near the place of the south factory in 1758. Rev. 
John H. Morison, in his very interesting address at the centennial cel- 
ebration in Peterborough, says, — "At this period [1770] log huts were 
little used. Substantial frame houses, many of them two stories high, 
had been erected." And we have seen, from the return of 1770, that 
there were then two saw-mills here. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 551 

the stones are cleared away, and trees are blazed along the 
route ; and another small party of settlers start, with oxen, 
not in yokes but single file, with such loads as they can 
carry strapped upon their backs. And there is a cow there. 
The small patches of natural meadow furnish food for the 
animals, and the emigrants arrive with better means of es- 
tablishing themselves. The trees fall, the logs are drawn, 
piled, burnt, a small space is cleared, a shelter is built, seed 
is sown, and the vegetation, anxiously watched and tended, 
gives a scanty crop. But sickness comes. Exposure has 
produced its natural result : fever is in the household. 
There is no physician. The medicines are the few simple 
remedies brought in the luggage. Acts of neighborly kind- 
ness would be cheerfully rendered if there were near neigh- 
bors, but are of difficult procurement in this forest of "mag- 
nificent distances ;" and all the hours of attendance by the 
sick-bed are so much time withdrawn from what would 
otherwise have been essentially necessary for labor and for 
rest. Alas ! the kindest care, the unslumbering watch, and 
the fervent prayer are unavailing ; and the sufferer, no 
longer such, is laid to final rest in some quiet corner of 
" the clearing." 

Out of this darkness co^ les a brighter dawn. Lumber 
can be had. The mills are miles distant, to be sure, and 
the transportation difficult, but perseverance overcomes 
obstacles. " The road " has been improved. There is a 
horse upon the path. The rider has a young child in her 
lap, and one somewhat older sits behind. Her husband 
drives "the stock." The way is not so toilsome: there are 
more articles of housekeeping in the luggage, more of en- 
couragement, more of hope, more of fruition, more of hap- 
piness. 

We have reached 1770, and there are several families 
here. The settlement is established on a firm basis. Let 
us never fail to do justice to the pioneers, men and women, 
who, with such resolute courage, fortitude, patience, and 



552 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

perseverance, established a civilized society in the midst 
of a trackless wilderness. We should do ourselves a great 
wrong if we did not express our deep admiration of them. 

In 1 77 1 the province was divided into counties. Prior to 
this time all the public offices were in Portsmouth or the 
vicinity, and the courts were held there. 

In an act for making a new proportion of public taxes, 
passed May 28, 1773, which included unincorporated places, 
Monadnock Number Two is set down at ^C"^ S^- i" ^^^s 
;!^i,ooo. The proportion for Cheshire county, which until 
1827 included what is now Sullivan county, was ;£i 17 S.y,. 
There were twelve towns in the county rated higher than 
Jaffrey, and seventeen towns and places at less. This pro- 
portion of the taxation serves to show, in some measure, its 
relative importance at that time. 

The Masonian proprietors had and claimed only a right 
of property. Their title to the land passed by the deed 
authorized by them, as a deed passes the title to land at the 
present day, but there was no right of town government 
granted. The provision for taxing the shares and collect- 
ing the tax could only be made effectual through the laws 
of the province. The jurisdiction was in the governor and 
council and the assembly. 

The grantees of the lands acted like a corporation for the 
division and disposition of their lands and the performance 
of their duties as a proprietary, but for nothing beyond. 
When those things were accomplished, the proprietary was 
at an end, — dissolved. And this was true also of the town- 
ships granted by the governor, outside of the limits of the 
Masonian lines, unless incorporated. 

There was no provision in the general laws by which an 
assessment could be made upon the inhabitants of unincor- 
porated places, for which reason the act apportioning the 
public taxes, in 1773, contained a provision appointing per- 
sons, who were named, to call meetings of the inhabitants 
of such places ; and requiring the inhabitants at such meet- 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 553 

ings to choose the necessary officers for assessing and col- 
lecting the tax, and giving authority for that purpose. 

And so the time had come when the interests of the peo- 
ple required corporate powers of a general.character ; and on 
the 17th of August, 1773, an act of incorporation was grant- 
ed, nominally by His Majesty George III, but in fact by 
the royal governor, John Wentworth, with advice of the 
council, the corporate name being found in the name of one 
of the Masonian proprietors, who was then secretary ; and 
yajfrey was installed into the great brotherhood of political 
and municipal incorporations called towns, which have been 
of such incalculable benefit, not only to New England, 
where they originated, and of which they are the glory and 
the pride, but through it to the country at large. 

The centuries of which we usually speak date from the 
commencement of the Christian era, occasionally from the 
period assigned by Bibical theology as the time of the crea- 
tion of the world. But a century may have its beginning 
at any point of time. That of which we now witness the 
close had its inception with this incorporation. If the event 
be supposed to be one of comparative insignificance, it was 
one which has had a greater absolute force for the promo- 
tion of the happiness of those persons inhabiting within the 
limits of the town, than any of the greater ones which have 
astonished the world. 

If we should suspend, for a moment, the consideration of 
the local interests attached to this incorporation, and which 
entitle it to mark the commencement of a century, and its 
anniversary to a grateful recognition and celebration, and 
should turn our attention to the general history of the cen- 
tury which has followed, we should find that this century 
may challenge a comparison with any one which has pre- 
ceded it, whatever date may be assigned for the commence- 
ment of the latter. 

But we must not undertake the centennial history of the 
world to-day. On our recollection of it, however, we may 



554 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

surely be pardoned if we exclaim, Great has been the cen- 
tury which had its commencement in the incorporation of 
the town of Jaffrey ! 

These incorporated towns had their origin in Plymouth, 
Duxbury, and Scituate, in the Plymouth colony, followed 
by Charlestown, Salem, and Newton (since Cambridge), and 
Dorchester, in Massachusetts ; and by Portsmouth, Dover, 
Exeter, and Hampton, in this state. 

It has been suggested that the town organization had 
its origin in the Congregational church polity ; and, in fact, 
the organization of the church, in the earlier settlements of 
the Pilgrims and the Puritans, accompanied the organization 
of the town. 

But the town grew mainly out of the secular need, — out 
of the democratic principle of self-government, — as is shown 
from the fact that changes in the modes and forms of wor- 
ship, and in the different church organizations, have not 
affected the townships and the towns ; whereas Congrega- 
tionalism had no existence outside of the portions of the 
country where these townships existed. Instead of creating 
townships and towns, it has not itself been created to any 
extent where they have not existed. It cannot well exist 
without them. But they now exist in the Western country, 
where Congregationalism has as yet little foothold, — and 
but for them it would have been long since merged in 
Presbyterianism, which has been the prevailing form of 
orthodoxy in all parts of the country where these towns 
have been unknown.* 

Considering the principles and objects of the emigrants, 
the town system may be said to have been a necessity, in the 
existing state of things, in the early settlement of this part of 
the country. It was the only organization by and through 
which the settlers could best provide for their wants, and 
have the full enjoyment of the liberty which they prized so 
highly ; and they devised it accordingly. 

*See Note 2, at the end of this address. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 55 5 

The early settlers of the Plymouth colony discovered 
that the grant of corporate powers to the small separate 
settlements, and the passage of general laws giving them 
such powers and privileges as would enable them to provide 
for their local needs, and subjecting them to the perform- 
ance of such duties as might be required by the government 
of the whole colony, was the best and fittest way for the 
transaction of the affairs of the different localities ; and they 
so provided. This conclusion was reached, not through 
any revelation which perfected the system at once, but by 
degrees, through their daily and yearly experience ; and the 
system, inaugurated at Plymouth, commended itself to the 
Massachusetts colony, so that it was adopted there at the 
outset. 

The earliest settlements in this state were commenced in a 
slightly different manner, Portsmouth, Dover, and Hampton 
being towns, independent of each other, with separate pow- 
ers of government, exercised by agreement, without any act 
of incorporation. But when the government of the colony 
of New Hampshire was organized, grants of townships were 
made, and towns incorporated. 

In this organization of towns, the settlements of New 
England differed from those of Virginia and other Southern 
states, and to these towns, providing for local wants and 
performing local duties. New England owes much of the 
prosperity of which she has had a reasonable share to this 
day. 

The early settlers in this place, like those of other towns, 
wanted religious teachers and institutions. This is shown 
not merely by the character of mankind, the nature of soci- 
ety, and the particular character of the parties, but by the 
provisions in the grant of the township giving one share for 
the first settled minister, and one for the support of the 
ministry, and by the condition requiring that a good, con- 
venient meeting-house should be built near the centre with- 
in six years. 



556 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Whatever we may think respecting ourselves, at this later 
day, with our more dense poi)ulation and our enlarged 
means, we may well conclude that at that period it was for 
the benefit of the civil state that the institutions of religion 
should be maintained through some organization having 
legal power to provide for the support of religious teachers. 
In fact, the authority of the towns to provide for the settle- 
ment of ministers and their support remained until 18 19, 
although the efficiency of the law was much impaired by 
religious divisions at an earlier day. The clergyman had 
then no need to spend his summer in Europe or the Adi- 
rondacks. His parish being the town, his parochial visits 
furnished him with sufficient " muscular Christianity " for 
all practical purposes. 

They wanted schools, and of course they needed school- 
houses, and for the erection of these, school-districts. The 
inhabitants of the town, with a full understanding of the 
local needs of all portions of the town, could arrange these 
districts ; the people of the several districts could then de- 
termine the situation and the size of the house required, 
with regard to their accommodation and pecuniary ability ; 
and the tax voted by the town for the support of schools, 
being divided in an equitable manner, could then be applied 
to the purposes of education in these districts with the 
greatest possible efficiency. The poor little school-houses 
would not make a great show by the side of some mcKlern 
structures, but they did a work perhaps quite as useful as if 
the seats had had cushions and the desks had been of ma- 
hogany. 

They wanted highways. This need of facilities for inter- 
communication, and for intercourse with other portions of 
the country, must have impressed itself upon them, by the 
inconveniences which they suffered, in a manner to assure 
an energetic use of their powers in this respect ; and the 
town incorporation, with its power to divide into districts 
for this purpose, and by the appropriation of money or 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 557 

labor, to be expended under surveyors interested to do a 
good work, soon rendered travel safe and even convenient. 
The great rocks have disappeared, one after another, under 
the persevering appHcation of the highway tax, until the 
'" drives " have, as you know, become very attractive. 

The then existing modes of travel and transportation did 
not require roads of the most perfect construction. Chaises 
had not been introduced. The light Dearborn wagon had 
not been invented. The single horse had no difficulty in 
picking his way, and by skilful " hawing and geeing " the 
oxen and cart were enabled to avoid the more formidable 
obstructions. Personal transportation was mostly on horse- 
back, but the cart was made the carryall when several per- 
sons were to be conveyed. The side-saddle furnished a 
healthful means of locomotion for the women, and when it 
became necessary to ride double, the pillion — no lon^-er 
known, alas ! — formed a very comfortable seat for the lady. 
As it was necessary, in order to keep the seat properly, that 
she should pass her arm around the side of the gentle- 
man, this was, in some cases, a very acceptable mode of 
transportation, to the junior portion of the community. 

No system of general legislation could provide for all 
these local wants and necessities according to the exigen- 
cies of particular cases. But the general laws enabled these 
small communities, acting as municipal corporations, to 
provide each for itself, in relation to these and other mat- 
ters, according to its own views of what it needed and what 
it could perform, — it being premised that it had needs upon 
some subjects, to some extent, and must perform to that 
extent, at least, with liberty to do more, which it usually 
did. Thus, it must raise a certain amount of money for the 
support of schools, and might raise more if deemed expedi- 
ent. 

The powers and privileges which the towns possessed 
were not talents to be wrapped in a napkin and buried in 
the earth, nor did the people belong to the class of slothful 



558 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

and unfaithful servants who seek to escape from their 
duties. 

There were other duties and rights attached to these 
incorporations. The duty of supplying the needs of the 
aged, infirm, and incompetent, who were unable to supply 
themselves, so that want and destitution should be allevi- 
ated and starvation unknown, was deemed a common duty 
of each community, and could best be performed by these 
incorporations. 

Through them, also, the inhabitants were primarily to 
enjoy such political rights as were conceded to the people 
in the days of the province, and the more extended and ex- 
alted powers which were conferred by the acquisition of 
independence, the organization of the state, and the adop- 
tion of the constitution of the United States. All the 
rights of suffrage were to be exercised within the town 
incorporation, the electors being summoned thereto by its 
warrants for such purposes. Again : the meetings held for 
these purposes gave opportunity for the full consideration 
and discussion of the measures required for the public 
good, and for the expression of the opinions of the inhabi- 
tants respecting them. How many of the specifications of 
the Declaration of Independence originated in the resolu- 
tions of the towns we cannot now know. Although no 
trace may be left, we know that there must have been 
arguments for and against the adoption of the constitution 
of the United States, when the delegates were chosen to 
attend the convention, which ratified it by a small majority, 
proposing divers amendments, most of which were adopted 
immediately afterwards. Some voted against the ratifica- 
tion, fearing that such amendments would not be made, — 
perhaps so instructed by their constituents. Nothing could 
have been better adapted to the execution of all these pur- 
poses than these "Little Democracies," as de Tocqueville 
has called them. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL, 559 

The social privileges connected with the organization 
must not be overlooked. It made the inhabitants of the 
small tract of territory within its limits a brotherhood, — 
promoting the welfare of each other and of the whole com- 
munity, by the meeting-house, the school-house, and the 
highway, — and in these, and other ways, establishing good 
order, social intercourse, and a kindly feeling towards each 
other. 

The town was the efificient means which secured the 
prosperity of the household. The several families, farmers, 
mechanics, laborers, and professional persons needed for 
the development of their resources and the greatest enjoy- 
ment of their privileges something beyond their isolated 
households, something beyond even the mutual support of 
each other in their various neighborhoods ; and they found 
it in the town. It enlarged while it concentrated their 
sympathies, formed and moulded their opinions, and gave 
expression to their united will. Lastly, the military com- 
pany organizations were mostly within the town, two 
communities sometimes uniting to furnish an extra article 
in this line. From these companies the ranks of the army 
have been recruited in time of war, being liable to draft, if 
necessary. 

In the time of the Revolution, when the ordinary mode 
of supplying the army seemed likely to fail, requisitions 
were made upon the towns to furnish ammunition and pro- 
visions, and were promptly answered. They were often the 
storehouses of ammunition. 

If any one who does not know would seek an exemplifi- 
cation of the utility of the town incorporations, let him look 
at Jaffrey to-day, and study her history. 

An admirable result of the town organization was, that 
the Revolution, which followed almost immediately upon the 
incorporation of this town, did not place the country in a 
state of disintegration. The town organization remained, its 
efficiency necessarily somewhat impaired ; but the town 



560 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

officers, having been elected by the people, still retained 
their confidence and support. Such powers as could be 
exercised only in the name of the king, or under the royal 
authority, were at first suspended, and then abrogated, — but 
the same powers were immediately exercised under the 
authority of the people ; and the towns, during all the time, 
served to a great extent the purposes for which they were 
established. 

A revolutionary convention, called by the committee of 
correspondence, in 1775, recommended that those who had 
been chosen into office in the usual manner, should, as 
formerly, be considered the proper officers ; and that the 
town, selectmen, and other officers proceed in the usual 
manner in granting and collecting moneys, etc., unless some 
particular direction was given, — adding this significant para- 
graph : 

" If any, inimical to their country, or inattentive to the 
ruin which must ensue upon a contrary conduct, should re- 
fuse, we trust that all friends of the country will effectually 
strengthen the hands of the selectmen, constables, and 
collectors." 

It is not supposed that any one here, by his refusal, ren- 
dered it necessary even to hint at a resort to the peculiar 
strengthening-plaster thus indicated. 

February 13, 1775, the town voted unanimously to visit 
Mr. Williams, of Keene — a very extraordinary civility on 
the face of the vote. Williams was a lawyer, but the call 
on him was not for professional advice. He was a tory, 
and this unusual demonstration had reference to that fact. 
The further proceedings in relation to the proposed visit 
are not of record. It is a fair presumption that there was 
no tory in Jaffrey, who might be visited with much less 
trouble. 

No other system could so well have supplied civil govern- 
ment, under such circumstances. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL, <,6l 

It was more difficult to deal with matters of which the 
courts of justice had jurisdiction. The courts, on recom- 
mendation of the convention, adjourned. 

Justices of the peace could not well issue compulsory 
process under the royal authority, in the existing circum- 
stances. The collection of debts by suit was suspended, 
and the natural consequences were, in one instance at least, 
exemplified here. In the files of the convention of 1775 is 
a memorial or representation address to the " Honorable 
Provincial Congress," signed by Jethro Bailey, William 
Turner, and Roger Gilmore, committee of correspondence, 
setting forth that Benjamin Nutting, of Peterborough Slip, 
so called, had entered a complaint to them against John 
Davis, junior, of Jaffrey ; that upon the second day of Octo- 
ber, instant, as he came to the house of John Eaton on 
some business, he was assaulted by said Davis, and abused 
in the most "solem"' manner, as appears by sundry evi- 
dences ; that notwithstanding Davis was notified to attend 
and hear the evidences examined, he refused ; that he had 
often been requested to settle the matter, but remained ob- 
stinate, and persisted in his villainy, with insolence. 

The committee enclosed the depositions, and earnestly 
desired the convention to take the matter into consideration, 
and either determine it between them, or invest the com- 
mittee with a proper authority to act, with instructions how 
to proceed in the case. It does not appear that any action 
was taken upon the subject. 

On the fifth of January, 1776, a "form, or plan, of civil 
government" was adopted by a convention, or congress, 
which met for the purpose, under which the affairs of the 
towns were again transacted in legal form. The form of 
government was limited by its terms to continue "during 
the present unhappy contest with Great Britian," but served 
as a state constitution for many years, and is said to have 
been the first state constitution. 

This caused no change in the organization of the town 
37 



562 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

or in its proceedings, except that the latter were now ccm- 
ducted once more under what proved to be a sufficient 
legal authority. 

A few items in relation to the increase of the population 
and the rate of taxation may serve to show the comparative 
progress with the other towns. 

The convention of 1775 ordered a survey to be made of 
the people in the several counties, for the purpose of deter- 
mining the ratio of representation in the assembly, from 
which it appears that Jaffrey had 351 inhabitants. Of thirty 
towns in the county, ten or eleven had a larger number. 
She had sixteen men in the army. This was a very strong 
delegation for such a small community, just organized, — 
larger than any of the towns not having more inhabitants. 
Keene had 756 inhabitants; Chesterfield, Westmoreland, 
and Richmond a still greater number. 

The census in 1790 gives Jaffrey a population of 1,235. 
There were then only six towns in the county with a popu- 
lation greater than this, and these, with the exception of 
Keene, lay on the south border, or on the Connecticut river, 
and so were more easy of access. Keene had 1,314 inhabi- 
tants. 

In 1800 the population was 1,341. Eleven towns had a 
larger population, mostly much more favorably situated. 
Keene had 1,645. 

By an act of the assembly, in 1777, determining the pro- 
portion of each town for every ;!^ 1,000 of the state taxes, 
Jaffrey's proportion was ^^5 gs. ^d. There were nine towns 
in the county having a greater valuation, that of Keene be- 
ing jQ'i^o 5J-. 9^., twenty-two having less. 

When, in 1780, a requisition was made for a hundred and 
twelve thousand weight of beef for the army, the proportion 
of Jaffrey was 7,326 pounds ; the proportion of Keene, 
11,309. The same year a new proportion of taxes gave 
Jaffrey jQ6 \os. \od., Keene, /^lo is. iid. 

Another proportion, in 1789, shows a comparative in- 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 563 

crease favorable to the prosperity of Jaffrey ; that is, sup- 
posing that the duty to pay a larger proportion of taxes 
indicates in fact a larger ability to perform the duty, which 
probably is not always the case. Jaffrey is set at ^'j 12s. 
$d., Keene, ;^9 iqx. 6d. 

Another proportion, in 1794, gave for Jaffrey £y gs. 8d., 
Keene, £g 14s. 6d. But in this year the valuation of Ches- 
terfield, Walpole, and Westmoreland, lying on the Connec- 
ticut river, each exceeded that of Keene. 

It is not my purpose to refer in detail to the proceedings 
of the town in the exercise of its rights and the perform- 
ance of its duties. This is the special province of the future 
historian, and to him, whoever he may be, I remit it. But 
a few brief notes, having reference to some of the subjects 
which have been mentioned, may find a place upon this 
occasion. 

The first meeting under the act of incorporation was for 
the choice of town ofificers only. It was called by Jonathan 
Stanley, specially authorized by the charter, August 27, 
1773, and was held September 14. 

Another meeting was held September 28, to raise money 
for the building of roads and the support of the gospel. 

April 26, 1774, it was voted to build a meeting-house, 
and July 6, to build one of larger dimensions, to let the 
building at public vendue, that it should be raised by the 
middle of June next at the town's cost, with several other 
votes on the subject. 

It was voted in March, 1775, that the committee to build 
provide all things necessary to raise the house at the cost 
of the town. But March 30, 1780, there was a vote to make 
allowance to Captain Henry Coffin for the barrel of rum 
which he paid for, to raise the meeting-house. The captain, 
it would seem, intervened patriotically to supplement the 
deficiency of the provision made by the committee, and 
waited a long time for reimbursement. 

There is a tradition that the meeting-house was raised on 



564 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

the day of the battle of Bunker Hill, and that the guns of 
that battle were heard here. But this must be a mistake. 
When the matter is examined, the probabilities are against 
it. It is hardly probable that guns fired at Charlestown 
could be heard here, with the New Ipswich hills and the 
forest intervening, even on a quiet day, when there was no 
meeting-house to raise. Moreover, the battle was on Satur- 
day, which was as good a day for a battle as any other day, 
but would hardly be selected as the time to raise a meeting- 
house, lest there should be some work remaining which 
ought to be performed the next day. 

The conclusion to be derived from the improbabilities is 
fortified by direct hearsay evidence. I received a letter a 
few days since from Dr. Jeremiah Spofford, of Groveland, 
Mass., in which he says, — "My father, Jeremiah Spofford, 
as a master-carpenter, framed that church. He was em- 
ployed to do it by Captain Samuel Adams, whose wife was 
his sister. Jacob Spofford and Joseph Haskell went up 
with him to work on the frame. * * * My father often 
related, seventy years ago, that they raised the house, and 
that ending his job, they set out for home the next day, 
travelling " ride and tie," three men, with one horse to carry 
tools and ease the men in turn ; that coming down through 
Townsend, in the forenoon, they heard the roar of cannon, 
which proved to be the cannon of Bunker Hill, and coming 
over the Westford hills, in the evening, they saw the light 
of Charlestown burning. * * * Captain Adams was 
one of the contractors to build the house, and was a carpen- 
ter himself." 

It may be objected that "unlucky" Friday was as little 
likely as Saturday to be selected as the day to begin such a 
work. But the explanation seems easy. The town had 
voted to raise by the middle of June. The contract would 
naturally specify that as the time of performance. There 
would be a desire and time enough for compliance. The 
fifteenth of June was Thursday. If we suppose that to be 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 565 

the day selected, and that there was some unfinished work 
to be done on Friday to complete the job, we shall have the 
carpenters on their homeward way on Saturday, in the 
localities in which Mr. Jeremiah Spofford placed them. We 
may give up the tradition without a sigh. Neither the 
meeting-house nor the battle will suffer by the loss of it. 

There was some delay in settling a minister. Several 
candidates were hired. There was a vote that young men 
supply the pulpit, and some others indicating that the ser- 
vices of some of the candidates were not quite satisfactory. 
But June i, 1780, it was voted to hear Mr. Caleb Jevvett 
more if he can be obtained, and September 4, a vote to con- 
cur with the church in giving him a call. Why he did not 
accept does not appear : perhaps from the insufficiency of 
the salary offered. He was, I think, a graduate of Dart- 
mouth, of 1776, a native of Newbury, Mass., and afterwards 
settled in Gorham, Maine. 

In 1782, they settled the Rev. Laban Ainsworth, a native 
of Woodstock, Conn., a graduate of Dartmouth college in 
1778. 

The first vote for a salary was for jQyo " while he sup- 
plies the desk," which was afterwards changed to "while he 
remains the minister of the town." Choosing with deliber- 
ation, they are entitled to the credit of having abided by 
their determination. Mr. Ainsworth lived to the age of 
more than a hundred years, officiated without a colleague 
until 1832, and remained as the pastor of the church until 
his death, but his labors were discontinued a few years ear- 
lier. As many of you knew him well, I need not speak of 
his appearance or services. A withered right arm was 
probably the reason why he did not write his sermons. If, 
as has been said, he sometimes looked up his text on Sun- 
day morning, after breakfast, the fact will serve to show his 
confidence in his powers of discussion. The tales respect- 
ing the jokes, practical and otherwise, passing between him 
and Father Sprague, are numerous, many of them probably 



566 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

fictitious. But there was, unquestionably, a sufficient en- 
counter of wits to lay a good foundation for some of them. 

In the infancy of such a settlement, the difficulties of 
establishing and maintaining a school or schools- would 
necessarily be very great If the means of support had 
been abundant, the facilities for the attendance of the 
scholars must have been quite limited. The first appropri- 
ation of £8 was made April 13, 1775. Soon we find votes 
for the division of the money, indicating schools in different 
parts of the township, then a division into districts. That 
the interests of education have received full support here 
may be inferred from the fact that twenty-four young men 
have graduated at the different colleges, twenty of them at 
Dartmouth. 

It is not surprising that they deemed expenditures upon 
the roads as of the first importance. Will you think it 
strange when I say that they appropriated much larger 
sums for highways than they did for the support of the gos- 
pel and the schools.'* Will you be astonished that at their 
second meeting they voted ;^8o, lawful money, to be worked 
out on the roads, and only £6 to procure preaching, and 
that this disparity increased so that April 13, 1775, when 
they voted £8 for the school, they again voted /^6 for 
preaching and ;^I30 for the roads.'* We must recollect 
that the efficiency of their maintenance of preaching de- 
pended upon their first mending their ways. 

It may be said that roads lay at the foundation of their 
prosperity, spiritual as well as temporal. Without roads 
the settlement could not succeed ; and if that failed, the 
support of religious teaching, and the school, failed with it. 
As the roads were made better, settlements were encour- 
aged, the ability to support the institutions of religion was 
enlarged, and the appropriations were enlarged also. 

It is with great regret that I refer again to my inability 
to give some better account respecting the earliest inhabi- 
tants. Perhaps my recollections of a later date may possess 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 56/ 

some interest, and serve, with those of others, to fill a page 
of local history. 

In the early part of the present Christian century, there 
was clustered in the vicinity of the meeting-house, which 
then had no steeple, the house of Rev. Mr. Ainsworth, at 
the south-east corner of the common ; Danforth's tavern, 
where Cutter's hotel now stands ; the store of Joseph 
Thorndike, Esq., and David Page's store, on the east side ; 
Cragin's saddlery-shop, on the north-east corner ; and on the 
north, a large pile of buildings belonging to Joseph Cutter, 
Esq., of which only the main dwelhng-house now remains. 
He kept a tavern, and had very ample accommodations for 
his customers. He was, I think, much the largest land- 
holder in the township, and had an ambition to settle each 
of his numerous sons on a farm, which he accomplished to 
a great extent. At the south-west corner of the burying- 
ground was a school-house. East of Danforth's tavern was 
his blacksmith-shop, north of which was the dwelling-house 
of Capt. Samuel Adams. 

Commencing at the common, the road to the north-east, 
leading to Peterborough, and to the south-easterly part of 
Dublin, passed by a small house on the corner, at the left, 
no longer there, which was occupied at one time by Mr. 
Cummings, afterwards by Dr. Johnson and by Jonathan 
Lufkin ; there turning north, the road extended by the 
place where the Melville academy now stands, less than a 
quarter of a mile, where it forked, the direct road proceed- 
ing northerly towards Dublin, by the houses of Mr. Newton 
and Thomas French, — the easterly fork, which was the 
principal road, running over the hill by a house occupied by 
David Smiley, Esq., attorney-at-law. This house has gone, 
and the road over the hill has gone with it. The more 
modern route, north-east, by Mr. John Cutter's tannery, and 
easterly of the meadow, entered this old road at the foot of 
the hill, on the east. 



$68 



iiisroKv oi'' |ai'I'KI';y. 



Ml-. Illy ;i mile i';ril ol llic xill.iju- \v;is llu; Iioiisc of Widow 
HiVMiil. 

'I'lu' lo:i(l loikctl ;i lew rods c'lisl I'lly. ( )ii 1 lie iioi I lici ly 
1)1.1111 li, \vlii( li 1)1 :iiii lied ;i!',iiii, lived SiiliiiU'l C'mi')', Hen |,iiiiiil 
Lawiciuc, I)i';k'oii Jchsc M;iyn;ird, A/;u'l (iovvinj;, Mosos 
Stickiicv, SaimiL'l Slifkney, Silas Adams, Jacob jcvvi'll, 
In-iijaiiiiii I'losl. I'rorcfdiii^' a slioil dislaiK c, I In- caslci l\' 
braiu'h appeaK-d lo run into :i iioilli .md mhiIIi lojd, htil 
tilt- norliu'rly pail was llic iiiaiii load lo llic iioilli ca.sl. A 
lew lods lo llic soiilli was llic house ol Alplieiis ( "I'oshy ; 
in lioiil, llial ol Asa Sawyer. riirsninj.; llic niain road, al 
adislaiKcol ahoiil hall a mile, on llic ii;',hl side, w.is llii: 
house ol l.ieiil. riiomas Adams, which has disappcii ed. 
Anolhei was luiill ncai, on llic Icll side, manv yeais siiu'e, 
occupied by l).iiii(l I'liieiy. Nol l.n bi')'ond, .il llic place 
ulieii- a load now leads oil |o llic i'.asl villaiH', llnac c:iiiie 
into lliis load, lioiii liie west, a slioil br.iih li load, on w hn li 
lived Ml. Hales. Al Ihispoinl i ame .iiiol hci lork. ( )n llu' 
liorllu'ily bi.uuh. which has been sli;dillv chaiij'.cd :il its 
eoliimcncciiieiil, .i (jiiaiN i ol .i mile bioiijdil llic ti.ivcllci to 
aiiolhei loik, the westerly load bciii;; incicly a Im ;il biaiuli, 
lermiualiii}'; al the house soon .iltci owned by .Samuel 
rieri'c. ( )n the oa.sterly oi" main bianch, wc- came iic.\t to 
the S( hool house ol the disliii 1 ol ni\' early boyhood, .ind in 
the licld some (|ii,iilci ol a mile south east was the hoii'.c ol 
ICl)CIU'/.i-l liiii pec. 

Miss llilly Ihooks w.is oiu- ol llic leaclici.s ol the sum- 
mer school, a most estimable yotiiij', l.id\, whose kindness 
dwells in my memory. She altci'waids maiiicd Samuel 
Pic ICC. 

The ohi school house has disappi-ared, and a lew years 
inoic will caii\' .ill its niemorii's with it. A lew ol its 
iiimat(-s at a l.ilci d.ile si ill i em.im. 

Starting oiiee luoic upon our way, we lind iie\t where 
was the house ol Whilcomb I'oweis, at the b.isc ol the hill, 
on lli(" lelt. It is no loiu'ci tlu-ic. 'I'licrc was none ,i lillle 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 5O9 

onward, where the residence of my late friend, Levi l*"isk, 
Esq., has stood for many years. On the northerly branch 
of a fork of the road a few rods further, running to Twitch- 
ell's mills, in the easterly part of Dublin, was the house of 
his father, Thomas Fisk. At the fork I'ist mentioned was 
formerly the shop of John Pushee, of which nothing but the 
ruins remained, so far back as I can recollect. I have the 
impression it had been burned. Thence, pursuing the ea.st- 
erly branch of the highway, next came the house of my 
father, who came here from Pepperell in May, 1780, settled 
in the unbroken forest, and cleared his farm himself, with 
such assistance as he could obtain. Some of you know the 
place, I am not aware of the particular inducement which 
led him to settle there : probably a repre.sentatioii that it 
was a nice bit of land, dog cheap ; and cheapness was a 
consideration not to be despised.* It proved rough and 
rocky, and admitted of any amount of hard labor. Twenty- 
live years of patient, persevering industry had made a dif- 
ference in the apj^earance of things. There were rods of 
stone wall, requiring .some knowledge of the mysteries of 
compound addition to .say how many. There were cattle 
and sheep, hay in the barn, a patch of flax in the field, and 
a little wheel and a great wheel and a great loom in the 
house.f The wood-pile would have deemed itself neglected 
if it had not extended a hundred feet, "more and not le.s.s," 
along the wall, with an indefinite breadth, and a height which 
no one undertook to measure. The fire-place in the common 
working-room received back-logs two and a half feet in 
diameter: I am tempted to put on the other half foot, but 
refrain. From the great brick oven by the side of the fire- 



♦Consideration 260 pounds, lawful money ; 102 acres of land, — part ol 
lot 20, in the first range. 

f Girls " hired themselves out" to spin. When the cloth was fulled 
and dre.ssed, the tailoress of the neighborhood came, cut and made up 
the clothes. When the hides were tanned, the shoe-maker, in his 
rounds, came once or twice in the year, and made up a stock of boots 
and shoes for the family, staying perhaps a week for the purpose. 



570 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

place, there issued, from time to time, baked pumpkins, 
such as no cooking-stove, invented or to be invented, can 
ever produce ; and there was no v^atering of the milk. 

On winter evenings apples were roasting and sputtering 
upon the hearth, — and there was a mug of cider there. 
Checkers and jack-straws were seen occasionally, and some 
card teeth were set.*t 

My brothers caught minks, musquash, partridges, pick- 
erel, rabbits, and woodchucks, — and, in haying time, I took 
up bumble-bees' nests, getting poor pay for my labor. 

In order to economize time, I give this brief sketch of a 
single household, instead of a more elaborate statement 
which I was preparing, respecting farming life generally in 
the town, and in the hope that the personality may be ex- 
cused in consideration of its brevity. Any one, by pursu- 
ing things to their natural antecedents and conclusions, 
may judge somewhat of the whole from these few partic- 
ulars ; exceptions of course. 

Half a mile onward was the house of the Widow Turner, 
The widow relished a joke, — and perhaps I may be pardon- 
ed for telling a short story which she told herself. She had 
taken her grist to be ground at the mills of Samuel Twitch- 
ell, Esq., the father of the celebrated surgeon. Dr. Amos 
Twitchell, just within the limits of Dublin, riding, of course, 
upon the top of the bags. The Squire, who was somewhat 
of a humorist, had a hired man named White, certainly not 
beautiful to behold. The widow's description of what 

*The manufactures of cotton were those of the household, operated 
by hand power. Edmund Snow, of Peterborough, manufactured hand 
cards for cotton and wool, punching the holes in the leathers and prepar- 
ing the teeth, and distributing them among the different families in the 
region round about, to be set by the young people, who in that way put 
"store pay" in their purse. At the Peterborough centennial, in 1839, 
my brother Isaac gave some account of his achievements in setting 
these card teeth. Perhaps it was in this way that he was led to take 
an interest in the establishment of cotton manufactories in Peterboro' 
and elsewhere. 

f See Note 3, at the end of this address. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 5/1 

occurred further was in this wise : " When I got there the 
Squire was in the yard, and I said to him, 'Help me off my 
horse, Squire;' which he did. Then I said to him, ' Now 
kiss me, Squire; and he turned and called 'White, White, 
White ! ' as if he was calling some great dog ; and there 
came out of the mill the ugliest looking critter that ever I 
set my eyes on, and the Squire said, ' Come here, White, 
and kiss this woman. I always keep a man to do that 
drudgery for me.' " 

A short distance farther, at the extreme north-east cor- 
ner of the town, was Samuel Saunders, a very good carpen- 
ter as well as a farmer. Here the road turned short to the 
south, and passing the house of Elijah Welman, connected 
near the line of Peterborough with the southerly branch, 
which we left soon after passing Lieutenant Adams's. A 
house has existed south of Welman's, occupied by Andrew 
Holmes, but I think of a later date. Turning back to the 
southerly branch, and taking the direction to Peterborough, 
there was, near the fork, the house of Roger Brigham. Then 
came the house of David Sawtelle, then Parker Maynard, 
then Samuel Patrick, then Mr. Snow. 

Samuel Dakin, Esq., attorney-at-law, who afterwards re- 
moved to New Hartford in the state of New York, pur- 
chased land north of Capt. Adams's, in the middle of the 
town, and built the house now occupied by Dr. Fox about 
1805. My father, having bought a corner lot of Mr. Dakin, 
erected the house at the northerly end of that street, and I 
became an inmate of the school-house at the corner of the 
burying-ground. There is a reminiscence of discipline con- 
nected with this house. The rules of the school forbade 
whispering, of course. Having a desire to say something 
to a young miss who sat near me, I forgot the rule, I sup- 
pose, and she must have joined in the transgression, for the 
eagle eye of the teacher. Miss Maria Blanchard, detecting 
this violation of order, we were forthwith sentenced to sit 
each with an arm around the other's neck. I do not give this 



572 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

as an instance of the ordinary discipline. On the contrary, 
it was an unusual as well as a cruel punishment, and may 
therefore be regarded as unconstitutional. But to prevent 
misapprehension, I here take occasion to say that I have 
since seen the time when I should have borne such a dis- 
pensation with a much greater degree of philosophy.* 

Pursuing the road north-westerly from the school-house, 
there was, at the foot of the hill, a house occupied by 
Widow Hale, then one occupied by Hugh Gragg, and a 
few rods westerly, at the junction of the old road running 
westerly to Marlborough and the road running northerly to 
Dublin, there was in the corner the house of Dr. Adonijah 
Howe, the elder, the beloved physician. He afterwards 
built a much larger one just north, which you have known 
as occupied by Daniel Cutter. The place is now designated 
as the Shattuck farm. Jonathan Gage lived off north-east 
from this point, on a private road. A house has since been 
built farther on, on the Dublin road, by Joel Cutter, and be- 
yond this point was another fork. The left hand, running 
towards the mountain, led to the houses of Joseph Cutter, 
Jr., John Cutter, 2d, and Daniel Cutter, who afterwards 
occupied the house built by Dr. Howe. All these were 
sons of Joseph Cutter, Esq. A southerly branch turning 
off near Joseph Cutter, Jr.'s, led to the houses of Joseph 
Mead, Mr. Brooks, David Cutter, and Jacob Hammond. 
The principal road, which turned to the right at the fork, 
led northerly over the hill to a house owned by Joseph 
Thorndike, Esq., afterwards by John Conant, Esq., who has 
made himself widely and favorably known by his very lib- 
eral donations to divers public objects. It is now owned by 
the president of the day, who speaks for himself. 

The travel over the hill has since been diverted to the 

* The school-books were Webster's Spelling-Book, with a grim fron- 
tispiece supposed to represent that ambitious lexicographer, Webster's 
Third Part, American Preceptor, The Columbian Orator, Young Ladies' 
Accidence, Murray's Grammar, Morse's Geography, and Pike's Arith- 
metic. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 573 

Other branch by a slight alteration, in consequence of the 
modern discovery (especially unknown to turnpike propri- 
etors in former days) that in some cases it is no farther to 
go around a hill than it is to go over it, and that the larger 
load can be drawn on the level ground. Beyond, on the 
road to Dublin, were David Corey, Mr. Bullard, and Mr. 
Johnson. 

Of the other highways in the town, and the persons 
living upon them, my early recollections are of course less 
particular. I have a note of most of the inhabitants of the 
different sections, but for the location and even the names 
of many of them I am indebted to Mr. Ethan Cutter, whose 
early opportunities for acquiring a full knowledge of the dif- 
ferent localities were of the best, and whose memory of 
them is of the same character. Were there no reason but 
lack of time, I must leave this part of the subject to others 
who may be heard to-day, craving indulgence for subjoin- 
ing a few notes respecting the Third New Hampshire Turn- 
pike. 

This turnpike was incorporated in December, 1799, run- 
ning from Bellows Falls, Vermont, to Ashby, Mass., fifty 
miles, and cost, it was said, fifty thousand dollars. It occu- 
pied portions of the old road in various places, near the 
mountain, near the middle of the town, and eastward of it. 
It struck off from the old road at John Cutter's tannery, 
and at Spofford's mills, and ran by Col. Benjamin Prescott's 
tavern, in the east part of the town, and through " Tophet 
swamp " into New Ipswich. 

The three men just named were marked men in their 
day. Mr. John Cutter carried on a large tannery, for that 
time, and made it a profitable business, which has since 
been enlarged. His children were among my old school- 
mates, and I am pleased to see some of them with us to- 
day. With the exception of Joseph Cutter, Esq., he has 
probably more representatives in town than any other of 
his contemporaries. 



574 HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 

Deacon Eleazer Spofford, who purchased of Mr. Borland 
his farm and mills in 1778, was a tall gentleman, of a grave 
demeanor, pleasant smile, and a kind heart, I think univer- 
sally beloved. He led the singing for very many years. If 
he had an enemy in the world, that enemy must have been 
an unreasonable man. He lost a young son in the burning 
of Rev. Mr. Ainsworth's house, in 1786. His mills were 
complete for that day. In the grist-mill was a "jack," which, 
if it was not the progenitor, was the prototype, of the mod- 
ern elevator in hotels and stores. It was worked by water- 
power, to carry the wheat as soon as ground to the bolter 
in the attic. A ride on it with his son Luke, then miller, 
afterwards clergyman, was a treat to the boys who brought 
wheat to be ground.* 

A grandson of Deacon Spofford was chief-justice of 
Louisiana at the time of the breaking out of the Rebel- 
lion, and another is now librarian of the congressional 
library. 

There must have been some controversy respecting the 
location of the turnpike. In a poetical New Year's ad- 
dress, sent from Parnassus to New Ipswich, soon after, it 
was said that the muse could relate 

" How Prescott and Merriam made a stand, 
And bent the road to suit their land" — 

but she did not do it, and I cannot. 

Col. Prescott, as I remember him, was another of the tall 
men of Jaffrey, of powerful frame, and an influential man in 
the town. If any man could bend a turnpike, he might be 
expected to do it. 

The principal taverns on the turnpike were those of 
Sweetser in Marlborough, Milliken, Danforth, and Prescott 



* Dr. Spofford says, — " He had for many years the best flouring- 
mills in that part of New Hampshire." 

He removed to Bradford, Mass., now Groveland, in 1821, and died 
there in 1828. 



~~ JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 575 

in Jaffrey, and Merriam and Batchelder in New Ipswich, 
celebrated houses in their day. 

It was one of the principal throughfares from Central 
Vermont to Boston, and the transportation over it in the 
winter was of course quite large, as the route , through 
Rindge was not then a great highway. This winter trans- 
portation was generally by two-horse teams, attached to 
square lumber-boxes, so-called, loaded on the downward 
transit principally with pork, grain, beans, butter, cheese, 
and other country produce, and on their return trip with 
iron, molasses, rum, sugar, codfish, and other groceries. 
The dry goods of that day were principally of home manu- 
facture. 

Occasionally a severe storm, blocking the roads badly, 
would compel these teams to stop at the nearest of the tav- 
erns named, where the loggerhead was always in the fire in 
winter, and the landlord ready to make a "good stiff mug 
of flip." 

Some of my auditory may not have heard the name be- 
fore. It was concocted of home-made beer, well sweetened, 
— a suitable proportion of West India rum, — and heated 
by the loggerhead to a proper temperature. When an egg 
was beaten in, it was called "bellows-top," partly, perhaps, 
from its superior quality, and partly from the greater quan- 
tity of white froth that swelled up on the top of it. 

With ten or fifteen teamsters gathered together by one 
of these snow blockades, and a fair allowance of flip, of 
course " the mirth and fun grew fast and furious ;" and 
when the storm was over, and the road began to be "brok- 
en out," the long line of teams, especially those ascending 
the hills to the west, was something to see. 

The mail-stage between Keene and Boston for a long 
time ran over this road once a week, — twice, — daily, ex- 
cept Sundays, — then a despatch line, called the telegraph,* 

* This line was established by Col. French, then of Keene, now of 
Peterborough, and Col. Shepherd, then of Boston, now of Manchester. 



5/6 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

through in twelve hours, — superseded by the railroad 
through Fitchburg; so that the crack of the stage-driver's 
whip and the blast of his horn no longer echo among the 
hills. 

The wayside inn, for the accommodation of the passing 
traveller, has fallen from its high estate through the intro- 
duction of the railroads ; and from the same cause, along 
with the introduction of other beverages, the institution of 
temperance societies, and the passage of prohibitory laws, 
the glory of flip has departed, and its name is almost for- 
gotten. 

The turnpike was not a source of great profit, and was 
finally laid out as a common highway, the towns paying the 
proprietors a moderate sum in damages. 

The beautiful and busy village of East Jaffrey, with its 
large cotton factory and divers other manufactures, its ho- 
tels, stores, bank, and dwellings, and with a railroad run- 
ning through it, is comparatively of modern creation. 

A short time since I summed up my recollections of its 
people and business as I first knew it, — Dea. Spofford and 
his mills, Abner Spofford and his blacksmiths' shop, and Jo- 
seph Lincoln and his clothiers' shop. William Hodge's 
farm constituted a northern suburb. 

I must not omit to mention Amos Fortune. He was 
born in Africa, brought to this country as a slave, pur- 
chased his freedom, purchased and then married his wife, 
came to this place in 1781, and lived subsequently about a 
mile north-east of Spofford's mills, where he had a small 
tannery. 

At that time, any person who had come to dwell within a 
town, and been there received and entertained by the space 
of three months, not having been warned to depart by some 
person appointed by the selectmen, was reputed an inhab- 
itant, and the proper charge of the town in case he came 
to stand in need of relief. This power of " warning out " 
was given to the towns that they might protect themselves 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 5/7 

against pauperism ; and in some towns the selectmen were 
so careful of the interests of the town that they warned all 
new-comers to depart, — so zealous, that in one instance, as I 
have heard, the town having settled a minister, the select- 
men forthwith warned him out. 

Such general warnings were not practised in this town, 
but Fortune was warned out in September, 1781, doubtless 
from an apprehension that he might become a pauper. 
Like all other persons similarly notified, he disregarded 
the warning, and he lived here the remainder of his life. 
Dying in 1801, without children, at the age of ninety-one, 
as stated on his gravestone (which, as I recollect him, an 
active business man, seems to me doubtful, at least), he, by 
his last will — after a provision for gravestones, another for 
the support of his wife during her life, and a small legacy 
to an adopted daughter — empowered his executor, Deacon 
Spofford, if there was any remainder of his estate, to " give 
a handsome present to the church of which he was a mem- 
ber, and the remaining part, if any there be, to give as a 
present for the support of the school in school-house No. 8." 
The church received, under this bequest, in May, 1805, 
$100, partly expended in the purchase of a communion ser- 
vice, still in their possession; and in September, 1809, the 
judge of probate ordered $233.95, the balance in the hands 
of the executor, to be paid over to the selectmen of Jaffrey, 
" agreeable to a special act of the legislature of the state of 
New Hampshire, passed on the 15th of June last." This 
act was passed because no person was mentioned in the will 
to receive and apply the fund. It is still held by the select- 
men in trust for the benefit of the district. We are aware 
that these sums represented much larger values at that 
time than like sums do at the present day. 

We have come together with hearts full of thanksgiving 
to the Great Disposer of Events, that he has permitted us 
to assemble here to commemorate the organization of civil 
38 



578 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

institutions and government in our beloved municipal home- 
stead. But an occasion like this cannot be one of unmixed 

joy. 

" Time rolls his ceaseless course. 

" Still it creeps on, 
Each little moment at another's heels, 
Till hours, days, years, and ages are made up 
Of such small parts as these, and men look back, 
Worn and bewildered, wondering how it is. 

" When in this vale of years I backward look. 
And miss such numbers, — numbers, too, of such. 
Firmer in health and greener in their age, 
And stricter on their guard, and fitter far 
To play Life's subtle game, — I scarce believe 
I still survive." 

Death has removed not only all the early inhabitants and 
many who were familiar with the history of a later date, be- 
cause principal actors therein, but many who, if less con- 
spicuous, were not less dear to us ; and we pause a moment 
to dwell, with a reverential remembrance, with filial affec- 
tion, with devoted love, on the memory of those whose 
animated faces would have greeted us at this time had they 
been spared to this day. Alas ! for them time is no more. 

The sum of human joys and human sorrows which have 
been felt within the limits of this town during the past cen- 
tury can only be known to Omniscience. The joys have 
passed, and are passing, with little or no record of their 
existence. And so of many, perhaps most, of the sorrows. 
But there is a parcel of ground, of small extent, on the 
brow of the hill and adjoining the common, which contains 
records reminding us of the sorrows of ourselves and others 
which are of a more enduring character. 

There rest the remains of my beloved and venerated par- 
ents, my father dying at the age of seventy-eight, and my 
mother living until near ninety-seven. Other fathers and 
mothers of like ages are gathered there, shocks of corn fully 
ripe and fit to be garnered, whom we must mourn, but with 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 579 

the consolation that they had done their duty in the com- 
munity, — had fought the good fight, had finished their 
course, had kept the faith. 

But these records tell other tales. There repose the hus- 
band and father, the wife and mother, who fell by the way- 
side in the meridian of life ; who appeared to have before 
them years of happiness and usefulness to themselves and 
others ; upon whom young children were dependent, and to 
whom friends looked for counsel and for guidance. Broth- 
ers and sisters, young men and maidens, who were just en- 
tering upon the threshold of existence, with a hfe of useful- 
ness and honor and prosperity in anticipation, lie there side 
by side. 

What agonies of grief, suppressed and irrepressible, have 
rent the hearts of survivors, as the mournful processions 
have passed within the gate, and consigned the remains of 
the beloved objects to their places of final rest. Hallowed 
be the spot where the dust of the century is gathered to- 
gether, and around which is clustered a century of the 
greatest of human sorrows. 

Whatever of sadness may be in the retrospect, it is meet 
that we should celebrate the hundredth anniversary of an 
organization fraught with so much of usefulness to the per- 
sons who have lived within its limits. We are here on a 
day that marks an era. Let us rejoice that this town in- 
corporation will be continued for the benefit and advantage 
of the generations who are advancing to its possession. 
Let us rejoice that we may go onward into the new century, 
though it be to some of us but for a short period, and to 
none of us to its close; and that space is yet granted us to 
do something, not only for the comfort and welfare of those 
who are dear to us, but of the community around us. 

And now, assembled here as the surviving representa- 
tives of the first century of our incorporation, and standing 
just within the threshold of its successor, let us dedicate 
this new municipal century, in which the town and its 



580 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

indwellers are to do service for another hundred years, to 
the prosecution and extension of every good and beneficent 
work of its predecessor. 

I feel assured that you v^ill join w^ith me when I say, — We 
dedicate it to the promotion of rehgion. Not a religion 
which leans upon the state for its support, and depends 
upon faith without works ; but that religion which sustains 
the state by the inculcation of truths which lie at the foun- 
dation of organized and orderly society, and supports the 
government by its works. Not that religion which has its 
greatest regard for forms and ceremonies, and the washing 
of cups and platters ; but that which sanctifies the heart and 
purifies the life. Not that religion, if such there be, which 
enters into embittered controversies about dogmas, and dis- 
putes zealously about trifles ; but that religion which, being 
first pure, is " then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, 
full of mercy and good fruits," and which teaches the love 
of God with our whole heart, and the love of our neighbor 
as of ourselves. 

We dedicate it to education and sound learning. Not 
that learning which attempts from metaphysical nothings 
to make up a unit, — the votaries of which, multiplying them- 
selves by themselves, think that they sum up the infinite, 
and something beyond ; but that learning which leads to 
the belief, in the language of the arithmetical aphorism of 
Parson Wigglesworth, of Maiden, that 

" Naught joyn'd to naught can ne'er make aught. 
Nor cyphers make a sum ; 
Nor finite to the infinite 
By multiplying come." 

Not to that training which leads self-suf¥icient people to 
attempt to magnify themselves by multitudes of projects for 
making a new world different from and thus better than 
that which God made ; but to a system of education 
which has due regard to the nature of things, and to the 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. CSl 

# 

constitution of mankind and the ends which the Creator 
intended they should pursue, and which seeks, by meas- 
ures consistent with creation as it exists, to perform the 
whole duty which the Creator requires in the world as he 
has made it. 

Not to that theory of education which, proposing that all 
persons should be educated up to the utmost limit of which 
they are capable, becomes a practical and mischievous hum- 
bug ; but to that theory which shall provide an education 
of the highest character for all the members of the commu- 
nity, with reference to the needful discharge of the various 
employments and duties which must necessarily exist. 

Not to that system of education which, by "raising the 
standard," as it is called, subjects the young to such de- 
mands upon their intellect, in the time of their immaturity, 
as to impair if not destroy the physical powers, and thereby 
render intellectual acquisitions useless ; but to that system 
which recognizes the physical as well as the intellectual, 
and seeks to develop both according to their necessities, — 
and this not by subjecting first the one and then the other 
to an extraordinary strain, but by a moderation that shall 
be known in all things. 

Not to that education which casts odium upon labor, and 
induces young men and women to endeavor to escape from 
its wholesome, invigorating influences by a resort to cities 
for the purpose of begging for a situation where ease shall 
lead to poverty, — or which seeks, through political partisan- 
ship, for some petty clerkship under government, leaving 
the successful incumbent without occupation or the means 
of an honest livelihood when the office falls into the hands 
of the next eager aspirant who has pushed him from his 
official stool ; but that education which dignifies labor, and 
seeks to improve its modes of action, — which qualifies the 
recipient to occupy his place in life, whatever it may be, 
and with cheerfulness and alacrity to do the duty which the 
state and the community demand of him. 



582 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

• 

May I add a constitutional provision : 

Not to that learning which endangers the compromises 
of the constitution by attempts to maintain that the United 
States were a nation before they were states, and that the 
constitution was formed by that nation ; nor that other 
learning which would make shipwreck of constitutional 
rights and safeguards by theories which sophistically give 
to the war powers of the president and congress a predom- 
inance over constitutional guaranties ; but that learning 
which, accepting the undisputed facts of history, arrives at 
the conclusion that the constitution was adopted by the 
several peoples of the different states, whereby the peoples 
of those states became a nation for the purposes manifested 
by it ; and that the war powers, designed to preserve, can- 
not be rightfully exercised to destroy, the liberties of the 
people. 

We dedicate it to philanthropy and charity. Not to that 
philanthropy which consists in words and eschews works ; 
not to that charity which, beginning at home, ends in the 
same spot ; nor that charity which does hope things are not 
quite so bad as they are reported, but is fearful that they 
may be worse ; but to that philanthropy which does the 
deeds of the Good Samaritan, and which is open-hearted 
and open-handed within the limits of prudence ; and to that 
charity which suffereth long and is kind, which envieth not, 
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, hopeth all things, 
and endureth all things. 

We dedicate it to ambition. Not that ambition which 
seeks a seat in congress by bribery, or any other seat by the 
petty arts of the partisan politician ; but that ambition 
described by Lord Mansfield, when he said, "I wish popu- 
larity, but it is that popularity which follows, not that which 
is run after ; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, 
never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by 
noble means." 

We dedicate it to rational amusement. Not to the games 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 583 

or pursuits which blunt the conscience, deprave the habits, 
enervate the mind, and vitiate the taste ; but to the recrea- 
tions which solace from care, stimulate the fancy, develop 
the muscle, sustain the nerves, and give, through social in- 
tercourse, a relaxation from toil, a kindly regard for our 
neighbors, and a courtesy to our associates, whether within 
or without the township. 

We dedicate it to the wise and just exercise of all the po- 
litical and municipal rights conferred upon the town, and to 
the faithful discharge of all corresponding duties. 

Finally, as the sum of all. w^e dedicate it to human happi- 
ness, and the glory of God. And may his blessing rest 
upon it, and hallow it, from its commencement to its termi- 
nation. 

[Note i — See p. 545. A portion of Jaffrey was included in 
the original location of Peterborough. 

The township of Peterborough was granted by Massachusetts 
to inhabitants of that colony, with power to the grantees to 
select the particular location. Under the erroneous supposition 
that the line between Massachusetts and New^ Hampshire was 
that claimed by the former, the grantees made their location 
beyond the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and embraced within 
their "six miles square" a large portion of the valley between 
the base of the mountain on the east (now known as Peterboro' 
mountain) and the Monadnock. When it was ascertained 
that the location was within New Hampshire, and fell within 
the purchase of the Masonian proprietors, Jos. Blanchard, as 
their agent, cut oft' a range and a half on the western side, in 
order to provide for a tier of townships east of the Monadnock ; 
and the portion thus cut oft" was included in Monadnock Nos. 2 
and 3 (Jaftl-ey and Dublin). The Masonian proprietors not 
only released the residue of the township to the grantees under 
Massachusetts, but gave them, to make up their quantity, a 
strip of land on the east, of equal extent to that taken oft" on 
the west. This, however, being on the eastern mountain, was 
comparatively worthless. The grantees of Peterborough, in 
grateful recognition of the kindness of the Masonian proprietors 
in confirming so much of their invalid title, and in giving them 
an addition to make up their quantity, gave the proprietors 
several lots in the township ; but they took care to locate them 
all in the new addition, on the east. Ex relatione Dr. Albert 
Smith.'\ 



584 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

[Note 2 — See p. 554. Something more may be said upon 
this subject, and, as I have no wish to recur to it again, I add 
here, — The compact made on board the Mayflower, which fur- 
nished the foundation of the first town organization, at Ply- 
mouth, was " occasioned partly by the discontented and muti- 
nous speeches of some of the strangers" on board the ship, and 
partly by the reason that " such an act by them done (this 
their condition considered) might be as firm as any patent, and 
in some respects more sure." The matters which " occnsioned " 
the compact had, therefore, no particular relation to the church 
polity. It recited that they were loyal subjects of King James ; 
that they had undertaken, for the glory of God and advance- 
ment of the Christian faith, and honor of their king and country, 
a voyage to plant a colony, — and by it they combined them- 
selves together, into a civil body politic, for the better promotion 
of those ends, and by virtue of it " to enact, constitute, and 
frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, 
and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet 
and convenient for the general good of the colony." 

There is nothing, either in the reasons given tor the act, or 
in the purposes of the expedition as recited, or in tlie agree- 
ment actually executed, which indicates that it was derived 
from the church organization, — or which, in any way, refers 
to the Congregational polity, or to any particular administra- 
tion of church government ; and this, taken with the state- 
ments which are contained in it, tends to show that the town 
organization in Plymouth, which arose from it, was not even 
suggested by the clerical. 

Qiiite consistently with this origin of the town organization, 
there might have been a difi'erent church polity previously, and 
any church polity which the signers pleased might have been 
adopted afterwards. The church polity of the same people 
had, as a matter of course, a similar foundation, — that of self- 
government ; but that fact did not, of itself, originate or give 
rise to the civil polity. It only accompanied it, each acting 
within its own sphere. 

This organization of Plymouth became substantially a state 
as well as a town. But the state was for the purpose of gen- 
eral government, and did not derive its ideal from the church ; 
and when, by reason of the extension of the settlements, other 
towns were organized, it was for the purpose of ordering and 
managing their local aff'airs ; the support of religious teachers, 
along with the making and mending of highways ; the support 
of schools ; the preservation of the peace, through the instru- 
men^tality of the constable ; and the prevention of trespass by 
cattle, through the institution of pounds. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL, 585 

The principle of self-government upon which the original 
settlement was founded, and upon which, in reference to their 
local affairs, the towns were afterwards organized, was not 
only a fundamental principle with the emigrants, but was a 
necessity under the circumstances attending the emigration. 
No one had authority to rule ; there were no means of govern- 
ment except by agreement or force ; — and they agreed upon a 
government for themselves, to be administered by themselves. 
It must have been the same if no church had then been organ- 
ized among them. The same principle operated in regard to 
tlie church. When the people broke from the authority of the 
bishops, there was no authority in ecclesiastical matters except 
their own, and thus Congregationalism came into existence. 

It may be said (and it seems to be the only argument which 
can be used in favor of the position) that the principles of the 
churches "led to this form of government;" that the church 
organization was first, and that the town, coming after, adopt- 
ed the same principle of self-government. To this "^ Post hoc^ 
sed 71071 propter hoc" — after but not by reason of the church 
organization, is a sufficient reply. There must be something 
more than this to sustain the assertion that "• it was a Congre.- 
gational church meeting that first suggested the idea of a New 
England town-meeting." 

Meetings of subscribers to the compact made on board the 
Mayflower grew out of the compact itself.] 

[Note 3 — See p. S7o- Attempts to manufacture cotton by 
machinery were made in this country as early as 1787? '^'"x^l "i 
subsequent years in that century. The machinery was imper- 
fect, and the results, of course, unsatisfactory. The first mill 
in New Hampshire was establislied in 1S04, in Nev»' Ipswich. 
The first cotton-mill in Peterborough was incorporated in 1S08. 
It spun and sold yarn, but for years manufactured no cloth. For 
these dates I am indebted to a small volume entitled '' Intro- 
duction and Early Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in the 
United States," written b}' Samuel Bacchelder, Esq., a native 
of JaftVey, and published in 1S63. Prior to the manufacture of 
cloth here, the cheaper cotton cloth in the market was a sleazy 
fabric, manufactured in India and in England, — the latter 
heavily starched, to conceal its flimsy texture. 

Inquiries in several directions enable me to add some infor- 
mation respecting the manufacture of Woollens. 

It appears that a mill (a fulling-mill, I presume) was erected 
at Rowley, Mass., as early as 1643 ; but machinery for carding, 
spinning, and weaving was of a much later date. Carding- 
machines were introduced into this country about 1794? ii''to 
New Ipswich in 1801, and probably soon after into this town. 



586 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

They had then been known in England twenty or thirty years. 
Some of the first carding machinery used in this country was 
sliipped from England as hardware, being exported contrary to 
the laws in force there. — See Bulletin of Wool Manufacturers, 
April — June, 1S73, page 193. Article by S. B. 

T. Clapp, Agent Pontoosuc Woollen Mill, Pittsfield, Mass., 
writes, under date of October 9, that Arthur Schofield started 
his first carding-machine there in iSoi ; that the first broad- 
cloth made in this coimtry was made by him, in that town, in 
1S04 ; and that " in iSoS Schofield manufactured thirteen yards 
of black broadcloth, which was presented to President Madison, 
from which his inaugural suit was made. Fine Merino sheep 
were introduced about this time into this town, and Schofield 
was able to select wool enough to make this single piece ; and 
President Madison was the first president who was inaugurated 
in American broadcloth." 

An extended and very interesting article on the subject ap- 
pears in the Boston Commercial Bulletin of Nov. 15 (as these 
sheets are passing through the press), which states that Arthur 
and John Schofield came to this country from Englantl in 1793, 
and took up their residence in Charlestown ; that after looking 
around a few weeks, they determined to make a start in the 
manufacture of wollen cloth by hand ; that John built the first 
machinery himself, and, having completed "a hand loom, 
spinning jenny, &c., on the 2Sth of October he sold the first 
product of this loom, — 24^ yards of broadcloth (.''), — for £16 
i6s., and 30 yards of mixed broadcloth for £12 ; " that they re- 
moved to Newburyport in that year for the purpose of starting 
a factory with improved machinery, and built a carding-ma- 
chine, which was first put together in a room in Lord Timothy 
Dexter's stable, and then operated by han^ for the purpose of 
showing its operation. " This was in the year i794' '^•I'^l was 
the first carding-machine for wool made in the United States ; 
and at this place were made the first spinning-rolls carded by 
machinery." 

A factory was started by them and others, in Byfield, in 
1795. A single carding-machine and two double ones were 
placed in it. "A coarse kind of flannel called baize" was 
woven. What other cloth was manufactured is not stated. 

They established a factory at Montville, in Connecticut, 
about 179S. 

It appears further, that in iSoi, Arthiu", having removed to 
Pittsfield. had a carding-machine there, advertised for wool to 
card, and built carding-machines for other persons. 

It is tlien stated, — " The first broadcloth made by Arthur 
Schofield after his arrival in Pittsfield was in 1S04. The cloth 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 58/ 

was a gray mixed, and, when finished, was shown to different 
merchants, and ofiei"ed for sale, but could find no purchasers in 
the village. A few weeks subsequently, Josiah Bissell, a lead- 
ing merchant in town, made a voyage to New York for the 
purpose of buying goods, and brought home two pieces ot 
Schofield's cloths, which were purchased for the foreign arti- 
cle. Schofield was sent for to test the quality, and soon exhib- 
ited to the merchant his private marks on the same cloth which 
he had before rejected." 

Then comes the statement respecting the manufacture of 
broadcloth in 180S, which President Madison wore when inau- 
gurated. 

Considering all these statements, the reasonable conclusion 
appears to be, that the first broadcloth manufactured in this 
country was made in 1S04 by Arthur Schofield, as stated by 
Mr. Clapp. It seems improbable that the cloth manufiictured 
in Charlestown in 1794 could liave been broadcloth. 

At the period of which I speak, wool was carded partW by 
hand, but the carding-machines generally turned out the rolls, 
which were spun upon the domestic great wheel, and woven 
in the loom, like the cotton, and then fulled and dressed by the 
clothier. 

The great wheel and the loom have disappeared before their 
gigantic competitors, and tlie linen wheel, which spun the flax, 
— humble little machine, — has gone along with its larger com- 
panions, although large linen manufactures have not succeeded 
in establishing themselves here to any great extent. The prep- 
aration of the ground, the seeding and the sowing, the pulling, 
rotting, breaking, swingling, and hatchelling of the flax, with 
the spinning and weaving superadded, involved too great an 
amount of labor for a successful competition with the foreign 
manufacturer, as soon as the profit from other branches ena- 
bled the farmer to purchase the foreign article, manufactured 
where labor is so much cheaper. Besides, the manufacture ot 
cotton cloth by machinery reduced the cost of that, so that it 
superseded the use of linen in a very great degree.] 



Resonant cheers were given as Boston "men of high 
degree" filed in at 11.30 a. m., and took seats upon the plat- 
form, after a pertinent introduction by President Cutter. 
The party included Mayor Henry L. Pierce, Aldermen L. 
R. Cutter (chairman of the board who bore the visitors' 
expenses), Gibson, Brown, and Sayward ; John A. Haven, 



588 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

president, and Nathaniel J. Bradlee, ex-president, of Cochit- 
uate Water Board ; Alfred T. Turner, auditor of accounts ; 
Joseph Davis, city surveyor ; H. A. Blood, superintendent 
of the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad; President 
Howe, of the Bedford & Taunton Railroad ; and four com- 
panionable reporters, representing the Boston Post, Nezus, 
Globe, and Advertiser. 

The president then said, " The breezes that play around 
old Monadnock, so like the elixir of life to the weary wan- 
derer, have called to us, among many others, a lady noted 
for her vocal powers. She has kindly consented to favor us 
with a song. I now introduce to this audience the sweet 
songstress from the " Old Bay State," 

MRS. ANNA GRANGER DOW. 

Mrs. Dow then sang " The Heavens are Telling," with 
telling effect. 

The president then introduced the Rev. Rufus Case, who 
read 

A POEM, 

BY MISS MARY BELLE FOX, OF JAFFREY, N. H. 

A hundred times has Autumn seen 

His forest branches stripped and bare ; 
A hundred times, when winds blew keen. 

White Winter's snows have filled the air; 
A hundred times Spring's magic wiles 

Have clothed with green the hillsides brown ; 
And now the last fair Summer smiles 

That rounds the century of our town. 

Yon mountain calls to us to-day, 

And draws us with persuasive voice : 
"This is your town's memorial day; 

My children, keep it, and rejoice, — 
While waving tree, and rock, and hill. 

With silent voices manifold. 
Greet those who dwell among them still, 

And those who knew them well of old. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 589 

" Come! stand, as on my breezy height. 

And view the backward-sweeping past, 
Then read your own deeds in the light 

The lives of others on them cast ; 
And let old memories stir your hearts, 

Like breezes whispering through my pines, 
Till the unbidden tear-drop starts. 

To read Time's half-effaced lines." 

And gladly we that call obey. 

And gladly do we gather here. 
Turning our faces toward that way 

Whence shall the past's dim forms appear. 
But who can lift with steady hand 

That misty curtain hanging low, 
Shrouding the half-forgotten land. 

That far. dim land of long ago? 

Not one among us here can see 

So far adown the winding way. 
And say, " I do remember me 

What was on our town's natal day ; 
When people cried, ' God save the King !' 

Though freedom's pulses stirred their breast ; 
Though swelled the seed about to spring 

Of our great nation of the West." 

A stalwart band of men were they. 

The early settlers of our town : 
Loud rang their axes day by day, 

That hewed the forest monarchs down. 
Men not afraid of honest toil. 

They sought the wilds a home to win. 
And gladly from the virgin soil 

Gathered their harvest treasures in. 

They built them houses large and plain. 

Where clustered their life's richest joys ; 
Where round them rose a numerous train 

Of healthy, happy girls and boys 
That children's minds have need of food. 

That they may grow, full well they knew, — 
And built the district school-house rude. 

Wherein rich fruits of knowledge grew. 



590 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

They felt the goodness of the Lord, 

Whose hand had led them all their days, 
And gladly built, with one accord, 

A house where they his name might praise. 
Here still that ancient building stands. 

Scarce changed in outward form appears, 
Unharmed by the destructive hands 

Of near a century's changeful years. 

'Twas when they raised that framework strong. 

One fair June morning, calm and still. 
They heard — or fancy led them wrong — 

The far-off guns at Bunker Hill, — 
Whence rose that patriotic wave 

That o'er the land impetuous swept. 
Waking in hearts of all the brave 

The love of freedom that had slept. 

Quickly our fathers stirred them then ; 

They left their homes and took the gun, 
And bore their part, as valiant men. 

In that long strife that freedom won. 
Then with " clear shining after rain," 

The sun of peace dispersed their fears. 
And in their quiet homes again. 

Passed on their uneventful years. 

Where are they now? The bell that swings 

In yon old tower the tale doth tell, 
Whene'er with solemn tone it rings 

Some parted soul a funeral knell. 
Each to the grave has journeyed on. 

There each in lasting quiet sleeps, 
The while his white memorial stone 

The door of his low dwelling keeps. 

In yonder " city on the hill," 

The blooming sod above their breasts. 
Where all is peaceful, calm, and still, 

Their pastor with his people rests. 
Life held him here a hundred years. 

And kept him from his heavenly crown. 
Till, weary with its griefs and fears. 

He laid the heavy burden down. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 59 ^ 

O friends ! who seek in vain to-day, 

Some long-remembered, well-known face, 
Perchance ye on yon marbles may 

An answer to your questions trace. 
For sleep our fathers not alone : 

Full many of their children, too, 
Have crossed life's boundary, one by one, 

And paid the debt to nature due. 

There rest our sons in hallowed graves. 

Who fell 'neath war's red, cruel hand ; 
Who gave their brave young lives to save 

From traitors' foul designs our land. 
O honored sires ! O household dead ! 

O soldiers true ! sleep calm and sound : 
Life bears us on with steady tread. 

On to the rest that ye have found. 

Full well we know that this, our town. 

Has little worth in strangers" eyes ; 
We love it, for it is our own, 

And holds us by a thousand ties. 
Here peace and plenty mark our lot. 

Now, e'en as in the "good old time ;" 
And Change and Progress question not 

To lay on us their hands sublime. 

Ne'er entered in our fathers' dreams 

Some changes that the years have wrought : 
Our locomotives' rush and scream, 

A fearsome thing they would have thought. 
No prophecy the housewife's wheel 

Sung to them of the jarring looms. 
That ply their giant frames of steel 

In our tall factory's many rooms. 

Our merry streams, that down the hills 

Go leaping on their seaward way. 
Are caught and held by busy mills. 

Whom, willing subjects, they obey. 
There great stones crush the yellow corn. 

There clanging saws harsh tumult make, 
Where trees put off their forest form. 

And shapes for our convenience take. 



592 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Here nature's ever-open book 

Displays its pictured pages too, 
Showing to all who choose to look, 

Many a goodly, pleasant view. 
No lack of beauty, rugged hill 

And rock-strewn field have need to own. 
When o'er them Summer's hand of skill 

A drapery of green has thrown. 

Sweet is the blooming orchard's breath. 

Rich glow their bouglis through Autumn's care ; 
Pleasant their shadowy trees ; beneath, 

The dwellings, scattered here and there. 
Sunny the pastures, sloping down 

To grassy meadows, cool and low; 
Grand the old woods, whose columns brown 

The golden sunshine sets aglow. 

Our winding river brightly gleams 

'Mid green; low banks its waters lave ; 
And one clear flowing mountain stream 

Holds gifts of healing in its wave. 
Our ponds, like fretted silver shields 

Dropped by some fabled gods of old 
When worsted on celestial fields, 

The woods, with leafy arms, enfold. 

There the sweet water-lily lies. 

And in the wave her beauty sees ; 
There many a timid wild bird flies. 

And sings in the encircling trees. 
Near them the pink azalea breathes 

Her sweetness on June's balmy air; 
And there the glossy laurel wreathes 

Her virgin blossoms, pale "and fair. 

But what, Monadnock ! shall we say 

Of thee, thou dear to every heart 
That knew thee in its childhood's day, 

Ere life from nature grew apart? 
Thy silent eloquence is fraught 

With meanings deep, and grandly true ; 
Unconsciously our young hearts caught 

And held them, better than we knew. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 593 

For always, in our later years. 

However far our footsteps roam. 
Our mountain clear to sight appears, 

When fancy paints our early home. 
Grand mayst thou seem to strangers' eyes, 

And strangers' tongues thy praises sing : 
We hold thee in our memories, 

And love thee like a human thing. 

God of our fathers ! unto Thee, 

With humble gratitude to-day, 
We bow the reverential knee. 

And at Thy throne our homage pay. 
We pray Thee, bless our native town 

From henceforth, as Thou hast of old ; 
And shower upon her children down, 

Thy mercies, great and manifold. 

Though, when the coming century's years 

Have passed, a swift and changeful train. 
Not one of all who gather here. 

Shall on the shores of time remain, — 
May we, in Thine own blessed land. 

Where life and joy shall never cease. 
Beneath Thy trees of healing stand. 

And walk upon Thy hills of peace. 

HYMN OF GRATITUDE. 

BY MISS ERMINA C. CAMPBELL. 

Simg by the Choi?-. 

We come, O God ! a happy throng. 

Our grateful hearts to raise, 
With glad accord, in swelling song, 

In sweetest notes of praise. 

From out thy boundless store, O God ! 

An hundred years have shed 
Their gifts on us who breathe to-day, 

And on the sleeping dead. 

How countless are the fragrant thoughts 
Which cluster round those years ! 

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594 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

What toiling hosts have shared their joys, — 
Their thronging hopes and fears ! 

With hearts that thrill with solemn awe, 

We pause upon our way, 
To view once more the shrouded past, 

And greet the new-born day. 

The paean of an hundred years 

Is echoing in each heart ; 
Its grandly sweet and solemn strain 

Will nevermore depart. 

We come, O God ! to render thanks, 

Our greatful hearts to raise. 
With fervent homage and with awe, 

In sweetest songs of praise. 

President Cutter "took the floor" for a moment and 
said, — 

Ladies and Gentlemen: As our friends from Boston can 
remain with us only a short time, we propose to defer din- 
ner until half past one; therefore I now introduce to you 
C. A. Parks, Esq., of East Jaffrey, as toast-master of the 
day. 

TOAST-MASTER PARKS'S REMARKS. 

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow-Cit- 
izens OF Jaffrey : I am grateful for the honor you have 
conferred upon me in your selection of a master for your 
" centennial feast." It is a'n office the duties of which will 
afford me much pleasure, and impose upon me little labor, 
for I regard it as my special province not to attempt any 
speech myself to-day, but simply to re-introduce to you 
some of your old friends and acquaintances whose voices 
were familiar in the years past, and whose countenances 
you welcome here, where you have gathered in one common 
brotherhood, to celebrate the one hundredth natal day of 
your mother town. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 595 

I am glad that I am privileged, through a right of adop- 
tion by Jaffrey, to be present on this occasion, and to par- 
ticipate in these exercises by proposing a few sentiments of 
an appropriate character for your consideration ; and I hope 
from the responses to which we may listen we shall be able 
to gather much of profitable entertainment, and that, in the 
words of those whom Jaffrey is happy to remember and 
honor on this day, there will come to us all many fruitful 
lessons respecting the reminiscences of the past, and many 
golden hopes for the future. 

We are honored to-day by Boston, in the presence here 
of her mayor and her board of aldermen, a body of gentle- 
men whose position distinguishes them as Boston's most 
worthy representatives. A sentiment has been selected for 
the Honorable Mayor, suggestive not only of the geograph- 
ical proximity of New Hampshire to the city over which he 
presides, but also of that honest gratitude and pride over 
Boston's high rank and increasing greatness as a metropolis, 
in which Jaffrey may be permitted to share through those 
of her sons she has given the great city to enroll among her 
honored names. It is this: "Jaffrey enjoys the honor of 
not being entirely outside that circle of which Boston is the 
centre and the ' Hub.' And she is justly proud of the dis- 
tinction which New England's largest city has in the past 
given to many of her sons." I have the honor of presenting 
to you the Honorable Henry L. Pierce, mayor of Boston. 

MAYOR PIERCE'S RESPONSE. 

Ladies and Gentlemen : I did not come up here to-day 
to address you, or, indeed, with any desire to do so. In fact, 
I shrink from making an address; but I came on the invita- 
tion of my friend Alderman Cutter, whom Boston knows 
and respects, to meet with you on this day so interesting to 
you and all of us. The close of a century in the history of 
the world — the close of the present century is one of the 



596 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

most interesting and among the most eventful of any that 
have marked the progress of the race. When we look back 
and see what has been accomplished in the world, and even 
in this country, and see that during that time we have sep- 
arated from the British crown, and observe the improve- 
ments that have been made and which affect the welfare of 
the world at large, we must look back upon it with the 
greatest satisfaction. But we must also look forward, and 
hope that the century to come will be crowned with equal 
results. Boston is proud of being considered the metropolis 
of New England, and she desires to express her hearty 
thanks for the many good, sound men who have been sent 
to her from New Hampshire, and who have helped increase 
her prosperity. She hopes she is worthy of what New 
England has made her in the past, and she hopes to be 
worthy of the support of New England in the future ; — and 
now, ladies and gentlemen, I will only say I thank you all, 
and thank my friend, the son of Jaffrey, the alderman, for 
the pleasure he has given me in inviting us to be present 
on this occasion. 

Sentiment No. 2 : " We welcome those who, having 
gone from us, have aided in sustaining the character of the 
noble sons of New Hampshire for integrity, enterprise, and 
success in business, in every part of our land." Having 
read the above sentime'nt, the toast-master introduced the 
next speaker : I have the pleasure of presenting to you, as 
a respondent to this sentiment, a gentleman of whom noth- 
ing need be said by me. He is known to you all. His 
native town is Jaffrey, where he is always warmly welcomed. 
In Boston, where he has resided for a number of years, he 
is noted as a gentleman eminently successful in business, 
and one whom his adopted city has delighted to honor for 
his superior ability and sterling integrity. I refer to the 
Honorable Leonard R. Cutter, chairman of the board of 
aldermen of Boston. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 597 

ALDERMAN CUTTER'S RESPONSE. 

You do me great honor, Mr. President, in asking me to 
respond to the sentiment just read. I sincerely regret that 
I am not better qualified to do justice to the subject. I can 
truly say that whatever success has attended the efforts of 
those sons of New Hampshire who have sought fame or 
fortune in other states and other countries has been largely 
due to the honorable distinction in which their birth-place 
is held. The old-fashioned standard of morality and integ- 
rity has been so nobly maintained by those who have 
remained at home, that the wanderers carry with them a 
certificate of good character in the name of the state from 
which they hail, and that goes a great way toward assuring 
them success, even among the Philistines. While our state 
has not, for obvious reasons, increased so rapidly in wealth 
and population during the last fifty years as some other 
sections of the country, it certainly has not fallen behind 
any section in those things which tend to a higher state of 
civilization, good government, and right living ; and in the 
mean time it has been furnishing, in larger proportions, I 
believe, than any other New England state, the intelligent 
enterprise which has, as it were, annihilated time and dis- 
tance, and enabled us to do our missionary work in the far 
West, and at the same time keep good hours at home. 
There is one advantage, Mr. President, which we who go 
away from home have over those who stay, and that is the 
pleasure of returning ; and we also acquire a keener appre- 
ciation of the natural beauties of our native place. Although 
I spent my youth here in the shadow of Old Monadnock, I 
I never knew or imagined the grandeur of the scenery I was 
daily looking upon until I had an opportunity of comparing 
it with other places. There is something ennobling in the 
presence of this scenery beyond the power of any works of 
man. And, living in these Pacific Railroad times, it is a 
sort of satisfaction to reflect that the works of nature here 



598 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

are upon such a gigantic scale that the profaning hands of 
railroad contractors are almost powerless against them. 
But, Mr. President, the occasion on which we have met 
brings up other scenes and other events than those which 
are merely amusing or ridiculous. We have, this day, to- 
gether turned our eyes back upon the places that knew us 
in our infancy and youth. To us New Hampshire presents 
something other than her granite hills ; yes, sir, and some- 
thing more interesting even than the grassy vales, or the 
pearly brooks, or the silvery water-sheets, that are associ- 
ated with the past time of our early days. Dearer to us still 
than the imagery of those bright scenes is the memory of 
the friends that we first loved, — those who nurtured us in 
infancy, who guided us in youth, who opened to us the ave- 
nues of knowledge, who warned us of the miseries of vice, 
and presented to us the inducements of virtue, and who 
made us what we are. Perhaps they still live to greet our 
occasional returns to the paternal home ; or perhaps we 
have been called to commit them to the silent bosom of earth. 
Be that as it may, our relation to them is sacred ; and while 
the power of thought shall endure, the memory of their 
kindness will abide. In conclusion, Mr. President, I give 
you a sentiment (and I do not expect any one to respond to 
it unless the Old Man of the Mountain should happen to be 
present) : " The hills of New Hampshire. If Napoleon 
could incite his soldiers to greater deeds of valor by the 
thought that forty centuries looked down upon them 
from the pyramids, how much greater should be the inspi- 
ration and the achievement of the sons of New Hampshire 
from the thought that the centuries from the beginning of 
time look down upon them from their native hills." 

Sentiment No. 3: "The Day we Celebrate." 
Response by Rev. Moses T. Runnels, of Sanbornton, 
N. H. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 599 

Mr. President, Sons, Daughters., and Citizens of Jaffrey : 

I confess to a strong, inherent partiality for centennial 
days like this. The centennial celebration of old Peter- 
borough awakened my childish enthusiasm at the age of 
nine years, and I have since labored hard, as a resident 
of those places, to secure similar centennials at Orford in 
1865 and at Sanbornton in 1871. But this, Mr. Chairman, 
is the first centennial day I have ever really celebrated con 
amore. For I do love old Jaffrey, having claimed a resi- 
dence here for twenty- five years from infancy. I gazed 
upon that noble mountain, from under the old pine tree on 
the hill-top of my grandfather's farm, as one of my earliest 
remembered acts ; and having found it the chief outward 
attraction of my home the last eight years, that I could 
there view this same Grand Monadnock from garden-walk 
or study-window at the distance of sixty miles, it is not 
strange that the promptings of my heart would not suffer 
me to be absent from this place to-day ; that neither the 
most pressing engagements at home,. nor yet the appalling 
announcement that I might be called upon for a speech, 
could deter me from this family gathering of the sons and 
daughters of Jaffrey. 

As we have listened with so much interest to the able his- 
torical address, it has been your privilege and mine, brothers 
and sisters, almost to exclaim, with Virgil's hero, "Quorum 
pars fiii r — "of which I was a part" — our individual life, — 
our vivid remembrance sweeping back, as it does in my own 
case, over two fifths of the century now passed. And I can 
tell you, sir, from my experience here to-day as compared 
with that on other similar occasions, it makes a difference 
whether a man engages in a celebration like this as a mere 
spectator, or as an actor in the scene, — as a temporary resi- 
dent, or as a son of the town whose festivities he enjoys. 
And while these rare entertainments for mind and body (as 
I was about to say, expecting to speak after dinner) have 
been spread before us, and I have felt that I might turn to 



600 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

this presiding officer, or to others of the committee of 
arrangements, and say to each, — " Vou and I, sir, were play- 
mates together ;" or might add to many others in this vast 
assembly, " With j/ou, your brothers, or your sons, I sported 
in artless childhood ;" " With jfoit, your sisters, or your 
daughters, I attended school in the happy days of youth ;" 
" Vour children I remember as among my favorite pupils in 
that old red school-house under the hill," — I can assure you, 
Mr. President and gentlemen, that I have found myself all 
the more ready to rise, and at least repeat the sentiment you 
have so kindly given me, if I did not respond to it, — " The 
day we celebrate." 

And what do we mean by "the day we celebrate"!' — the 
actual day of incorporation as it zvas, or this glorious day as 
it ts? Perhaps we ought to claim that we are celebrating 
both days, — the day that was, and the day that is. What 
^/mt day was we cannot know, beyond what the distin- 
guished orator of to-day has told us. It is like our birth- 
days in this regard, with the important difference that we 
were not any of us there at that time to see ! Each one's 
imagination must help him to picture a scene in Jaffrey one 
hundred years ago; and as the beautiful banner we have 
seen borne before us to-day reminds us that Jaffrey was 
incorporated "August 17, 1773," I have thought that the 
few scattered settlers then in town might have come to- 
gether about three days afterwards, on the day exactly 
corresponding with this, to hold a sort of congratulatory 
meeting. The news of the "act" of incorporation has 
just reached them. They have gathered, in their rough 
suits of skins or homespun, from their scattered log-cabins, 
perhaps to some central cabin near this spot. From how 
different scenes, and in what dissimilar apparel, have we 
assembled, at our congratulatory meeting ! They came on 
foot or on horseback, at the rate of two miles an hour, 
through pathless forests, or guided by scarred, and jumping 
over fallen, trees. We have come in our light pleasure- 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 601 

wagons at the speed of six or eight miles an hour, or upon 
the wings of steam at the rate of five hundred miles per day ! 

Those strong-minded fathers, as they passed their hearty 
congratulations on the incorporation of their town, may also 
have spoken together of those ominous mutterings of an 
approaching revolution of which they were hearing, from 
week to week, from the then distant city of Boston, — per- 
haps of the late tea-party there. We, their descendants, if 
we think of any centennial besides our own, are perhaps 
letting our thoughts go forward to that grandest of all the 
days in our nation's history, if God permit, — the approaching 
hundredth anniversary of the declaration of her indepen- 
dence. And of what surprising changes are we thus re- 
minded as occurring between these " days we celebrate," in 
the nation, in the town, and in social life! 

But on many other accounts is tJiis "day we celebrate" 
interesting and valuable to us all. 

It affords an opportunity for the renewal of old associa- 
tions, the fondest and dearest of our earthly lives, in those 
scenes and times of our earliest recollection when we could 
speak of joys unmingled with sorrow. Who of us does not 
hasten to recall the loves and friendships of those early 
days, — so pure, so productive of a happy state, so free from 
the alloy of selfishness ! 

For how many reunions of later friends, long separated 
from each other, does this day also afford the glad occasion. 
It would seem as if the orbits of our lives, having run for 
many years at a distance from and out of sight of each 
other, were now brought into a mutual and delightful juxta- 
position ; or, like vessels at sea, bound on the same voyage, 
after having, in separation, outridden many of the storms of 
life, we are to-day permitted to course for a few hours 
within " speaking " distance of each other, to compare notes 
on all the way in which a kind Providence has led us, each 
in our several spheres of duty, to rejoice in each others' 
prosperity, to sympathize with each others' griefs. 



602 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

And this reminds us, again, of the dear ones "not lost," 
as we fondly hope, "but gone before," with whom we for- 
merly " took sweet counsel together, and walked," it may 
be, "to the house of God in company." Does it not seem, 
my friends, as though their spirits, if aught on earth can 
afford them happiness, might even now be the unseen 
witnesses of this joyful reunion ? At least, are not their 
countenances, their loved or venerated forms, their win- 
ning voices, all fresh in our recollections to-day ? Is not 
our communion with them almost as palpable and as 
marked as that with one another ? 

Once more : " the day we celebrate " bespeaks our great 
indebtedness to the ancestral fathers and guardians of the 
town in all previous years. 

What this age is especially deficient in is a respect for 
the past. But the celebration of this day is a practical 
application of the noble sentiment of Burke, — " Those who 
do not treasure up the memory of their ancestors do not 
deserve to be remembered by posterity," — though by no 
means exposing us to the quaint sarcasm of Sir Thomas 
Overbury, that "Those who rest their claim to consideration 
on the merit of their ancestry instead of their own individ- 
ual worth are like a hill of potatoes : the best portion is 
under ground." 

And how, in this connection, did time permit, would I 
love to pay my humble tribute to the fathers of Jaffrey, 
whose very images are now so vividly before me, as having 
been upon the stage a third or half century ago ! How 
many honored names do I recall ! The Ainsworths, the 
Parkers, the Spauldings, the Gilmores, and the Howes ; the 
Cutters, the Baileys, the Lawrences, and the Emerys ; or, 
in the other part of the town, where 1 lived, the Prescotts, 
the Spoffords, and the Joslins ; the Pierces, the Bacons, the 
Mowers, and many others all over town who might be men- 
tioned ; with others still who hardly yet have passed from 
our view, and especially that prince among New Hampshire 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 603 

farmers,* that prince among the benevolent benefactors of 
the town and the state at large, to whom you and I, Mr. 
Chairman, feel ourselves personally indebted for those 
habits of industry and that spirit of energy and enterprise 
which he early instilled within us, tempered ever with the 
most excellent counsels, and confirmed by a most laudable 
example. 

In view of all these noble men — and women, too — who 
have given character to the Jaffrey of the past, moulding her 
institutions, establishing her educational and religious privi- 
leges, and adorning her homes, we can only exclaim. What 
a rich legacy is here ! What cumulative influences and 
forces for good have come down to us from the record of 
the last century ! How should this stimulate our gratitude 
for what the fathers and the mothers were, and for what 
they accomplished in our behalf ! And how zealous should 
we be to transmit what we have received, unimpaired, to 
those who shall come after us ! 

For, while to the aged, and to those who review the past, 
"the day we celebrate" is so full of rich satisfaction, with 
how much of value is it also freighted to the young, — even 
to these little children, who have formed, in many respects, 
the most attractive part of our procession to-day. How 
much useful information may they gain from the day itself, 
its teachings, and its suggestions. How much, otherwise 
unknown, may they learn, even respecting the fathers them- 
selves. What insight will be afforded them into the habits 
of life and social ways of periods long past. And when 
they reflect upon the changes since effected — the new dis- 
coveries and inventions, the improvements in agricultural 
and mechanic arts and implements, the increase of books 
and other appliances for obtaining and diffusing knowledge, 
the improved facilities for travel and inter-communication. 



* The Honorable John Conant, who, from feeble health, was unable 
to be present. 



604 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

the bringing together of the nations, and the progress and 
elevation of mankind, all of which have been literally crowd- 
ed into the space of the hundred years now closing — let 
them be encouraged to graft upon the moral and religious 
principles the sterlin'g virtues, the heroic qualities of mind 
and heart, which belonged to the fathers in the century past 
— to graft upon these, I say, all that is inspiring, hopeful, 
and healthfully progressive in the new century of our local 
history now commencing. 

Which leads me to add very briefly, in conclusion, "The 
day we celebrate " is especially valuable to the town histo- 
rian. I rejoice that old Jaffrey has one, from whom we are 
to hear on this occasion. This day may well afford to him 
a fresh nucieiis, — a new starting-point, as it were ; and the 
success of our historical orator to-day may give him new 
aid, impulse, and encouragement to press forward in his 
noble work. Many are the difficulties which beset the path 
of the town historian ; great the apathy which broods over 
many minds ; surprising the indifference which many mani- 
fest as to all or aught that pertains to the past history of 
those localities — of those families, even — in which they 
themselves should naturally take the deepest interest. The 
dark clouds of mystery and uncertainty which are found 
hanging over the facts and records of the past are also 
quite disheartening at times ; but these will usually be 
found lifting and unveiling themselves before the patient, 
persevering historian as he plods along, and often from the 
most unexpected sources and in ways before un thought of. 
The satisfaction and reward (not pecuniary) of the local his- 
torian's work are therefore very great. Its importance can- 
not be over-estimated. It must be done quickly or it will 
never be accomplished ; and when once done and well done, 
it is done for ever. Let facts, therefore, respecting the men 
and the things which ever belonged to this good old town 
be industriously collected and properly arranged. Let the 
genealogies of the old families be traced out, even into 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 605 

Other towns and other parts of the country, so far as possi- 
ble, for thus much may be learned throwing light upon the 
history of the town itself. It will thus be known what an 
aggregate amount of influence the town has really exerted in 
building up other communities and moulding society in other 
localities. The gratification of all concerned will be great, 
and ever increasing as years and generations in the future 
roll away ; posterity will approve the sayings and the doings 
of the faithful annalist. The stores of actual knowledge 
shall be increased ; different parts of our country .shall be 
more effectually cemented together ; mankind shall be ele- 
vated ; and the great God who has " been our dwelling- 
place in all generations " shall himself be glorified. 

Sentiment No. 4 : " Jaffrey — Her Scenes and Her Scene- 
ry." Response by Rev. J. M. H. Smith, of East Jaffrey. 

An hour having been spent in social intercourse, and dis- 
tributing among the many from the inexhaustible store of 
provisions until all were satisfied, the tent programme was 
resumed by the band's playing the " Ella Polka," after 
which Prof. George W. Foster sang a taking ballad, — 

" Dinna forget your mother, Sandie," 
with brilliant success, — when toast-master Parks proceeded 
to say, — 

Ladies and Gentlemen : After having partaken of the 
material benefits so bountifully provided for the inner man 
on this occasion, it is proposed that we resume again that 
other feast, began before dinner, to wit, " The feast of rea- 
son and the flow of soul." 

Sentiment No. 5 : "The Orator of the Day. We have 
hitherto been proud of his name and reputation as one of 
the great lights of the legal profession. He has to-day 
placed us under infinite obligation for his interesting and 
eloquent address." Hon. Joel Parker rose, and, expressing 



6o6 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

his gratitude for the honor bestowed upon him, said that 
another speech would not be expected from him to-day. 
He asked leave to place in the hands of the toast-master the 
following sentiment : " The inhabitants of Jaffrey, — stead- 
fast in their principles ; untiring in their industry." 

Sentiment No. 6: "Our Common Schools." 

Response by Rev. D. N. Goodrich, sup't school commit- 
tee, Jaffrey, who said, that, while he need not remind a New 
England audience how highly the fathers valued common 
school education ; how they built the school-house close by 
the meeting-house, to show that, in their opinion, religion 
and education should go hand in hand, — he would mention 
some facts which indicate that the people of this generation 
value these interests just as highly as their fathers did, and 
are disposed to guard them with a jealous care. Among 
other things, the speaker referred to the large number of 
schools in the town ; the amount of money expended for 
their support, the average expense for each scholar being 
^5.25, and in some districts $16.45, — the whole number of 
scholars being 360. He mentioned, also, the fact that the 
schools were so frequently visited by the people in the 
various districts ; that so much pains is taken to procure 
good teachers ; that the teachers employed have generally 
been so well qualified ; and that so many of them have 
received a large part of their instruction in our schools. In 
conclusion, the speaker thought the facts of the case and 
the views of the people might be expressed by offering the 
sentiments in the following form : " Our Common School 
System — a priceless legacy received from the fathers, per- 
fected by the wisdom and experience of successive genera- 
tions, and supported by the intelligent patriotism of our 
people ; Our Teachers — thoroughly competent, efficient, and 
devoted to their noble work ; Our School Officers — assid- 
uously guarding the precious interests committed to their 
charge ; Our Scholars — the good material out of which 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 607 

intelligent, useful, and honorable members of society are to 
be made." 

Sentiment No. 7 : " East Jaffrey Cornet Band — they may 
write ' Excelsior' on their escutcheons." Music: " Lepitit 
Polka." 

Sentiment No. 8 : " The Mothers and the Daughters — the 
joy and sunshine of our homes, and the pride of the cen 
tury." Response by A. S. Scott, Esq., of Peterborough, 
N. H. 

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : Whe. I ac- 
cidentally read the announcement in our village newspaper, 
by your Jaffrey correspondent, that I had been invited to 
respond on this occasion to a sentiment to the ladies of 
Jaffrey, and had accepted the invitation, it was to me a mat- 
ter of surprise, because it seemed to me more fitting that 
to one of the sons of these Jaffrey mothers, or one of the 
husbands or suitors of these fair Jaffrey daughters, should 
have been assigned the privilege to speak to a sentiment so 
suggestive of all the sweet and dear remembrances that 
cluster around your old family homes among your hills. 

Then, I should be excused from speaking here to-day be- 
cause of the acknowledged ability of these ladies, if this 
assembly could be resolved into a tea-party and they should 
once get their tongues loose, to speak for themselves. 

But, mothers and daughters of Jaffrey, discarding all 
empty compliments and flattery, so repugnant to your good 
sense, you will permit me to say that in these old family 
homes among these hills, presided over with such matronly 
dignity by the mothers, and made sunny and happy by the 
genial presence and affectionate smiles of the daughters, 
has been nurtured all that is good, and memorable, and 
great in the history of the century that has passed. For 
these New England homes, watched over by pious and de- 
voted mothers, are conceded to be the best manufactories 



6oS HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

of men. But there is now very serious danger that this 
work of growing and training men must cease for lack of 
material. No one can have failed to observe the difference 
in the size of the families of the early mothers, and the fam- 
ilies of the present day. The former numbered from six to 
sixteen, and the latter from one to four. 

In your school-districts, which were formerly densely 
populated with scores of ruddy boys and girls, you now are 
indebted to the Irish emigrants for children enough to make 
a school. 

One of your early settlers, who, on his bridal tour about a 
century ago, brought his wife to a log cabin in the wilder- 
ness in an ox-cart, with her spinning-wheel and other mar- 
riage outfit, raised, in this cabin, eleven children. And these 
large families were bee-hives of industry, and no drones were 
allowed in the hive. Father, mother, sons, and daughters 
worked, and sometimes more than ten hours each day. 

There is not an honored descendant of these families 
here to-day who does not in all sincerity acknowledge him- 
self more indebted for such measure of honor and success 
as has attended him on life's battle-field, to the lessons and 
habits of industry and frugality inculcated in the old home, 
than to all other causes and influences combined. 

John Conant, when, with matchless industry, persever- 
ance, and economy, he was laying the foundations of that 
wealth which has enabled him to endow your high school, 
a seminary, and an agricultural college so munificently, 
gaining for himself an honored and illustrious name among 
the benefactors of his race, was largely indebted to the in- 
dustry and frugality of his wife. 

There is not a good thing that marks your progress dur- 
ing the century, — a school, a church, a library, or a reform, — 
that has not been largely fostered and helped onward by the 
labors and sacrifices of the mothers and daughters. Now, 
the school-masters having mostly gone abroad, almost the 
entire education of your children is committed to the 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 609 

daughters, and no one doubts that they will be faithful to 
their responsibility. 

The mothers and daughters have not at any time in the 
century been wanting in the exhibition of an exalted pat- 
riotism. 

In the Revolutionary war they bravely sent their hus- 
bands to the front, and remained at home faithful and de- 
voted to their families, adding often to the labors of the 
household the labors of the field. 

In the war of the Rebellion the mother heroically sev- 
ered the tie that bound her to her son, and sent him forth 
to the service of his country with her prayers and benedic- 
tion, and side by side with the recruiting-station organized 
the Soldiers' Aid Societies, the springs of the Sanitary 
Commission, the Good Samaritan of the war. 

There is not a son of Jaffrey, who has come up here from 
his home in another state to revisit the scenes of his child- 
h^orl -nd live over in imagination his boyhood days, who 
does not bring in his heart some tribute of gratitude and 
respect for the mother who bore him, who cradled him in 
her arms, taught his infant lips to lisp his morning and 
evening prayer, and, as he grew into boyhood, patched his 
trowsers, washed his face, combed his hair, and sent him to 
school on a week-day, and bade him " mind the master, 
learn his lesson, and bring home the medal;" and on Sun- 
day took him with her to church, and made him read the 
Bible and say the catechism ; and later, as he ripened into 
young manhood and manifested a love for learning, with 
gentle persuasion, influenced the paterfamilias to sell his 
cow or yoke of oxen to raise money to send him to college ; 
then, with assiduous toil, carded with her own hands the 
rolls, spun and dyed the thread, and on the old hand-loom, 
located up in the old attic to be out of the way of interrup- 
tion, wove the fabric, and then fashioned and sewed the 
suit in which her son entered the academy or college. And 
this is no fancy picture, for the man still lives, and will 
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6lO HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

address you here to-day, who entered Dartmouth college in 
a suit of homespun manufactured entirely by his mother. 

Many of these mothers still live to grace and honor this 
assembly with their presence, but many have passed away 
and been borne to their resting-places in your village ceme- 
tery ; and to many a son those beautiful lines of Cowper, 
addressed to his mother's picture, have come home with 
peculiar power: 

" My mother! when I learned that thou wast dead, 
Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? 
Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, 
Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? 
I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day ; 
I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away ; 
And, turning from my nursery window, drew 
A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu." 

Many a son of Jaffrey has wept a last adieu at the grave 
of his mother, but her love and affection will hallow his 
latest as his earliest memory. 

But I am admonished to close by the consciousness that 
the time of this occasion belongs to your own sons and not 
to me. 

I give you as a sentiment in closing, — "The Mothers of 
Jaffrey — models of industry, piety, and frugality; may their 
daughters emulate their mothers' virtues." 

Sentiment No. 9 — " The Clergy of Jaffrey." Response by 
Rev. E. S. Foster, of Winchester, N. H. 

Coming upon the platform at the call of the chairman, 
Mr. Foster said, — 

Every child, youth, man, and woman ; every settlement, 
society, village, partnership, and business ; every family, 
tribe, nation, country, and government, has a history. In 
the lifetime of every individual, settlement, country, and 
kingdom, there are various epochs of greater or less impor- 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 6l I 

tance. Jaffrey, as a town, has had various epochs, among 
which are the pioneer, agricultural, ministerial, religious, 
educational, business, and mechanical. To-day, in her his- 
tory, this celebration marks the one hundredth epoch. In 
the work assigned, I am called tp- speak for the ministerial 
department in the life of Jaffrey's hundred years. 

" The clergy of Jaffrey" is my subject. Here allow me 
to say, I would that the work assigned me, on this impor- 
tant and ever-to-be-remembered occasion, had been given 
to other and abler hands, that the lessons of our life may 
sink deeper into the character of Jaffrey's coming children 
for devotion and consecration than it is possible for me to 
impress and inspire. 

But the noble soldier puts on his armor and takes the 
place assigned him. Thus I remark, first, from a competent 
person I have an extract from the records of Jaffrey, which 
is as follows, viz.: "28 Sept., 1773, Voted £6 Lawful 
money, to support preaching. 26 April, 1774, Voted £6 
Lawful money, to support the Gospel. 13 April, 1775, 
Voted £6 Lawful money, to support the Gospel. 27 March, 
1777- Voted ^50 Lawful money, to support the Gospel. 26 
March, 1778, Voted ;^ioo Lawful money, to support the 
Gospel. 10 June, i^JJ^, the Committee agreed with Mr. 
Isaac Allen to supply us. 3 Sept., 1778, the Committee 
omit giving Mr. Allen a call for the present. Sept. 3, 1778, 
Voted ^50 for preaching. 11 Nov., 1778, Voted to hear 
Mr. Reed until special meeting. 25 March, 1779, Voted 
;i^200, to support the Gospel, i Nov., 1779, Voted to hear 
Mr. Stevens for all supply this fall, i Nov., 1779, Voted to 
have Mr. Colby come by ist March next. 7 June, 1780, 
Voted to hear Mr. Jewett more on probation, in order to 
give him a call. 29 March, 1 781, Voted not to hire Mr. 
Walker this year. 16 August, 1781, Voted to hire Mr. 
Goodale two more Sabbaths. 27 December, 1781, Voted to 
hear Mr. Ainsworth. 8 July, 1782, Voted to give him a 
call." 



6l2 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Foremost, longest, and fullest upon the ministerial record 
of Jaffrey stand the labors of the long-to-be-remembered 
pastor, Rev. Laban Ainsworth. This ministerial ])ioneer 
was born at Woodstock, Conn., July 19, 1757. At about 
seven years of age an accident resulted in his losing his 
right arm and hand. He was educated and fitted for col- 
lege under Nathaniel Tisdale, of Lebanon, Conn., " a man 
of considerable pedagogical capability, and of much petulant 
erascibility." These last facts, modified by the last word, 
are from Mr. Ainsworth's own language, in reply to some 
questions presented by a friend. Mr. Tisdale fitted him for 
Harvard college; but his father said, "To avoid the British, 
Sfo to Dartmouth, in the woods." He entered Dartmouth in 
1775, and graduated in 1778. He studied theology with 
Rev. Stephen West, d. d., of Stockbridge, Mass., and soon 
after preached about two years in Spencertown, on the 
Hudson river; then served from four to six months as 
chaplain in Major McKinistry's corps. 

We find from the record that the church in Jaffrey was 
organized May 18, 1780, and that a committee from the 
town met Mr. Ainsworth on commencement day at Dart- 
mouth, in 1 78 1, and engaged him to preach ; and he began 
the same summer. He was ordained the first minister in 
the town of Jaffrey, N, H., Dec. 10, 1782. 

On December 4th, 1787, he married the daughter of Jonas 
Minot, of Concord, Mass., with whom he lived happily and 
successfully over fifty years ; and labored as the minister of 
the First Congregational church and parish of Jaffrey for 
over half a century. 

On the nth of January, 1832, he received Rev. Giles 
Lyman as his colleague, with whom he lived pleasantly for 
a number of years. He died March 16, 1858, after a life of 
an hundred years, and a ministry of about seventy-five 
years in all. The portraits which hang to-day in the parlor 
of his old home are excellent representations of him and his 
wife when they were about seventy-five years of age. His 



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dress was thoroughly clerical black, single-breasted coat 
and waistcoat, black small-clothes, black worsted stockings, 
shoes, knee-buckles, and shoe-buckles. In his advanced 
years his long white hair and his courtly manners made him 
a perfect representative of his class. As a preacher, he was 
very simple in manner and matter ; his voice was remark- 
ably strong, clear, and sonorous, his enunciation distinct, and 
his language pure Saxon-English. In his religious views he 
was dogmatic and radical, and much of a doctrinal preach- 
er, holding to the Calvinistic theology as taught by Dr. 
Edwards. His sermons were seldom if ever written out in 
full. They were on paper, mere briefs, and very few of 
these remain. [The only remaining one was here presented 
to the sight of the assembly. Its subject was an argument 
against final restoration.] His sermons were very short, 
seldom exceeding twenty-five minutes. His pulpit services 
consisted of a hymn, a short prayer, reading of scripture, 
hymn, the long prayer, the sermon, and then the benedic- 
tion. His preaching and ministerial labors produced the 
usual amount of conviction and conversion. He must have 
attended about three thousand funerals, the services of 
which consisted generally of an address to the mourners, 
with an opening and closing prayer. A wedding service he 
opened with prayer, then he gave the legal point, and lastly 
the address to the man and wife. As a politician, he was a 
Federalist, like Washington and Jefferson. In a later day 
he acted with the Whig party. On Fast days he usually 
gave his people something of a political discourse. As a 
friend of education, he usually appeared in most of the dis- 
trict schools during their closing days, but did not often 
fraternize much with the children and youth of the town. 
As a man and a minister, he commanded the respect and 
esteem of all classes. As one of the " Mystic Tie,'' he re- 
ceived this lamb-ski?i [here the original lamb-skin received 
at his initiation as a Mason was exhibited] or white leather 
apron, which is an emblem of innocence, and a badge more 



6 14 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

honorable than the star and garter, or any other order that 
can be conferred on the candidate at any time by king, 
prince, potentate, or any other person except a brother 
Mason. By this lamb-skin he was continually reminded of 
that purity of life and conduct which is essentially neces- 
sary to his gaining admission to the supreme temple above. 
Thus, being born when George lid was his king, and in the 
time of Louis XVth of France, Frederick the Great of 
Prussia, and Clement XVIth of Rome, his life covered vol- 
umes of history. 

[Several anecdotes were here related of the worthy divine, 
which extensively stirred the risibilities of the great assem- 
bly.] 

The next ministerial record, and the first of Jaffrey's born 
sons to the ministry, is that of Rev. Robertson Smiley, born 
at Jaffrey ; graduated at Dartmouth, 1798. Ke was the 
settled minister of the First Congregational church of 
Springfield, Vt., from a very early date, and died at that 
place in 1856, after a long, laborious, and noble ministry. 

Rev, Levi Spaulding was born at Jaffrey, August 22, 
1791 ; graduated at Dartmouth college, 1815 ; studied divin- 
ity at Andover, Mass. ; and went, as a Congregational mis- 
sionary, to Ceylon in 18 19. Here, with one exception of a 
visit of three years to the United States, he spent his life 
and labors in the Master's vineyard. He did much valuable 
work in a series of school-books, the compiling of a diction- 
ary, and the translation of the Bible into the native tongue 
of Ceylon. He died June 18, 1873, after a long life of noble 
Christian warfare. 

Rev. Luke Ainsworth Spofford, born at Jaffrey, Nov. 5, 
1786, was fitted for college under Rev. Laban Ainsworth, 
his pastor, and Rev. Dr. Payson, of Rindge, N. H. He 
graduated at Middlebury college, Vt., in 18 16. He studied 
divinity at Andover, Mass. ; was first settled at Gilmanton, 
then at Brentwood, Lancaster, and Atkinson, N. H., then 
filled the office of missionary for some time, and afterwards 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 6l$ 

labored for years in the missionary field of the Western 
states, and died at Rockport, Ind., Sept. 27, 1855. Earnest- 
ly and devotedly he spent his life for man's salvation, and 
left an excellent record as a faithful minister of Christ. 

Rev. Alvah Spaulding was born at Jaffrey, Sept. 9, 1807 ; 
graduated at Amherst, 1832 ; studied divinity at Andover, 
Mass. ; was settled at Cornish, N. H., where he remained 
from twenty to thirty years ; was then installed at Weath- 
ersfield, Vt.; and died May, 1868. 

Rev. James Howe was born at Jaffrey ; graduated at 
Dartmouth college in 1817; studied divinity at Andover, 
Mass., and was settled at Pepperell, Mass., where he spent 
his life as a faithful, devoted, and esteemed minister of the 
Congregationalists, and died in 1840, aged forty-three. 

Rev. Henry Shedd, born at Jaffrey ; graduated at Dart- 
mouth college in 1826 ; studied theology at Andover, Mass., 
and has spent nearly his entire life as a home missionary in 
the Western states, as a Congregationalist. 

Rev. Adonijah Cutter, born at Jaffrey ; studied divinity at 
Bangor Seminary, Me., and settled in the ministry of the 
Congregationalists, at Strafford, Vt., in June, 1840. Here 
he spent a ministry of ten years. Then, for a time, minister 
at Hanover, N. H., being dismissed in 1857. He was soon 
after settled at Nelson, N. H., where he died in a short 
time, leaving a life of devotion and faithfulness. 

Rev. Jaquith, born at Jaffrey ; became a self- 
taught minister of the Baptist denomination in Maine, do- 
ing a good work, and is to-day in the field of missionary 
labor. 

Rev. William Dutton, born at Jaffrey, in 1815 ; fitted for 
college at Melville academy ; entered Brown University, 
at Providence, R. I., in 1839, ^.nd graduated in 1842, with 
much honor. He taught school several years at Kalamazoo, 
Mich., and died in 1846, aged thirty years. For this noble 
man, and promising minister for the Baptist denomination, 
too much cannot be said. Intensely industrious and studi- 



6l6 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

ous, an honest and lively thinker, a devoted Christian, he 
went down to an early grave, honored and beloved by all 
who knew him. Many on earth held his memory above 
price, and in glory did he pass to the spirit land to receive 
the unfading crown from the hand of the blessed Master. 

Rev. Andrew O. Warren, born at Jaffrey ; prepared for 
the study of divinity at Melville academy ; entered on his 
theology course with J. V. Wilson in 1838, and completed 
it with Rev. Charles Woodhouse, of Westmoreland, N. H., 
in 1840, and the same year entered the ministry of the Uni- 
versalists. He has been located at McDonough, Upper 
Lisle, and Smithville, N. Y., then at Montrose, Pa., where, 
and in the region, he has been actively engaged in the min- 
istry since 1849. In i860 he began the study of law : was 
admitted to the bar of Susquehanna county court in 1862, 
and to the supreme court in 1865. And yet he has been 
continually in the Master's vineyard saving souls, and on 
week-days in the world, stoutly contending for the salvation 
of men's wills from the ruins of avarice and self. 

Rev. E. S. Foster, born at Jaffrey, September, 1821 ; was 
a student at Melville academy, Lawrence academy of Grot- 
on, Mass., and closed his academic education at Keene, N. 
H., in 1843. From this time till 1849, he labored in the 
mercantile business, and in September of this year he en- 
tered the study of divinity with Rev. O. A. Skinner, d. d., of 
New York, completing the course in about four years. Af- 
ter much sickness, he was ordained in June, 1855, at South 
Hartford, Washington county, N. Y., where he first settled. 
He has labored in Abington, Mass., Cuttingsville and Ches- 
ter, Vt., at Claremont, N. H., at Middletown, Conn., and is 
now an active minister of the Universalist denomination at 
Winchester, N. H. 

Thus much, in brief, of the history of Jaffrey's sons who 
have filled no ignoble place in the Christian ministry, as 
each has understood Christ and his scheme of salvation. I 
feel sure that they will compare favorably, in body, talent, 



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and labor, with the same number of ministers selected from 
any town of equal population in New England. 

Here allow me a few words for our calling, and I am 
done. I believe it can be shown that the ministry of Chris- 
tianity in the various denominations has done more to make 
Jaffrey, in the life and character of her citizens, than all other 
influences combined. 

Think, for a moment ! Here is the intellect that, a few 
years ago, in feebleness and helplessness, nestled in its par- 
ent's arms, and could not utter the word " mother," but to- 
day can survey broad acres, build and furnish the gorgeous 
home, rear and finish the lofty temple, plan and perfect 
cities, make and defend empires, girdle the earth in a few 
moments with its thought, and leave character behind which 
shall be a missionary of blessed life. We to-day are what 
our parents and the Christian ministry have made us. 

Here fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, are our 
children, which all the wealth and empires of earth cannot 
purchase, and for whom you will give the last dollar, yea, 
and your life also, to defend from the grave. And they 
are in your hands, and the Christian ministry, to mould and 
educate, to tune and tone, for nobleness and virtue in the 
world, and to prepare for the ineffable scenes of the incor- 
ruptible life. 

Who among you can estimate the intellect of your child, 
— its probabilities and its possibilities in the coming days 
of earth .-• Remember, all history teaches us that depres- 
sion, misfortune, and slavery cannot break it ; ambition, em- 
pire, and enormous riches and rule cannot conquer it ; and 
the longest life and best culture cannot fill the compass of 
its desire, or satisfy its capabilities. 

This restless spirit, this irrepressible mind of your child, 
is to-day for your shaping as clay in the potter's hand. 
What stamp are you putting upon it ! Is it that of mort- 
gage bonds and government scrip, that will petrify the heart, 
and curse with avarice and the long train of woes the com- 



6l8 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

ing generations ? or, is it the stamp of an honest and Chris- 
tian Hfe of industry, that will charm the coming individuals 
in the grandest of all characters, — the life that is Christ 
to live ? Oh ! what a gift is your child ! What a gem of 
priceless value is its intellect, given to you as the artist who 
is to set it ! And are you setting it ? Are you setting it 
in the gilt of fashion and popularity, in game and Sabbath- 
breaking, vainly supposing that the canker of remorse will 
not consume it ? Are you setting it in the rough of profan- 
ity and avarice, idly assuming that the fires of retribution 
will not destroy it ? or, are you setting it in virtue, cultiva- 
tion, and spiritual refinement, and under ministerial toning, 
feeling assured that God renders to every man according to 
his deeds ? 

Forget not, I pray you, that a single man made the 
French nation nominally all infidel, and another made them 
all warriors. A Carthaginian general put his little boy of 
ten years upon the altar of his country and made him swear 
to be Rome's eternal enemy ; and he was such until he sunk 
into the grave. 

Now, if such a mighty power lies dormant in your child, 
mould it to make the coming Jaffrey, or some other town, 
to war forever against ignoble character ; and on the altar 
of humanity make that child to affirm understandingly 
that it will be the eternal enemy of all sin, depravity, and 
crime. 

Remember the fact : here is a common-school teacher, the 
most of whose students, as they went from his hands to the 
business world, have been unfortunate in health and worldly 
matters. Here is another, most of the students of whom 
were sent into practical life, have been successful and hap- 
py, enjoyed much health, and occupied high positions. 

How important, then, to have the right education ! What 
a need to have the best instruction toned into your children 
by a live, consecrated teacher, inspired by an energetic min- 
istry ! 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL, 619 

Make the culture — whether from the school-room or the 
pulpit — so perfect, so entertaining and instructive, that all 
the families around it shall be drawn to it, as all the vege- 
table world is drawn up into life, beauty, and worth by 
the sun. Into this cause should we collect all the stores of 
human learning, and reduce them to one rational, charming, 
and useful body of science, of active business, and of hon- 
est, ambitious character, that shall be as light to those in 
darkness, as water to the thirsty, as bread to the hungry, 
and as life to the dead. 

And the whole should be put under an affectionate, so- 
cial, and instructive ministry, that can fondle the darling 
child, stimulate and tone heavenward the fiery youth, and 
inspire the young man to cut his name on humanity in the 
noblest deeds of an honest calling. Then make its devo- 
tion in righteousness and labor so intense and permeating 
that it will assimilate or annihilate the world of evil. 

A celebrated painter of Italy was once asked by a friend 
why he spent so much time and labor in the study of the 
arts and sciences ; why he visited all Europe, the halls and 
galleries of all nations, and studied all the best paintings, 
and then came home and toiled day and night in mixing 
and applying colors so attentively to the canvas. He re- 
plied, " I am painting for eternity." 

Oh ! could every parent, teacher, and minister understand 
this statement of the artist ! But his picture, from the long 
years of study, toil, and suffering, — what is it comipared with 
your child } Yet Raphael could spend a lifetime and a 
world of treasure on it ! And Michael Angelo could ex- 
haust all his powers and the income of a nation to finish 
that picture ! 

Cannot you spend a few years to educate that child } 
Cannot you give your influence and income to have and aid 
an intensely anxious and vital ministry, and leave a few 
pictures in the galleries of that child's memory and spirit 
that will inspire many a lost one from sin and death to 



620 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

redemption and peace, and so leave your name where it will 
never die? 

Plutarch gives us a learned dissertation on the single 
Greek word " er" found inscribed on the temple of Apollo 
at Delphi. In the Ionic dialect, we are told, it means 
" I wish." This perfectly expressed the state of mind of 
all who entered the temple on the business of consultation. 
And an ancient scholar of great worth assumes that it is 
the initial word of a celebrated line in the third book of 
the Odyssey, and stands there as signifying the whole line, 
which is thus rendered, viz., " O that the gods would em- 
power me to obtain my wishes !" 

O that there was some such initial word in our mother 
tongue, that could be inscribed over every church door, the 
rendering of which should be this, viz., O that God would 
empower me to obtain my wishes for my child!" 

But further. Back of all this needed culture, and around 
it, lie the purpose and effort, the will and energy and learn- 
ing, of the clergy. And for years, as a town's committee, 
Mr. Ainsworth held the school-teachers in his hand ; — and 
who shall say to-day how much of our life, capability, integ- 
rity and prudence, energy and will-power, emanated from 
that noble and heroic minister ! I may be presumptuous, 
but I firmly believe that the clergy who are in this world, 
not to be ministered unto but to minister, hold a position to 
which there is no other paramount. And to stimulate you 
up to its importance, worth, and influence, I will interrogate 
you. What, in Barbary and in a servitude worse than 
Southern slavery, would be woman's condition, if the Chris- 
tian ministry had never existed.'' If it had never existed, 
where would be our homes and children, and our hopes of 
the life to come .-' Without the Christian ministry, how 
conceive and support a free and enlightened government ? 
Without the ministry of the divine word, how would you 
make, mould, and educate its legislators and judges .-• 

You study this subject, and it will be seen that our gov- 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 621 

ernment — the best this side of heaven, and founded on 
God's impartial rule — could not carry out its principles, — 
could not secure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness 
to man, — without the ministry — the preaching of the gos- 
pel. Without the Christian clergy, men could not be qual- 
ified to respect constituted authorities and administer laws. 
Without the ministry, man is not capable of self-gov- 
ernment. Without the ministry of the gospel, kingdoms 
and nations could not be kept from the inroads of passion, 
taint, corruption, and ruin. Sodom and Gomorrah, Nine- 
veh and Babylon, Egypt and Jerusalem, Greece, Carthage, 
and Rome, attest, with overwhelming evidence, the awful 
consequences, in their complete destruction, of rejecting the 
ministry of patriarchs and prophets, of Christ and the apos- 
tles. 

Thus we see that the richest, proudest, and most culti- 
vated nations, with all their forts and navies, with all their 
schools, arts, and sciences, have been swept from the face 
of the earth, because they refused the preaching of the great 
and good who were sent unto them. Remove a nation's 
honor, justice, and virtue, which are the results of preach- 
ing and sanctuary privileges, and you take away every band 
that can hold her together, and remove all the elements of 
her life. 

A Christian clergy educate into society all her convictions 
and understandings of moral obligations and accountability. 
They lift men to clear conceptions of duty to themselves, to 
those around them, and to God, and thus hold society in 
compact and contract. The Christian clergy are the con- 
quering and aggressive forces on infidelity, and the absorb- 
ing army of all idolatry and its baleful effects. The gospel 
ministry imparts the needed means and grace required by 
all men to escape death and acquire life, — to pass from the 
ruins and woes of earth to the orders and joys of blessed 
character. Preaching bears away our iniquity, absorbs all 
sin and evil, cleanses the spirit, renews the affections, bears 



622 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

all men from darkness to light, and makes man at-one-ment 
with God. Through ministering, Christ made his disciples 
the light of the world. And the clergy have borne on that 
light which lighteth every man that cometh, and which is 
pressing every person with the necessity of repentance and 
regeneration. They aid, increase, and vitalize the informa- 
tion about the resurrection, which inspires all men to a 
higher life. The gospel ministry imparts the light and 
truth and intuition which cannot be read from books, can- 
not be discovered in the best composition, cannot be ren- 
dered by the ablest stenographer, cannot be written by the 
most versatile genius possessed with the most copious vo- 
cabulary. Never forget, then, that it was the living soul in 
what Demosthenes said that moved the Athenians ; it was 
the immortal spirit in the utterances of Cicero that thrilled 
the senate ; it was the flashing of undying light in the eye 
and mien of Patrick Henry that held our fathers spellbound 
at the birth of liberty ; it was the soul of Paul in the intense, 
concentrated, and burning truths, flashing out and shimmer- 
ing in lines of fire, by which the great apostle entranced the 
wisdom and learning of Rome and Athens. And it is the 
eye and the spirit and the light of the clergy which are 
required to combine and concentrate and intensify the doc- 
trines, the precepts, and the examples of Christ, until you 
are swept into purity, into symphony with peace, with spirit- 
ual passion and power, and the energies of everlasting life. 

In such an hour of endless impressions souls are born, 
affections renewed, hearts regenerated, and all of society 
moves up from barbarism to God and Christ. In such an 
hour the clergyman is no longer a preacher merely, but 
humanity itself, — trampled, torn, bleeding, yet beautiful, — 
starting one glorious moment in her terrible ruin, with her 
hand lifted to the blue heavens over her heroic dead, and 
affirming her great oath in the elemental life that is Christ 
to live. 

I would bear to you at last, then, in the urn of remem- 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 623 

brance, ashes from the fires of the wondrous dead, to inten- 
sify your sense of the importance and worth of the Christian 
clergy of the past and of to-day. 

May you work for and with them, as you would wish to 
have done when you look back on earth and the loved ones 
you leave behind : then will you receive in some measure 
the glorious answer of life's great prayer. And when you 
come to the congregation of silence, — 

" They who stand around your grave 
Will rank you nobly." 

Sentiment No. 1 1 : " Jaffrey — Her Past and Her Present." 
Response by Dr. Daniel B. Cutter, of Peterborough, N. H. 

Mr. President : It affords me great pleasure to meet 
you and my former associates here to-day. Few indeed are 
our numbers, so few that in this vast congregation here as- 
sembled I recognize only here and there a familiar face. 
Time has made such sad inroad into our numbers, that 
to-day I feel like a stranger in my own native town. The 
old church, the place where our fathers worshipped in gone- 
by days, now stands, a memorial of its former greatness, but 
the sound of the gospel is there no longer heard. Minister 
and people lie buried together in yonder graveyard, silent 
in the sleep of death. Forever sacred be their ashes ! To 
commemorate the doings of these men is the occasion of 
our meeting here to-day. A little more than one hundred 
years ago, the place on which we now stand, and its sur- 
roundings as far as the eye can reach, were an vmbroken 
forest. On the banks of the Contoocook grew the lofty 
pine, while on the hills and in the valleys grew a variety of 
hard wood, fir, and hemlock : the mountain, which now pre- 
sents a bare rock, was covered with spruce. From its side 
flowed numerous rippling streams, which, after passing 
through bog and swamp, united their flowing waters and 
formed the Contoocook river. The inhabitants of this then 
wild domain were the moose, the deer, the bear, and the 



624 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

wolf, together with the wild turkey and the partridge. The 
streams were filled with trout, and the ponds with pickerel. 
Over this wild domain, in majestic grandeur, then clad with 
fir, now bald with age, peered the lofty Monadnock, survey- 
ing the vast territory around, watching the progress of 
events as the white man, here and there, made inroads in his 
wild domain. Such was Jaffrey, when, in 1752, Moses 
Stickney, Richard Peabody, and seven others made an at- 
tempt at settlement in the south-east part of the town. 
Through fear of the Indians they all soon left, except one 
of their number, known as Captain Platts. During their 
stay, on Dec. 9, 1753, Moses Stickney had a son born, 
whose name was Simon, who is supposed to be the first 
white child born in Jaffrey. He never after resided there, 
but returned with his father to Boxford, Mass., and, on ma- 
turity, settled in Holden, and afterwards removed to New 
Haven, Vt., and died in 1791. He left three daughters. 

The next attempt at settlement was made by a colony of 
hardy adventurers from Londonderry, encouraged probably 
by their brethren, who had previously made a settlement in 
Peterborough, an adjoining township. But few of these, 
however, had the hardihood to remain as permanent settlers. 
After enduring the hardships and privations of a pioneer 
life for a time, they sold their rights to a Massachusetts 
colony, mostly from Essex and Middlesex counties. These 
were the men who, on the 14th of September, 1773, met and 
organized the town. This was done by virtue of a charter 
granted by His Excellency John Wentworth, then govern- 
or of the province of New Hampshire, and council, at 
Portsmouth, August 17, 1773, who changed the original 
name, Middle Monadnock No. 2, to Jaffrey, in honor of 
George Jaffrey, Esq., one of the original proprietors. The 
first town-meeting was held at the house of Francis Wright, 
inn-keeper, situated on lot No. 14, range 8. A second meeting 
was held at the same place, on the 28th of the same month, 
and ;^8o L. M. was voted for the repairing of roads, and £,6 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 625 

L. M. for preaching. No church was then built. They had 
preaching, probably in some private house. The next year, 
1774, the town voted to build a meeting-house. Voted to 
raise said, house in June, 1775. This was the first year of 
the Revolutionary War : one battle had already been fought, 
another was pending. Sixteen of their men were in the 
field, and, while raising the church, it is said the sound of 
the cannon was heard from Bunker Hill. Actuated by a 
sense of duty they did not despond, but readily obeyed the 
call of their country. Men, money, provisions, and muni- 
tions of war were promptly furnished ; and when we learn 
that a town of only 351 inhabitants furnished seventy-two 
men during the war, we cannot be surprised at their success 
in that war. During seven long and perilous years they 
met the requirements of their country, and, through the 
blessing of God, triumphed at last, and laid the foundation 
of her future greatness. We, their descendants, may well 
feel proud of such fathers, and mothers too, who, if they 
were not on the battle-field, were in other fields, doing no 
less glorious service for their God and their country. Dur- 
ing all this period of war and suffering the church was not 
only raised, but so far completed as to be made use of for 
public worship. With the men of that time a neglect of re- 
ligious duty would have been fatal, in their minds, to their 
success in battle. They relied on the God of heaven, and 
acted under a sense of his presence, feeling sure of victory 
only through his aid and with his blessing. 

In 1780 a church was organized, and on December 11, 
1782, the Rev. Laban Ainsworth was ordained their pastor, 
who, during an extraordinarily long life, ministered to the 
wants of this people in all matters pertaining to religious 
duty. In person he was of medium height, in appearance 
dignified, in deportment affable, which, together with an in- 
tellectual superiority, enabled him to command the love and 
respect of his fellow-men. He was the ruling power of the 
church, the district school, and, I might say, the town. 
41 



626 



mS'l'OKY Ol' lAI'I'KKY. 



I'*()r ;i loti^' scries of yiMis \\c was I In* suix'riiitciuliiip; scliool 
coiiuiiillcc, whose li('<nu'nl visits ami sa^c coimscl I well 
I fiiicmlici . in llic (Mily (la\s ol the lown, llic cdiK alimi ol 
llicii (luldrcii was a malU-r ol inlcrost. Id I775../.<S I.iwImI 
nioiU'V was voted loi a seliooj. No si hool houses wcii' llieii 
liiiHl. Willie the srhiKil w.is laiijdit is a mallei ol eonji'el- 
lire. SrhooMioiises, seliitol leaehers, and s( hool hooks 
weie laie lhinj;s in Ihose da\s. Tin" Hihle, the psidm hook, 
and llie imniei were almost the onI\' hooks in their posses- 
sKMi. Will) siieh means, it must have i("(|uiied tho in^onu- 
il\ ol a molhei to leaeh Ihen ehildien to lead. 'I"he spell 
ill)', hook, readei, an<l aiilhmelie at len!',lh made then 
appiMianee, With a delenninal ion admirahli", and patience 
rcinaikahle, lhe\' oveieanie e\'er\ ohstaile, estahlished 
schools, ediitated iheii' i-hildien, linnislu'd tho world with 
twenty live i-ollei;e j;iadnali's, hesides main nime \\ho(|iiali 
lied lluMuselves loi a prolessional lili- h\' an ai ademieal edu 
eatioii. Jallicv has liiinislu-d pastois loi the (hiiieh, 
eoUMsellors loi the hai, and plwsiiians lor the siek. ( )ne ol 
luM sons has hi'en honored with the scat ol ehiei-justiee in 
his own state, while another is a distiniMiished missionary 
ill Ceylon. 

The I'loiids ol vvai at KMif.;th pass away : llu' sunshine ol 
piMe<« hiesses the l;ind. The fainter returns to the plouj;h, 
the nuH'hanie to his work shop, the meiehant to his tounti'r; 
the swords are heaten into plon;;hshares and bayonets into 
reapin|;-hooks, .uul the peojih- h(<pe to learn war no more. 

A new era has now i"oinmeiu-ed. The loot paths ,i;ia(hial- 
ly he* ome pass.ihle toads; the i ude eahin a lianu'd house; 
the thatehed ho\el a eommodious ham; the lorest Tails 
- -upon its ashes the leitile field and the };reen nuMdows a]) 
pear, I'he httle sehi>ol house is seen heii" and tlu-re hy the 
side of the road. ( Ji ist-mills, saw-mills, stores, and tav- 
erns, showing trade ami tia\i>l. aie now heeomiu;; ('otnmon, 
Wheel eaniaj.<,es take the plaee ol thesaildh- .md the pillion; 
tlu- whole l.imilv ean now ride to ehureh. The turnpike. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 627 

the wonder of the age, is now built, opening the way for a 
stage-coach from l^oston to Walpole and back, twice a week, 
which, in its turn, affords not only means of conveyance for 
passengers, but for a mail also, which is established, — and a 
post-office, too : letters can now be sent and received. The 
sons and daughters abroad can exchange letters with their 
parents at home, and, to clap the climax, they can now take 
a newspaper, one being j)ublishcd at Kcene in 1799. 

The town is now in a healthy, thriving condition ; all of 
the necessaries and conveniences of life are at command. 
The farmer can now sleep undisturbed by the howl of the 
wolf, prowling around for the destruction of his flock ; his 
herd and flock are safe in the field by night as well as by 
day, — no more herding or folding necessary. He is indeed 
lord of his own domain, independent of all monopolies. 

We have now reached the present century, the age of 
scientific research, the age of invention, the age of high in- 
tellectual culture and refinement. The winds and the waves 
now obey the dictate of man, and are made subservient to 
his wishes. The lightning, too, at his command, carries in- 
telligence at his bidding. Head-work is the order of the 
day, and bodily labor discreditable. No means are spared 
in the culture of the intellect, and hardly any used for the 
improvement of the moral and physical organization. Great- 
ness has left the seat of goodness, and now sits in the lap of 
ease and luxury. We are now showered with blessings, but, 
like Rome of old, are we not in danger of the Goths and 
Vandals .-• Will not the extravagance of our times, so de- 
structive to our offspring, open wide the door for the en- 
trance of another race that will supplant us .-' Or do we 
look forward, with the expectation of Abraham of old, that 
our children and our children's children are to be the pos- 
sessors of this gift of their fathers through all coming gen- 
erations.? Do we rely on our intelligence!' — so did Rome on 
hers. Do we rely on our own goodness .-" — so did the chil- 
dren of Abraham on theirs. Hoth fell ! By obeying the 



628 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

precepts of the Lord our fathers were blessed, and we, their 
descendants, can receive the same blessing only by the 
same obedience. May we, then, emulate their virtues, and 
render due obedience to the precepts of our Heavenly 
Father. 

Sentiment No. 12: "The Homes of our Youth." Re- 
sponse by Rev. Andrew O. Warren, of Montrose, Pa. 

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow- 
Townsmen : I do not come forward to make a speech at 
this hour, for I have none written. But I did think this 
morning that possibly I might find one here already written 
at my hands. If I were to speak at all, you would find that 
I was good in dispersing a crowd in that way. 

But allow me to congratulate you, fellow-townsmen, at 
this time, for the grand history of the past one hundred 
years that is closed by this anniversary, and for its grander 
prophecy for the next century. I feel it to be one of the 
proudest days of my life that I am permitted to be here, 
and to acknowledge this as my native place. Here, indeed, 
are "the dear homes of our youth." Here we began our 
very being, and laid the foundation for every superstructure : 
we have our record, morally, socially, intellectually, and 
spiritually. My native place was in school-district No. 4, 
and I hope I never have, nor shall be permitted to dishonor 
it. Well do I remember some of the old people in that sec- 
tion of the town, particularly one old Mr. Horton, who was 
favored far aboye the most of his neighbors by the Divine 
Being, if we can believe his story. He said as he was work- 
ing by his flat piece, the voice of the Lord came to him and 
said, "Go preach my word to the people." At first he ex- 
cused himself, but on the repetition of the call he started 
out, came to my father's house, and talked to my good 
mother day after day. One Sunday he made an appoint- 
ment at the school-house, and I attended. During his 
speech he said he should preach nothing that was not 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 629 

found between the lids of the Bible. But he soon began 
a tirade of abuse upon the " pockey cotton-factories" and 
other corporations in the land, and declared his conviction 
that they would be the ruin of our country. But the coun- 
try lives, the cotton-mills live and prosper, but Mr. Horton 
rests with his fathers. 

I remember particularly my first Sunday-school teacher, 
Levi Fisk, Esq., and I never shall forget one remark made 
by him. He was a man of good judgment in most matters, 
yet he had his weak points. Speaking of railroads, as one 
was then being talked of from Boston to Bellows Falls, — one 
route might lay across some part of our town, — the old squire 
said he "would rather have three of the best farm-buildings 
in town all destroyed by fire annually, to be replaced by 
taxes on the town, rather than have a railroad in it." You 
of this hour do not concur in that opinion. If it were to be 
said now that no more cars would ever enter your town, 
you would seek and follow the cars wherever they went. 

But I will not detain you. From " the homes of our 
youth " many of us have made a wide departure. Yet it is 
no matter where we may go in after time, we shall find no 
place around which cluster such hallowed memories as 
gather here. In memory we see again the forms of our 
fathers and mothers, long since gone to their eternal rest, 
gliding in our midst. We hear their voices saying to us, 
" Here we lived, toiled, and died to sow the seeds, the fruit of 
which you, our children, are permitted this day to gather." 

Mighty changes have marked the march of years that are 
past, but the record is good. Go forward still, with a stout 
heart and a manly purpose, and you shall have a grander 
history to conclude one hundred years from to-day. Not 
one of us shall see that distant time, save in promise, the 
reality of which we cannot doubt. 

The whole field of my thought at this time is beautifully 
expressed by the poet, if I am able to call the words to 
mind, thus : 



630 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

" Life is like a stately temple 
That is founded in the sea, 

Whose uprising fair proportions 
Penetrate immensity ; 

Love the architect who builds it. 
Building it eternally. 

" To me, standing in the present, 
As one waits beside a grave. 
Up the aisles and to the altar 

Rolls the Past its solemn wave. 
With a murmer as of mourning 
Undulating in the nave. 

" Pallid phantoms glide around me 
In the wrecks of hope ai\d home; 

Voices moan among the waters. 
Faces vanish in the foam ; 

But a peace, divine, unfailing. 
Writes its promise in the dome. 

" Cold the waters where my feet are. 
But my heart is strung anew, 
Tuned to Hope's profound vibration. 

Pulsing all the ether through, 

For the seeking souls that ripen 

In a patience strong and true. 

" Hark ! the all-inspiring angel 
Of the Future leads the choir ; 

All the shadows of the temple 
Are illumed with living fire. 

And the bells above are waking 
Chimes of infinite desire. 

" For the strongest or the weakest 
There is no eternal fall ; 

Many graves and many mourners. 
But at last the lifted pall ! 

For the highest and the lowest, 
Blessed life containeth all. 

" O thou fair unfinished temple. 
In unfathomed sea begun ! 

Love, thy builder, shapes and lifts thee 
In the glory of the sun ; 

And the builder and the builded 
To the pure in heart are one." 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 63 I 

PARTING HYMN. 

BY MISS HENRIETTA S. CUTTER. 

Air : ' 'A 2i!d Lang Syne." 

The band, choir, and audience unitedly swelling "the tide 
of song along." 

The shades of night are gathering fast 

Round Old Monadnock's brow. 
While we must say the parting word, — 

With friendship's hand clasp now ; 
While we must break the golden links 

That bind reunion's chain, 
Yet often memory '11 bear us back — 

Back to this day again. 

Among the many gathered here 

Are those of sterling worth. 
Upon whose brows the impress rests 

Of the great and good of earth ; 
And with those passing down life's hill. 

Just coming up are some 
Whose laurel crown for worthy deeds 

In th' future must be won. 

'Mid joys of this centennial day, 

A silent tear we shed 
For parents, brothers, sisters, friends, 

Now sleeping with the dead. 
They've left to us the well worn paths 

On life's great harvest field ; 
May we the seed full early sow, 

That th' grain may heavy yield. 

One century hence — that future day 

Is only known to God, 
But we shall rest all peacefully 

Beneath the flowering sod. 
We've met to-day, and now we part ; 

Now we must say " Good-bye ;" 
May Heaven's rich blessings on all rest : 

We'll meet again on high. 



632 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Peter Upton, Esq., moved that this meeting adjourn for 
one hundred years, and it was unanimously voted. Three 
cheers for " The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Town 
of Jaffrey" preceded a quiet dispersal of home-seeking 
strangers and towns-people from the soon deserted canvas. 

[Note — We are indebted to George Wilder Fox for a por- 
tion of this (copied), as reported by him for the New Hamp- 
shire Sentinel.] 

The following letters were received from the absent sons 
of Jaffrey, who could not, for reasons therein specified, 
unite in the centennial exercises : 

Pittsburgh, Pa., July 23, 1873. 
To yulius Cutter and Others^ Committee : 

Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt 
of your letter inviting me to be present at the centennial anni- 
versary of the incorporation of the town of JaflVey. It would 
give me great pleasure to be there on an occasion of such inter- 
est to all natives of the dear old town, but the state of my 
health will not permit it. Wherever its sons and daughters 
may wander, or wdierever dwell, their thoughts must frequently 
turn back with kindly regards, as mine do, to the home of 
childhood ; and we are always glad to know that tlie friends 
we left behind us there still enjoy the thrift and comforts that 
come by industry and skill in tlie useful arts. God bless old 
Jaflrey and its people ! 

Situated near the geographical centre of New England, that 
town well represents New England character and life ; and its 
granite hills and towering mountain as well represent the old 
Granite State. It is IVeiv Engla7id in its purity, and its 
character is strongly impressed upon its children. Wherever 
we may be we are Americans and patriots, attached to the 
homes of our adoption, but T'ankees still. 

A century is a long time. Yet the first settled minister of 
the town lived, in honor and esteem, to see his centennial 
birthday. But how many events have occurred in that time ! 
A century ago considerable portions of the thirty Indian tribes 
that once inhabited New England were still within its borders. 
Now none remain ; and even their languages are all dead, or 
exist only on the silent pages of the Eliot Bible. A wide re- 
gion has become a fruitful land, distinguished for industry and 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 633 

intelligence ; and out from among you have gone very many, to 
people new regions towards the setting sun. 

A century hence, let JaHVey again call together her children, 
and out from among a hundred and fifty millions of people, 
stretching quite across a continent, tliey will come, and will 
rejoice to find old JatlVey still prosperous and happy. 
Wishing you a large and pleasant meeting, 
I am 3'ours very truly, 

GEO. F. GILLMORE. 



Oberlin, Ohio, August 15, 1S73. 
I^. H. Cutter and Others : 

Dear Sirs: The card of invitation to the J aftrey Centen- 
nial was duly received. I do not know^ of anything that would 
give me more pleasure than to attend this celebration if I could 
afford the journey. Jaftrey is my birth-place, and the birth- 
place of my mother, and all my brothers and sisters but one. 
It is just a third of a century since my father, with nine chil- 
dren, removed to this place. With us came my father's father, 
and a brother and sister of my mother, — Thomas and Betsey 
Joslin. Of the fourteen, only my mother and three younger 
sisters and myself remain. 

I have repeatedly visited Jaffrey, and renewed the impres- 
sions of early boyhood. There is no spot on earth so full ot 
interesting associations and touching memories as that moun- 
tain town. Every object, from the cloud-capped Monadnock 
to the old school-house and blacksmith-shop at the middle of 
the town, is full of suggestions and tender interest. The very 
changelessness of the upper part of the town is a gratification. 
It still stands as it appeared to my nine years old e^'cs a third 
of a century ago, and I can but hope that it will remain so. I 
should delight to bring the greetings of my mother and our 
family to the friends of our childhood, and join in celebrating 
the birthday of the dear old town. If she is poor in soil, she is 
rich in the beauty and grandeur of her scenery, and rich in her 
children and grandcliildren, scattered over all the land. May 
your commemoration be one worthy of the venerable mothers, 
and a satisfaction to all the sons and daughters who may 
gather from near and far. If any printed record is prepared, 
please send two or three copies to me, with my share of the 
expense. 

Yours trul}^, 

JOHN M. ELLIS. 



634 HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 

Canandaigua, Michigan, Aug. 14, 1873. 
yciffrey Centennial Committee of Arrangements : 

Gentlemen: Your kind invitation for me to be present at 
the centennial gathering of my native town reached me in due 
time. It would give me great pleasure to be with you on that 
occasion ; to meet friends from whom I have been long sepa- 
rated, and whom I may never see elsewliere. But my present 
surroundings and duties will compel me to decline your invita- 
tion and remain at home. If tradition be not at fault, it is just 
one hundred years since my grandfather, Phineas Spaulding, in 
the south-west part of the town, broke the forest that afterwards 
made him a pleasant home. Then the only higliway was a 
foot-path through the tangled wildwood ; and trees that had 
been marked and scathed by the woodman's axe or hatchet 
the only guide to those denizens of the forest, from one point 
to another, to meeting and to mill. Then, too, the slow- 
footed ox, yoked and hitched to the two-wheeled cart in sum- 
mer and the heavy sled in winter, was the only pleasure-car- 
riage for week-day or for Sunday, and the only mode of con- 
veyance from neighbor to neighbor, or from town to town. 
Horses were few, and mostly used for riding on the back. It 
was no uncommon thing for man and wife to be seen riding, 
both on one beast, he in front on the saddle, and she behind on 
tlie pillion. Young ladies with their beaux would thus vide, 
for recreation and for pleasure, till the pillion gave place to 
another horse and side-saddle, and then they travelled side by 
side. Sixty years ago, on the spot now occupied by your com- 
modious hotel, stood the dwelling-house of Deacon Eleazer 
Spoftbrd, which, with out-buildings, and grist- and saw-mill 
down by the river, was about all that could be seen for build- 
ings where your pleasant village now stands. Spoftbrd's mills 
were known for their superiority of workmanship over every- 
thing else of the kind, for many miles around. One little 
anecdote, as touching the old saw-mill, I can remember in my 
boyhood days. When it was first in operation, as one gate 
shut and another opened, moving th.e heavy carriage with its 
ponderous log to and from the saw, a colored man, standing by, 
in amazement exclaimed, — " Massa Spoftbrd, don't you think 
you could invent a machine to hoe corn.?" 

Those were primitive days, — times when our grandfathers 
and grandmothers had to toil for their daily food ; and right 
glad were they if they could bring the two ends of the year to 
meet, with a few spare dollars for deposit against the time of 
need. In those early days, almost every house held its instru- 
ment, — not the modern piano, but the old-fashioned spinning- 
wheel ; and while the foot pressed the pedal, the fingers, instead 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 635 

of gliding over keys of ivory to the tune of Yankee Doodle or 
God save the King, or, perchance, the more solemn strains of 
Old Hundred or St. Martyn's, were busy in drawing the thread 
from the pine distaff, to be wrought into cloth for the clothing 
of the household. I will venture the assertion that you cannot 
in yoiu* town to-day find a young lady unfler twenty years of 
age that can spin a skein of fine linen, or in her grandmother's 
old hand-loom weave a yard of cloth. I say this, not by way 
of disparagement to any one, for I well know that modern im- 
provements and machinery have done away with most of that 
kind of labor. To-day you have your pleasant homes, your 
good roads, your carriages for comfort and for ease, and instead 
of the lumbering stage-coach, that used daily to pass through 
your village from Keene to Boston, is seen the iron horse, puf- 
fing and blowing on his feed of fire, and drawing in his wake a 
burden that many stage teams could not move an inch. 

I have hastily glanced at a few things in the century that has 
passed, but who among your gathering to-day will be present 
to read the history of the century to come.'' It would be no 
presumption to answer. Not one. 

In conclusion, I will offer the following sentiment: "Old 
Jaffrey — may her virtue and morality keep even pace with her 
internal improvements for a hundred years to come " 
Very respectfully yours, 

LYMAN SPAULDING. 



Barre, Vt., August 18, 1873. 
Mr. jftdius Cutter: 

My Dear Sir : Ever since the reception of your invitation 
to be present and participate in the celebration of the centen- 
nial anniversary of the incorporation of the town, I have hoped 
to meet you there. But the debility from which I am just now 
suffering reminds me that quiet is better suited to my condi- 
tion. 

You may know that during ten years and a half I was en- 
gaged in examining the teachers and caring for the children of 
your common schools. I knew all the young people of school 
age, and before I left town I copied all their names and ages 
from the registers. Were it permitted, I should like to respond 
to the sentiment, "Our Common Schools." We have been 
nurtured there, and we are all the alumni or alumnae of that in- 
stitution. You meet as graduates from the people's college. 
Though you differ in your religious and political preferences, 
here you are brethren. 



636 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

The early inhabitants of Jaffrey so recognized the necessity 
of schools, that ninety-eight years ago last April, at the second 
annual town-meeting thjtt was holden under the charter, an ap- 
propriation of eight pounds was voted for the support of a 
school. Ever since that time it is known that the town has, 
every year except one, voted a sum of money for a like pur- 
pose. The first school-house was built at the expense of the 
town, in the year 1778. It stood just across the road from 
Father Ainsworth's house, and remained there till the year 
1809. Within twelve years after this first house was put up, 
there were nine others in town. 

Could you examine a catalogue which contained the names 
of all who have shared in the advantages of your schools, and 
could you read their history also, you would see a record of 
which you might justly be proud. I remain, 
Very truly yours, 

LEONARD TENNEY. 



Amherst, July 18, 1S73. 

Dear Sir: Yours of the 28th ult., giving me notice of the 
centennial celebration at JaftVey, on the 20th prox., and of a 
sentiment to which I am invited to respond, has been received. 
I have delayed answering, hoping to be able so to arrange my 
business engagements that I might be present on that occasion ; 
but I find it will not be possible for me to attend. I have an 
engagement which takes me to Chicago at that time, which 
cannot be postponed. I regret very much that I cannot have 
the pleasure of meeting the good citizens of my native town on 
that day, and enjoying the festivities of the occasion, but my 
time, being previously engaged, is not at my own disposal. 

Wishing you a successful- and pleasant celebration on the day 
appointed, I am, 

Very trulv, vour obedient servant, 

E. S. CUTTER. 

F. H. Cutter, Esq., Jaffrey, N. H. 



Yates City, Knox County, III., Aug. 8, 1873. 

To the Committee of Arrangements : 

Dear Sirs : Your kind favor, inviting me to be present 
with you upon the occasion of your centennial, has been re- 
ceived, but it finds me engrossed in business arrangements. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL, 637 

such that I cannot conveniently accept your invitation, a privi- 
lege v^^hich I should most dearly love to enjoy. This being the 
case, I trust you will allow me to express a thought that seems 
full in my mind, and thus add my mite to your festivities. 

More than twenty-five years have passed since I broke bands 
with the dear old town and friends, and launched out upon the 
unknown future to pursue my journey through life, yet I have 
not forgotten the spot that gave me birth. The broad prairies 
and boundless harvests fill my soul with gladness and my heart 
with thanksgiving, but my mind continually runs back with de- 
light to my old native New Hampshire hills, with Jaftrey for its 
centre, and the gray old Monadnock for its chief corner-stone. 

O Memory ! what volumes fill thy space as I contemplate 
the past! I live over again the days of my youth ; I think of 
the sports of No. 11, of the achievements in "Melville;" I 
wonder at mv efibrts in No. 6. and feel surprised at my success 
in No. 3 ; I contemplate the pleasures of our social and relig- 
ious privileges, our lyceums and singing-schools, our annual 
trainings and musters and Fourth of July celebrations, and 
wonder if it took them all to help make me a man. Aye, and 
I answer to myself, Yes, and more too, for it requires the deter- 
mination to be a man. In the days of the Caesars, it was the 
height of ambition to become a Roman citizen. How much 
more for every one born upon American soil to be in trudi an 
American citizen. Reflecting upon the efibrts that were made 
use of to fit us who are upon the present drama of life, by our 
fathers and mothers, who have mostly gone to their reward, let 
it remind us of our duty to those whom Providence has placed 
in our charge — the young of the land. 

Honored as old Jaftrey has always been, for the virtue and 
general intelligence of its citizens, with how much pleasure can 
you turn to your young and youth, and feel that a brighter fu- 
ture is before them than we enjoy. The generous munificence 
of one of your townsmen has placed greater privileges and 
brighter prospects before you ; and as the town has so far al- 
ready honored itself, what may not the most sanguine expect 
hereafter .'' 

The sun never shone upon lovelier hills ; man was never fan- 
ned by purer breezes ; streams never rattled down precipices 
freer than do those in your own, my own, native town. The 
arts and sciences lend their aid, and your old men and your old 
women, your young men and your young women, yes, and 
your youth, may, if they will, be honored and praised through- 
out the land.* 

Permit me, then, to close by offering this sentiment: " The 
good old town of Jaftrey — wherever her sons or daughters 



6^8 HISTORY OF JAFFREY, 

rove, may lier memory to them be as bright as her waters are 
pure, and their honor as lasting as Monadnock itself." 
Yours, with much respect, 

D. COREY, Jr. 



Campton Vill., N. H., Aug. 15, 1873. 
Gentlemen of the Committee : 

Your invitation to attend the centennial celebration atjaf- 
frey, on the 20th inst., lias been received. I regret that engage- 
ments at home will prevent my attendance upon that interest- 
ing occasion. 

Though not a native of Jaffrey, I went there to reside at so 
early a period of my life that whatever is pleasant in youthful 
recollections of home and early friends is centred there. 

My acquaintance with Jaftrey commenced in tiiat transition 
period when it was clianging from an almost exclusively agri- 
cultural town to one of manufacturing, and educational facilities 
as well. 

The early fathers of the town — such as the first Col. Prescott, 
the first Dr. Howe, Judge Parker, Capt. Joseph Cutter, John 
Cutter, tanner — I remember as silver-haired men at that time, 
who soon passed away, and gave place to their descendants of 
the second generation, who worthily carried forward the town 
in its career of prosperity and literary advancement. To men 
of this generation the town was indebted for the establishment 
of Melville academy, an institution which exerted an extensive 
and abiding influence for good, and carried to a high degree 
the standard of education among the sons and daughters of Jaf- 
frey. And although this institution has ceased to exist, it is a 
matter of congratulation that the munificence of one of her cit- 
izens has continued to JafiVey the means of a good high-school 
education to all her youth in the future. 

I have been pleased to note, in occasional visits, the rapid 
progress of Jaflrey in material prosperity, and hope she may 
continue in her onward march of improvement. 

In conclusion, I would say that I have dwelt for a time in 
the far South, where the orange blooms and the fig and the 
pomegranate put forth leaves and fruit ; I have resided in the 
middle region of our country, where the grape and the peach 
and the nectarine flourish ; I have travelled westward to the 
centre of that great valley where the Mississippi rolls its vast 
volume of waters, where waving fields of grain furnish food for 
a continent; but I have yet to see the land which, on the 
whole, the dwellers round the base of the Monadnock need 
envy its possession as a home. 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 639 

With best wishes to the committee personally, and hope that 
an auspicious day may render the celebration a success, I i"e- 
main, 

Yours very truly, 

CHARLES CUTTER. 
To F. H. Cutter and others. 



Mansfield, Ohio, Aug. ii, 1873. 

Committee of Arrangements: 

Gentlemen : I received your card of invitation to attend 
a celebration of the one hiuidredth anniversary of the incorpo- 
ration of the town of JaflVey. Living in what was called the 
far West when I left my New Hampshire home, I can only 
send my regrets at not being able to be present on that inter- 
esting occasion, and visit 

The land where a father dwells, 
And that holds a mother's grave. 

My mind reverts to many scenes of youthful days, since re- 
ceiving your card. I often think of the daily labor of New 
England farmers' boys, who, from my experience, go into the 
field at an early age, and get permission to go fishing only 
when it rains too hard to work out of doors, and there is no 
corn to shell. This, with brown bread and milk for supper, 
gives a boy a good constitution with which to fight the battle 
of life. I often think of the days when, for the want of something 
to read, I walked four miles to the old church to attend the 
Sabbath-school, get a library book, and hear the good old man 
preach, who then dressed in the fashion of oiu' Revolutionary 
fathers. On my last visit to JaftVey, I was glad to see that an- 
cient edifice in so good a state of preservation. May it stand 
another century, a monument to religion, morality, and edu- 
cation. 

During the late strife for the preservation of our glorious 
Union, there was talk, even in Ohio, of our country being 
divided, — the East from the West, as well as the North from 
the South. I thought of my admiration of the great West, the 
country of my adoption, and mv love for New England, the 
land of my nativity, and often found myself repeating a verse 
I had cut from some paper about the time of leaving my native 
state, which I will offer as a sentiment: 

" New England! dear New England ! 
My birth-place proud and free ! 
A traitor's curse be on my head 
When I am false to thee." 



640 HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 

Please remember me kindly to all the friends of my youth in 
the good old town of JaflVey. 

Very truly yours, 

P. BIGELOW. 



Cambridge, August, 1873. 

Dear Sir: I thank you for tlie invitation to your centennial 
festival. If my health v^rould have permitted, it would have 
given me much pleasure to have joined in the celebration. I 
have been told that I was born in Jaftrey, but it was so long 
ago (17S4) that none of the present inhabitants could testify to 
the fact ; but as it would be equallv difficult to produce any evi- 
dence to the contrary, I may as well, on this occasion, claim the 
honor. I imderstand that my parents removed from Jaflrey to 
New Ipsv^ich when I was about a year old, and the most that 
I recollect of Jaftrey relates to my being sent there to school, 
about seventy-eight years ago. The school was kept by a for- 
eigner by the name of Dillon, who had a great reputation for 
teaching penmanship, and was about as much celebrated for 
the use of the rod as the pen ; and I dare say tradition may 
have preserved some anecdotes of his severe teachings in 
that line, which were of a nature to be remembered as long as 
any of his other lessons. At this school I was a classmate 
with General James Miller, who got his education rather late 
in life ; and we stutlied our English Grammar together, in the 
same seat, he at the age of twenty-one, and I at the age ot 
eleven. I think Dillon never attempted to use the rod upon 
Miller ; if he had, the future warrior might have commenced 
his campaign some years before the War of 181 2. Among the 
schoolmates that I remember were Dr. Abner Howe, and his 
brother. Dr. Adonijah Howe, who are no doubt well remem- 
bered and much respected by many of the present inhabitants 
of Jaftre}'. Andrew Thorndike was one of the familiar names 
of that day, though considerably older than my schoolmates. 

Some years after my school-boy days I recollect climbing to 
the top of Monadnock, and finding, on the highest pinnacle, a 
date, and what appeared to be the initial letters of three or four 
names, rudely pounded out, with much labor, on the solid 
ledge, apparently by the use of no better implement than a 
stone. This may, probably, still be found there, though not 
without careful search, as the inscription though deep is rather 
indistinct. It may probably be a record of the first visit to the 
mountain after the settlement of the country, and would be a 
very interesting item in the history of your centennial, if it had 



JAFFREY CENTENNIAL. 



641 



not already been published. I took a copy of it at the time, 
but have not been able to find it. 

With best wishes for the continuance of the prosperity of my 
native town, 

Your humble servant, 

SAMUEL BATCHELDER. 
L. L. Pierce, Esq.. 



The following is a list of the names of those who sub- 
scribed to pay the expenses of the centennial celebration, 
with the amount paid by each : 



John Fox, 


$25.00 


Nehemiah Cutter, 


4.00 


Gurley A. Phelps, 


1. 00 


James R. Harrington, 


1. 00 


Ethan Cutter, 


5.00 


Edmund P. Shattuck, 


5.00 


Joseph P. Frost, 


5.00 


Henry C. French, 


5.00 


Asa Nutting, 


3.00 


Joseph W. Fassett, 


5.00 


Timothy Blodgett, 


10.00 


Geo. A. Underwood, 


15.00 


Laban Rice, 


5.00 


Ezra Baker, 


5.00 


Jonas C. Rice, 


10.00 


Milton Baker, 


5.00 


Edwin R. Cutter, 


5.00 


John Hecker, 


5.00 


Benjamin F. Lawrence, 


10.00 


Levi P. Towne, 


3.00 


Geo. F. Potter, 


1. 00 


Charles A. Cutter, 


2.00 


Edmund C. Shattuck, 


2.00 


William P. Stevens, 


2.00 


Thomas K. GoiT, 


1. 00 


Charles Stevens, 


3.00 


Lucius A. Cutter, 


5.00 


Henry Chamberlain, 


3.00 


Nathaniel Cutter, 


5.00 


Anson W. Jewett, 


5.00 


Julius Cutter, 


15.00 


Gustavus A. Cutter, 


3.00 


Jonathan D. Gibbs, 


1. 00 


John 8. Dutton, 


3-00 


Luke French, 


1. 00 


Frederic Spaulding, 


5.00 


Rufus Case, 


4.00 


Otis G. Rice, 


5.00 


John A. Cutter, 


10.00 


Levi E. Brigham, 


3.00 


Lyman K. Farnum, 


1. 00 


Jonathan J. Comstock, 


3.00 


Eleazer W. Heath, 


2.00 


L E. Keyes, 


1. 00 


Charles A. Baldwin, 


1. 00 


Ambrose W. Spaulding, 


5.00 


Charles C. Libby, 


1. 00 


J. F. Stone, 


1. 00 


George F. Gillmore, 


1. 00 


Daniel P. Adams, 


5.00 


John Conant, 


20.00 


Addison J. Adams, 


3.00 


Arad Adams, 


10.00 


E. G. Bryant, 


2.00 


Franklin H. Cutter, 


15.00 


Jonas Cutter, 


10.00 


John W. Woodruff, 


2.00 


Joseph T. Bigelow, 


5.00 


42 









642 



HISTORY OF JAFFREY. 



Richard Spaulding, 5.00 

Vryling D. Shattuck, 2.00 

Austin A. Spaulding, i.oo 

Michael D. Fitzgerald, 5.00 

Leonard E. Spaulding, 2.00 

Clarence S. Bailey, 3.00 

Lafayette Blood, 3.00 

Marshall C. Adams, 3.00 

John S. Lawrence, 5.00 

Peter Hogan, i.oo 

Francis Lowe, i.oo 

Benjamin Cutter, 20.00 

Joseph Davis, 2.00 

C. B. Davis, i.oo 

Dexter Pierce, i.oo 

Charles Bacon, 2.00 

Joseph A. Thayer, i.oo 

Luke Nutting, i.oo 

Benjamin L. Baldwin, 2.00 

Levi Pollard, i .00 

William LTpton, i.oo 

Samuel T. Wellman, 5.00 

Stephen F. Bacon, i .00 

Luke Carter, i .00 

Elijah Smith, 2.00 

John Frost, 3.00 

Isaac S. Russell, 5.00 

Samuel Hodge, i.oo 

Benjamin F. Prescott, i.oo 

John Perry, 3.00 

Thomas A. Stearns, 5.00 

Addison Pierce. 2.00 

Samuel Marble, 2.00 



Oren Prescott, 2.00 

Joseph Joslin, 5.00 

T. H. Curtis, 5.00 

Robert Ritchie, 5.00 

Samuel Ryan, 5.00 

Charles H. Powers, 5.00 

Addison Prescott, 10.00 

Henry F. Morse, i.oo 

Herbert F. Moors, i.oo 

George A. Benjamin, i.oo 

Frank P. Wellman, i.oo 

John M. Wales, 2.00 

Albert Bass, 2.00 

Miss A. Parker, 2.00 

Peter Upton, 5.00 

Mrs. S. H. Rand, 2.00 

Leonard F. Sawyer, 2.00 

Edward Cary, i.oo 

Josiah M. M. Lacy, 2.00 

Miss Rebecca Bacon, 2.00 

Cummings Sawyer, 2.00 

E. H. Mower, 2.00 

Mrs. E. C. Duncan, 10.00 

Oliver Bacon, i.oo 

Charles L. Clark, 2.00 

Jonathan Page, 2.00 

Charles E. Cutter, 5.00 

Alvah Stanley, i.oo 

Alfred Sawyer, 2.00 

Mrs. Amos Buss, 5.00 

Elbridge Baldwin, i.oo 

Benjamin Pierce, 15.00 



Julius Cutter, treasurer of the centennial committee, Dr. 

To amount of subscriptions, . . . $502.00 

" paid by F. W. Tracy, for use of common, 25.00 



$527.00 



jaffrey centennial. 
Cr. 

By paid Geo. W. Foster, 

" for nails and loss on lumber, 

" East JaBVey Cornet Band, . 

" for postal cards and printing, 

" for use of tent and expenses on same, 

" table committee, 

'' for express, postage, and stationery, 

" for keeping cavalry horses, . 

" amount of subscriptions unpaid, . 

imount in hands of the treasurer, 



643 



$25.00 
27.12 
50.00 
22.99 

115.64 

127.70 

8.26 

16.52 

1. 00 

132.77 

$527.00 



The committee voted that twenty-five per cent, of each 
person's subscription be returned, the balance of the surplus 
to the treasurer, for extra services. 

The Committee of Arrangements tender thanks to Henry 
C. French, Joseph W. Fassett, and Alfred Sawyer, select- 
men of the town, and to the Table Committee, for their co- 
operation in making the celebration a success. Also, to the 
Peterborough Cavalry Company and the East Jaffrey Fire 
Company for the very satisfactory manner in which they 
performed the escort duty. 

The Table Committee unite with the Committee of Ar- 
rangements in offering thanks to the citizens of Jaffrey for 
providing funds to defray the expense, and provisions for a 
free collation ; to H. B. Wheeler, Esq., who furnished us 
with rooms and lights for our meetings without charge. 



INDEX 



Academy, Melville 89 

Altitudes 10 

Monadnock Mountain 10 

Jaffrey Centre 10 

East Jaffrey 10 

Animals 12 

Artisans 1 46 

Bakers 146 

Banks 153,206 

Monadnock 153 

Monadnock National 153 

Savings 153 

Birds 13 

Brick-makers 146 

Blacksmiths 146, 207 

Cabinet-makers 147 

Carriage-makers 147, 207 

Carpenters and Joiners. .. 147, 207 

Casualties 176 

Chair-makers 147 

Celebration, Centennial 529 

Cemeteries 171 

Jaffrey Centre 171 

West 1 74 

Small-Pox 173 

East Jaffrey 175 

Cutter 174 

Conant 175 



Page. 

Charter of the Town 39 

Churches 'n 

Baptist ']^ 

First Congregational 72 

Second do. TJ 

Universalist 80 

Clergymen 206 

Congregational 76 

Baptist 79 

Universalist 80 

College Graduates 90 

Common, transcript of 155 

Clock-makers 147 

Deacons 78 

Baptist 78 

Congregational 'j'j 

Dress-makers 206 

Deaths of aged persons 179 

Education 81 

Public Schools 81 

Academy 89 

High School 89 

Fires 1 59 

Fishes 12 

Grantors of the Town 16 

Grantees do. 17 

Hatters 147 

Hearses 175 



646 



INDEX. 



Hotels 149 

Danforth's 149 

Milliken's 150. 

Prescott's 150 

Cutter's 150 

Joslin's 150 

Lawrence's 150 

Granite State 150 

Highways, transcript of 51 

County Roads 53 

Turnpike 55 

Railroad 58 

Highest Tax-Payers 165 

Invoice, first on record 1793. . 161 

Justices of the Peace 46 

Judges of Probate no 

Lawyers 102,206 

Linen Wheels 147 

Livery Stables 206 

Masonian Proprietors 16 

Masonian Charter 17 

Mail Stage 152 

Manufacturers 145, 206 

Mills 145 

Merchants 150,206 

Military, first company 124 

Officers 124 

Roll of Soldiers in 1784 125 

Jaffrey and Rindge Cavalry 126 

Rifle Company 126 

Colonels of the 12th Regt. . 127 

Trainings and Musters 128 

Music, Sacred 153 

Physicians ro2, 206 

Paupers 1 67 

Ponds II 

Painters 147 



Printers 147 

Pumps 147 

Potash 147 

Potato Starch 148 

Post-Office 151 

Post-Masters 152,206 

Population 38 

Plan of first Meeting-House. . 63 

Pew Owners 62 

Registers of Probate 416 

Settlers, early list of 27 

Soil 14 

Senators 46 

Shoe-makers 147 

Shingles 148 

Sleighs 148 

Shoe Pegs 148 

Steelyards 148 

Spring, Mineral 11 

Shovels 148 

Tanners 148, 206 

Town, boundaries of 9 

Officers 41 

Moderators 43 

Clerks 43 

Selectmen 44 

Treasurers 45 

Representatives 46 

Delegates to Convention. . . 158 

Travel 50 

Vote for Governor 47 

Wars 131 

Revolution 131 

Warofi8i2 139 

Mexican War 140 

Civil War 140 



GENEALOGICAL INDEX, 



Page. Page. Page. 

Ainsworth 211 Combs 253 French 328 

Adams 213 Comstock 254 Frost 334 

Bacon 220 Conant 254 Gage 343 

Bailey 222 Corey 256 Gibbs 345 

Baker 226 Cragin 256 Gilmore 345 

Ballou 226 Crosby 257 Goif 35° 

Baldwin 227 Cummings 261 Gould 350 

Bascom 230 Cutter 261,297 Gowing 352 

Batchelder 230 Dakin 297 Gragg 355 

Bates 231 Danforth 298 Green 355 

Belknap 232 Davidson 298 Griffin 357 

Biggelow 233 Davis 3°^ Grout 357 

Billtngs 234 Dean 303 Guy 358 

Blodgett 234 Dinsmore 304 Hadley 358 

Bradley 236,468 Dodge 304 Hall 359 

Briant 236 Dole 305 Hardy 359 

Brigham 238 Dunlap 3^5 Hale 359 

Brooks 239 Dutton 306 Hammon 361 

Brown 240 Eaton 308 Harkness 361 

Buckley 241 Ellis 308 Hastings 362 

Burpee 241 Emery ; . . . 309 Harper 362 

Buss 243 Emory 315 Hathorn 363 

Butters 245 Fassett 315 Haywood 365 

Byam 246 Felt 316 Henderson 367 

Carey 247 Fife 318 Hodge 368 

Carter 248 Fisk 321 Houghton 370 

Capron 249 Fitch 323 Horton 37° 

Chadwick 250 Fortune 324 Howe 37i 

Chamberlin 251 Foster 325 Hunt 373 

Coffeen 253 Fox 326 Ingalls 376 



648 



GENEALOGICAL INDEX. 



Jaquith 377 

Jewell 380 

Jewett 382 

Johnson 384 

Joslin 386 

Kimball 388 

Kingsbury 389 

Knowlton 390 

Lacy 390 

Lawrence 393 

Litch 397 

Marshall 399 

Mathews 401 

Maynard 402 

Melville 403 

Milliken 404 

Mower 405 

McNee 406 

Newell 408 

Nutting 408 

Ober 411 

Osgood, 412 

Oaks 412 

Olmstead 412 

O'Brien 412 

Page 412 

Parker 413 

Payson 418 

Perkins 418 

Pierce 420 



Patrick 429 

Perry 437 

Phelps 437 

Pollard 438 

Poole 438 

Pope 439 

Powers 440 

Prescott 441 

Rice 447 

Ritchie 447 

Robbins 448 

Ross 449 

Ryan 450 

Sanger 451 

Saunders 452 

Sawtell 453 

Sawyer 454 

Shattuck 456 

Shedd 456 

Sherwin 461 

Smiley 462 

Snow 464 

Spaulding 466 

Spofford 476 

Stanley 479 

Stearns ... 482 

Stevens 484 

Stickney 484 

Stone 490 

Stratton 491 



Stuart 493 

Taylor 494 

Tenney 495 

Thompson 495 

Thorndike 496 

Tilton 497 

Turner 498 

Tufts 500 

Twiss 500 

Underwood 501 

Upton 503 

Verder 510 

Wakefield 511 

Warren 512 

Waters 513 

Wellington 514 

Welman 515 

Wesson 515 

Wheelock 515 

Whipple 516 

Whitcomb 517 

Whitney 518 

Whittemore 519 

Wilder 519 

Winchester 520 

Witt 520 

Wood 521 

Woodbury 522 

Worcester 523 

Wright 525 



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